Half-Life Awards and Honors
   
awards and honors

"Best Game of All Time" - PC Gamer
Half-Life was named "Best Game of All Time" by PC Gamer magazine in its November, 1999 issue.

Game of the Year
In addition Half-Life has won Game of the Year honors from 50 publications, including:

Industry
  • Computer Game Developer Spotlight Awards
  • The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Awards
Print Publications
  • PC Gamer
  • PC Games
  • PC Accelerator
  • Computer Gaming World
  • Houston Chronicle
Online Publications
  • CNET GameCenter
  • Gamespot Reader's Poll
  • Antagonist Games Network
  • Adrenaline Vault
  • Teen People Online
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Blue's News
  • Gamers World
  • Game Over Online Magazine
  • Download.net
  • Gamer's Depot
  • Gamezilla
  • Digital Entertainment On-Line
  • Loony Games
  • sCary's website
  • Game Asylum
  • Voodoo Extreme
  • Intelligamer
  • Electric Games
  • The Electric Playground
  • Game Power
Around the World
  • PC Player (German)
  • PowerPlay (German)
  • Gamesmania (German)
  • NBC Giga (German)
  • Missil.net (Sweden)
  • Daily Telegraph (UK)
  • Gry Komputerowe magazine (Poland)
  • Pelit magazine (Finland)
  • Slitz (Sweden)
  • PC Home (Chinese Edition)
  • Megascene (Austria)
  • PC Gamer (UK)
  • PC Format (UK)
  • .NET (UK)
  • Ultimate PC (UK)
  • Game.EXE (Russia)
  • Speltorget (Sweden)
  • Generation 4 (France)
  • ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (Game.EXE - Russia)
  • ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (France)
  • ECTS Interative Entertainment Award 1999 (Eastern Europe)
  • Best Action Game & Game of the Year by the readers of PC Zone Benelux (Holland)
  • Play Online Magazine (Japan)

Peer Awards
Half-Life also won seven peer awards at the annual Computer Game Developers Conference, including:

  • Best of Show
  • People’s Choice Award
  • Best PC Game
  • Best Action Game
  • Best Use of Graphics
  • Best Artificial Intelligence
  • Best Use of Audio

Additional awards
Additional awards Half-Life has won include:

  • Interactive Achievement Awards ‘Best PC Game’
  • Interactive Achievement ‘Action Game of the Year’
  • ECTS Interactive Entertainment Award 1999 (Game.EXE - Russia)
  • ECTS Interactive Entertainment Award 1999 (France)
  • ECTS Interactive Entertainment Award 1999 (Eastern Europe)
  • E3 Game Critics Award Best PC Game (1998)
  • E3 Game Critics Award Best Action Game (1998)

Valve’s upcoming game, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms, has won the following awards:

  • E3 Game Critics Award Best Online Game (1999)
  • E3 Game Critics Award Best Action Game (1999)
 


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