1998 in video gaming

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Events

• Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
  Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
  
  The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences , founded in 1996, is a non-profit organization that promotes computer and video game entertainment with the annual D.I.C.E....
   hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
  Interactive Achievement Awards
  
  The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has been hosting the Interactive Achievement Awards for video game publication annually since 1998. The game award ceremony is presented at the annual D.I.C.E....
  ; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto
  Shigeru Miyamoto
  
  is a Japanese people video game designer. He created the Mario , Donkey Kong , The Legend of Zelda , F-Zero , Pikmin and Nintendogs franchises for Nintendo game consoles, and mostly works on games as a Game producer....
   of Nintendo
  Nintendo
  
  is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
   to the AIAS Hall of Fame
• British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  
  The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation....
   hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
• 4th annual E3
  E3
  
  The E3 Media and Business Summit, formerly known as Electronic Entertainment Expo and commonly known as E3, is an annual trade show for the video game industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association....
   (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 1st annual Game Critics Awards
  Game Critics Awards
  
  The Game Critics Awards are a set of annual awards held after the E3 video game conference since 1998. The awards are given to products displayed at E3 with the title Best of E3 of their category....
   for the Best of E3
• Game One channel (subsidiary of Canalplus); Infogrames
  Infogrames
  
  Infogrames Entertainment SA is an international France holding company headquartered in Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. It is the owner of Atari, Inc , headquartered in New York City, and Atari Europe....
   Entertainment SA and Canal+ launch the Game One television channel

Notable releases

• January 21 – Resident Evil 2
  Resident Evil 2
  
  Resident Evil 2, known in Japan as , is a survival horror game by Capcom originally released for the PlayStation in 1998. It is the second installment in the Resident Evil series, and was later ported to the Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube and Game.com....
   (PS
  PlayStation
  
  The PlayStation is a 32-bit history of video game consoles video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December .The PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation ....
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• February 28 – Tekken 3
  Tekken 3
  
  Tekken 3 is the third installment in the Tekken fighting game series. It was the first game released on Namco's System 12 hardware . It was the last installment of Tekken for the PlayStation....
   (PS
  PlayStation
  
  The PlayStation is a 32-bit history of video game consoles video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December .The PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation ....
  )
• March 29 – Parasite Eve
  Parasite Eve (video game)
  
  is a survival horror console role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. . The game is a sequel to the novel Parasite Eve, written by Hideaki Sena....
   (PS
  PlayStation
  
  The PlayStation is a 32-bit history of video game consoles video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December .The PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation ....
  )
• March 31 – StarCraft
  StarCraft
  
  StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• April 30 - Panzer Dragoon Saga
  Panzer Dragoon Saga
  
  is a critically-acclaimed console role-playing game released exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1998 in video gaming. It was the third Panzer Dragoon game to be released , and so far remains the only game in the series that is not a Shoot 'em up#Tube and rail shooters....
   (Sat
  Sega Saturn
  
  The is a 32-bit video game console that was first released on November 22 1994 in Japan, May 11 1995 in North America, and July 8 1995 in Europe. The system was discontinued in 2000 in video gaming in Japan and in 1998 in video gaming in other countries....
  )
• May 6 – Warhammer: Dark Omen
  Warhammer: Dark Omen
  
  Warhammer: Dark Omen is a real-time tactical wargames and the sequel to Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat. It is a seminal exemplar of a game of the real-time tactics genre....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• May 22 – Unreal
  Unreal
  
  Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes and published by GT Interactive in May 1998. It was powered by an original gameplay and computer engine that Unreal Engine, one that had been in development for over three years in founder Tim Sweeney 's garage before the game was released....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• June 29 - Banjo-Kazooie
  Banjo-Kazooie
  
  Banjo-Kazooie is a Platform game and Action-adventure game video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo as the inaugural game in the Banjo-Kazooie ....
   (Nintendo 64
  Nintendo 64
  
  The , often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America, March 1, 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1, 1997 in France and December 10, 1997 in Brazil....
  )
• August 21 – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• August 31 - I-War (Independence War)
  I-War (Independence War)
  
