GDC Spotlight Awards: the best games of 1998
The Spotlight Awards was a prominent video game awards event held during the 1990s as part of the Game Developers Conference (GDC). This event recognized outstanding achievements in video game development across a wide range of gaming platforms, including PC, console, and arcade systems.
By celebrating innovation and creativity within the gaming industry, the Spotlight Awards played a significant role in highlighting cutting-edge games, developers, and studios of the era. It became a key moment in the GDC, helping to elevate the conference's influence as a major gathering for industry professionals, and showcasing the diversity and evolution of gaming technologies during that period.
The best video games for 1998 according to the Spotlight awards were:
- Age of Empires Annual Achievement Award for Game Design and Development
- Blade Runner Best Music or Soundtrack
- Final Fantasy VII Best Adventure Game/RPG
- PaRappa the Rapper Best Use of Audio
- PaRappa the Rapper Most Innovative Game Design
- Quake II Best Action Game
- Quake II Best Multiplayer Game
- Quake II Best Use of Graphics
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