SEGA GAMES WIN GAME CRITICS AWARDS: BEST
OF E3 2002 AND RECEIVE INDUSTRY ACCOLADES
"SEGA Sports NFL 2K3" wins Best Sports
Game "Super Monkey Ball 2" wins Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
SAN FRANCISCO – (June 19, 2002) – Building
upon its reputation for creating the best video game content, SEGA(R) of
America, Inc. today announced "SEGA Sports(TM) NFL 2K3" won Best Sports Game and
"Super Monkey Ball(TM) 2" won Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game in the "Game
Critics Awards: Best of E3 2002," the independent E3 awards committee
recognizing excellence at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Additionally,
SEGA’s 2002 lineup continues to receive industry accolades following E3 with
Associate Chairman of the Game Critics Awards, Geoff Keighley, calling SEGA
"without a doubt one of the most important third-party publishers" and the
Dallas Morning News stating that "SEGA had the best showing among the
publishers" at E3 2002.
SEGA games have also received awards from
leading video game industry Web sites and publications. "SEGA Sports NFL 2K3"
was also voted the Best Sports Game on PlayStation(R)2 and Xbox(TM) by IGN.com.
"Panzer Dragoon(TM) ORTA" was voted among the top 10 games at E3 2002 by
Electronic Gaming Monthly and voted among the top five Xbox games of E3 2002 by
GameSpot.com.
"The awards and accolades that SEGA has
received following E3 2002 is testament to the strength of SEGA’s lineup across
all new next generation consoles," said Peter Moore, president and COO, SEGA of
America, Inc. "With ‘SEGA Sports NFL 2K3’ winning multiple industry awards for
Best Sports Game, SEGA Sports is ready to take on the competition toe-to-toe
this fall."
"SEGA Sports NFL 2K3" will be released
starting in August 2002 for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system,
the Xbox(TM) video game system and Nintendo GameCube(TM). "Super Monkey Ball 2"
will be released this fall on Nintendo GameCube. "Panzer Dragoon ORTA" will be
released this fall exclusively on Xbox. Artwork of SEGA games is available at <http://segapr.segaamerica.com>.
About Sega
SEGA(R) of America is the American arm of
Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, a $3.5 billion corporation by market
capitalization, recognized as a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment
both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and
distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of
hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by
Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA of America’s Web
site is located at
www.sega.com.
About the Game Critics Awards
The Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2002 is
an independent committee comprising the judges from leading print and online
publications, as well as mainstream media. It is in no way associated with the
IDSA or E3 Expo management.
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