  I-War is a space combat simulator developed by England development house Particle Systems Ltd. The game was first published in 1997 in video gaming in Europe by Infogrames as I-War, and in late August of 1998 in video gaming in North America as Independence War....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• September 3 – Metal Gear Solid
  Metal Gear Solid
  
  is a stealth game video game directed and written by Hideo Kojima. The game was video game developer by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first video game publisher by Konami in 1998 in video gaming for the PlayStation video game console....
   (PS
  PlayStation
  
  The PlayStation is a 32-bit history of video game consoles video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December .The PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation ....
  )
• September 10 - Spyro the Dragon
  Spyro the Dragon
  
  Spyro the Dragon is a platform game video game developer by Insomniac Games for the Sony PlayStation. It stars the title character, a young purple dragon named Spyro the Dragon and his dragonfly friend, Sparx, and is the first game in the Spyro the Dragon series....
   (PS
  PlayStation
  
  The PlayStation is a 32-bit history of video game consoles video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December .The PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation ....
  )
• September 30 – Fallout 2
  Fallout 2
  
  Fallout 2 is a computer role-playing game published by Interplay Entertainment in 1998. The second game takes place in 2241, 80 years after the first Fallout ....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• September 30 – Pokémon Red and Blue
  Pokémon Red and Blue
  
  and , released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Red and , are the first two installments of the Pok?mon series of console role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo....
   (GB
  Game Boy line
  
  The line is a line of Battery -powered handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo. It is one of the world's List of best-selling game consoles lines with nearly 200 million units sold worldwide, as of November 17, 2006....
  )
• October 20 – Xenogears
  Xenogears
  
  is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. for Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation. It was released on February 11, 1998 in Japan and on October 21, 1998 in North America....
   (PS
  PlayStation
  
  The PlayStation is a 32-bit history of video game consoles video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December .The PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation ....
  )
• October 30 – Grim Fandango
  Grim Fandango
  
  Grim Fandango is a graphic adventure game Personal computer game released by LucasArts in and primarily written by Tim Schafer. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered 2D computer graphics....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• October 31 – Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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• October 31 – SiN
  Sin
  
  Sin is a term used mainly in a religion context to describe an act that violates a morality rule, or the state of having committed such a violation....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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• November 20 – Half-Life (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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• November 21 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  
  is an Action-adventure game video game developed by Nintendo's Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development division for the Nintendo 64 video game console....
   (N64
  Nintendo 64
  
  The , often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America, March 1, 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1, 1997 in France and December 10, 1997 in Brazil....
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• November 30 – StarCraft: Brood War
  StarCraft: Brood War
  
  StarCraft: Brood War is an expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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• November 30 – Starsiege: Tribes
  Starsiege: Tribes
  
  Starsiege: Tribes is a sci-fi first-person shooter video game. It is the first of the Tribes video game series and follows the story from Earthsiege and Starsiege....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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• November 30 – Thief: The Dark Project
  Thief: The Dark Project
  
  Thief: The Dark Project, or simply Thief, is a stealth game first-person narrative computer game and the first game in the Thief ....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
  )
• November 30 – Baldur's Gate
  Baldur's Gate
  
  Baldur's Gate is a computer role-playing game in a high fantasy setting, developed by BioWare and released in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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• December - - King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
  King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
  
  King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, written and designed by Roberta Williams and released in 1998 by Sierra Studios, is the eighth, and currently the final, official computer game in the famous King's Quest series....
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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• December 10 – Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
  Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
  
  Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows and the Game Boy Color. It was released in 1998 in video gaming and is the sequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter....
   (N64
  Nintendo 64
  
  The , often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America, March 1, 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1, 1997 in France and December 10, 1997 in Brazil....
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• December 20 – Myth II: Soulblighter
  Myth (computer game)
  
  Myth is a series of real-time tactics computer games. The games are:*Myth: The Fallen Lords*Myth II: Soulblighter*'Myth III: The Wolf Age...
   (Win
  Microsoft Windows
  
  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
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