1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is the 1st edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held during the first day of E3 1998 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. There was not an official host of the award ceremony.[1][2]

1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
DateMay 28, 1998 (1998-05-28)
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
CountryAtlanta, Georgia, USA
Highlights
Most awardsGoldenEye 007 (4)
Most nominations
Interactive Title of the YearGoldenEye 007
Hall of FameShigeru Miyamoto

Final Fantasy VII, GoldenEye 007, and Riven: The Sequel to Myst were tied for receiving the most nominations. GoldenEye 007 took home the most awards, including Interactive Title of the Year. Electronic Arts received the most nominations. Rare and Nintendo won the most awards, with Rare as the developer and Nintendo as the publisher. There was a tie between Age of Empires and StarCraft for Computer Strategy Game of the Year.

Shigeru Miyamoto was also the first inductee of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (double-dagger).[3][4][5][2]

Console Game of the Year[lower-alpha 1]
Computer Game of the Year[lower-alpha 2]
Computer Creativity Title of the Year
Computer Edutainment Game of the Year
Computer Skills Building Title of the Year
Entertainment Site of the Year
News/Information Site of the Year
  • CNN Onlinedouble-dagger
    • ABC News Online
    • Discovery Channel Online
    • ESPN Sportszone
    • GameSpot
    • The Wall Street Journal Online
    • The Washington Post Online

Hall of Fame Award

Games with multiple nominations and awards

Any game that was nominated for a console genre award was also a nominee for Console Game of the Year. The same can be applied to nominees for computer awards and Computer Game of the Year.

Companies with multiple nominations and awards

Notes
  1. All finalists for console awards are finalists for Console Game of the Year.
  2. All finalists for computer awards are finalists for Computer Game of the Year.
  3. Ties between finalists.
  4. Only listing games that were neither nominated for a console nor computer award.
  5. Only listing companies that did not receive a nomination for a console or computer award.

References
  1. "First Interactive Achievement Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on June 15, 1998. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. "And the Winners Are..." GameSpot. GameSpot. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. "The Award - Updates". Interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on June 15, 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. "The Award - Winners". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on June 15, 1998. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. "And the Winner is..." GameSpot. GameSpot. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. "D.I.C.E. Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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