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EVENTS

Academy Of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to the AIAS Hall Of Fame

BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards

4th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 1st annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³

Game One channel (subsidiary of Canalplus ); Infogrames Entertainment SA and Canal+ launch the Game One television channel

NOTABLE RELEASES

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January 21 — '' Resident Evil 2 '' ( PS )

March 29 — '' Parasite Eve '' ( Japan ) ( PS )

April 1 — '' StarCraft '' ( PC )

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May 22 — '' Unreal '' ( PC )

May 31 — '' Banjo-Kazooie '' ( North America ) ( N64 )

September 3 — '' Metal Gear Solid '' ( Japan ) ( PS )

September 8 — '' Parasite Eve '' ( United States ) ( PS )

September 30 — '' Fallout 2 '' ( PC )

September 30 — ''Pokémon Red'' And ''Blue'' ( GB )

September 30 — '' Grim Fandango '' ( PC )

October 20 — '' Xenogears '' ( PS )

October 21 — '' Metal Gear Solid '' ( North America ) ( PS )

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November 20 — '' Half-Life '' ( PC )

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November 30 — '' Baldur's Gate '' ( PC )

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HARDWARE

Bandai 's WonderSwan handheld in Japan

Majesco Sales Inc.'s Genesis 3 home console

Nintendo :

--- Game Boy Color (GBC) handheld console

--- Camera & Printer accessories for the Game Boy handheld console

Sega 's NAOMI arcade system board and Dreamcast home console

SNK 's Neo Geo Pocket (NGP) handheld

BUSINESS

Activision acquires CD Contact Data and Head Game Publishing

Eidos Interactive acquires Crystal Dynamics

Electronic Arts Inc. acquires Virgin Studio and Westwood Studios , Inc.

Hasbro , Inc. acquires Atari Corporation (from JTS Corp.), Microprose , and Tiger Electronics

JTS Corp. (Atari Corporation) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

BreakAway Games , Ltd. founded

Elixir Studios Ltd. formed

Lego Media established by LEGO Group

Metro3D , Inc. founded

Rockstar Games founded

Square Co., Ltd. and Electronic Arts form Square Electronic Arts LLC to publish a wealth of Square Co., Ltd. titles in the U.S.

Sunrise Interactive founded

Troika Games founded

WildTangent , Inc. founded

AWARDS

- Alan R. Moon , Amigo Spiele