1998 in video gaming
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[edit] Events
- Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to the AIAS Hall of Fame
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
- 4th annual E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 1st annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E3
- Game One channel (subsidiary of Canalplus); Infogrames Entertainment SA and Canal+ launch the Game One television channel
[edit] Notable releases
| Platform key | |
| DC | Dreamcast |
| GB | Game Boy |
| GBA | Game Boy Advance |
| GBC | Game Boy Color |
| GCN | Nintendo GameCube |
| iPod | iPod |
| Lin | Linux |
| Mac | Macintosh personal computer |
| NDS | Nintendo DS |
| PS1 | PlayStation |
| PS2 | PlayStation 2 |
| PS3 | PlayStation 3 |
| PSP | PlayStation Portable |
| Wii | Wii |
| Win | Windows-based personal computer |
| XB | Xbox |
| X360 | Xbox 360 |
- January 21 – Resident Evil 2 (PS)
- February 28 – Tekken 3 (PS)
- March 29 – Parasite Eve (PS)
- March 31 – StarCraft (Win)
- April 30 - Panzer Dragoon Saga (Sat)
- May 6 – Warhammer: Dark Omen (Win)
- May 22 – Unreal (Win)
- June 29 - Banjo-Kazooie (Nintendo 64)
- August 21 – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Win)
- August 31 - I-War (Independence War) (Win)
- September 3 – Metal Gear Solid (PS)
- September 30 – Fallout 2 (Win)
- September 30 – Pokémon Red and Blue (GB)
- October 20 – Xenogears (PS)
- October 30 – Grim Fandango (Win)
- October 31 – Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion (Win)
- October 31 – SiN (Win)
- November 20 – Half-Life (Win)
- November 21 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
- November 30 – StarCraft: Brood War (Win)
- November 30 – Starsiege: Tribes (Win)
- November 30 – Thief: The Dark Project (Win)
- November 30 – Baldur's Gate (Win)
- December - - King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (Win)
- December 10 – Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)
- December 20 – Myth II: Soulblighter (Win)
[edit] Hardware
- Bandai's WonderSwan handheld in Japan
- Majesco Sales Inc.'s Genesis 3 home console
- Nintendo:
- Game Boy Color (GBC) handheld console
- Camera & Printer accessories for the Game Boy handheld console
- Sega's NAOMI arcade system board and Dreamcast home console
- SNK's Neo Geo Pocket (NGP) handheld
[edit] Business
- Activision acquires CD Contact Data and Head Game Publishing
- Eidos Interactive acquires Crystal Dynamics
- Electronic Arts Inc. acquires Virgin Studio and Westwood Studios, Inc.
- Hasbro, Inc. acquires Atari Corporation (from JTS Corp.), Microprose, and Tiger Electronics
- JTS Corp. (Atari Corporation) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- BreakAway Games, Ltd. founded
- Elixir Studios Ltd. formed
- Lego Media established by LEGO Group
- Metro3D, Inc. founded
- Rockstar Games founded
- Square Co. and Electronic Arts form Square Electronic Arts LLC to publish a wealth of Square Co. titles in the U.S.
- Havas, a subsidiary of Vivendi, acquires Cendant Software, which includes Sierra On-Line and Blizzard Entertainment
- Sunrise Interactive founded
- Troika Games founded
- WildTangent, Inc. founded
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