Computer Gaming World Picks the Best Games for Holiday Giving; From Adventure to Strategy, the Definitive ``Holiday Hot 100''.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--With nearly 3,800 computer games on the market this holiday season, knowing which ones are worth giving is enough to keep even Santa stumped stump n. 1. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled. 2. . But thanks to Computer Gaming World Computer Gaming World (CGW) was the first magazine devoted exclusively to computer games. CGW was founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe as a semi-monthly publication. , a Ziff-Davis (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ZD) publication and the industry leader in computer game news and reviews, gamers and those who buy for them now have the perfect gift-giving resource: the Holiday Hot 100, an annual superguide of the year's 100 best games as selected by the experts at Computer Gaming World. Covering every genre for gamers of all ages, along with the best hardware and stocking stuffers, the Holiday Hot 100 is presented in Computer Gaming World's December December: see month. 1998 issue, available now on newsstands nationwide. "The number of new titles scheduled for release this year is staggering," commented Computer Gaming World Editor-in-Chief Johnny Wilson
Contraction of we have. we've have presented the Holiday Hot 100 to help our readers navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. (2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. through this seasonal maze maze, detail of landscape gardening based on the Greek labyrinth, consisting of intricate paths or alleys lined with high hedges and having a center and exit difficult to find. It was a prominent feature in the formal English gardens of the 17th and 18th cent. . The Holiday Hot 100 is our gift to gamers to provide a useful and entertaining annual guide to the best games of the year." The Holiday Hot 100 is compiled during animated discussions among Computer Gaming World's genre-dedicated expert editors, each of whom brings his or her own particular expertise to the holiday table. Once all the votes are counted, the editors' 100 picks are ranked to determine the "best of the best" for the top recommended purchase in each category. -0-
As selected by the editors of Computer Gaming World , the "Best
of the Best" of the Holiday Hot 100 for computer gamers are:
Genre Game Publisher
Top Action Game Half-Life Sierra Studios
Top Adventure King's Quest: Mask
of Eternity Sierra On-line
Top Role-Playing Might & Magic VI 3DO
Top Children's Blue's Clues: Humongous
Blue's Birthday Entertainment
Adventure
Top Classics & Puzzles Creatures 2 Mindscape
Top Simulations World War II Fighters Jane's Combat
Simulations
Top Space Sims Independence Wars Ocean/Infogrames
Top Sports FIFA 98/World Cup 98 EA Sports
Top Racing F1 Racing Simulation Ubi Soft Entertainment
Top Strategy StarCraft Blizzard
Top Wargames The Operational
Art of War TalonSoft
Top Hardware STB Velocity 4400 STB Systems
Graphics Accelerator
Chip
Top Stocking Stuffer Diamond Rio PMP300 Diamond Multimedia
Portable Music Player
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"PC Data projects computer game sales to increase a little more than 10 percent over last year's fourth-quarter sales of $400 million," notes Wilson Wilson, city (1990 pop. 36,930), seat of Wilson co., E N.C., in a rich agricultural region; inc. 1849. It is a commercial and industrial center with a large tobacco market. Manufactures include textile goods (especially clothing), metal products, and processed foods. . "I'm more optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op , by at least a few percentage points. Based on continued market growth, and the high quality of the games we've seen this year, I think developers, retailers and gamers are in for a very happy holiday season." For more than 17 years, Computer Gaming World has been the industry's publication of record for news, reviews and previews on computer gaming and gaming products. In addition to a subscription base of more than 300,000 core computer gamers Computer Gamer was a video game magazine published in the United Kingdom by Argus Specialist Publications, covering home gaming during the late 1980s. It was a colourful relaunch of the failing "Games Computing", a more conservative magazine published throughout in each month, Computer Gaming World is available at newsstands nationwide and on-line at www.computergaming.com. Ziff-Davis is a leading integrated media and marketing company focused on Internet-related technology, with principal platforms in print publishing, trade shows and conferences, online content, market research and education. The Company provides global technology companies with marketing strategies for reaching key decision-makers. |
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