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Sega touts awards

by Billy Berghammer - June 19, 2002, 11:22 am EDT

Sega pats themselves on the back for their 2 E3 game critics awards. Madden who?

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SEGA GAMES WIN GAME CRITICS AWARDS: BEST OF E3 2002 AND RECEIVE INDUSTRY

ACCOLADES

"SEGA Sports NFL 2K3" wins Best Sports Game "Super Monkey Ball 2" wins Best

Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game

SAN FRANCISCO - (June 19, 2002) - Building upon its reputation for creating

the best video game content, SEGA(R) of America, Inc. today announced "SEGA

Sports(TM) NFL 2K3" won Best Sports Game and "Super Monkey Ball(TM) 2" won

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game in the "Game Critics Awards: Best of E3

2002," the independent E3 awards committee recognizing excellence at the

Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Additionally, SEGA's 2002 lineup

continues to receive industry accolades following E3 with Associate Chairman

of the Game Critics Awards, Geoff Keighley, calling SEGA "without a doubt

one of the most important third-party publishers" and the Dallas Morning

News stating that "SEGA had the best showing among the publishers" at E3

2002.

SEGA games have also received awards from leading video game industry Web

sites and publications. "SEGA Sports NFL 2K3" was also voted the Best

Sports Game on PlayStation(R)2 and Xbox(TM) by IGN.com. "Panzer Dragoon(TM)

ORTA" was voted among the top 10 games at E3 2002 by Electronic Gaming

Monthly and voted among the top five Xbox games of E3 2002 by GameSpot.com.

"The awards and accolades that SEGA has received following E3 2002 is

testament to the strength of SEGA's lineup across all new next generation

consoles," said Peter Moore, president and COO, SEGA of America, Inc. "With

'SEGA Sports NFL 2K3' winning multiple industry awards for Best Sports Game,

SEGA Sports is ready to take on the competition toe-to-toe this fall."

"SEGA Sports NFL 2K3" will be released starting in August 2002 for the

PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game

system and Nintendo GameCube(TM). "Super Monkey Ball 2" will be released

this fall on Nintendo GameCube. "Panzer Dragoon ORTA" will be released this

fall exclusively on Xbox. Artwork of SEGA games is available at

.

About Sega

SEGA(R) of America is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA

Corporation, a $3.5 billion corporation by market capitalization, recognized

as a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside

the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive

entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms

including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo,

Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA of America's Web site

is located at www.sega.com.

About the Game Critics Awards

The Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2002 is an independent committee

comprising the judges from leading print and online publications, as well as

mainstream media. It is in no way associated with the IDSA or E3 Expo

management.

(TM), (R) and the Nintendo GameCube logo are trademarks of Nintendo.

"PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony

Computer Entertainment Inc. Some titles have not yet been concept approved

by Sony Computer Entertainment America.

Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or

other countries.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

(C) 2002 NFL Properties LLC. Team names and logos are trademarks of the

teams indicated. All other (NFL-related marks) are trademarks of the

National Football League. Officially Licensed product of PLAYERS INC. The

PLAYERS INC logo is a registered trademark of the NFL players.

www.nflplayers.com (C) 2002 PLAYERS INC.

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