Infogrames Inc. announced that two of its games have received awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS). Both Civilization III (published for the Macintosh by Infogrames subsidiary MacSoft ) and Backyard Baseball (published by Infogrames subsidiary Humongous Entertainment ) received awards during a ceremony in Las Vegas last week.
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Backyard Baseball, one of Humongous Entertainment’s many “Backyard Sports” titles, took the “Computer Children’s Title of the Year” award. The game is a pint-sized baseball action game that runs on both the Mac and PC; players can compete in league play or pick-up games, create their own teams and even design uniforms.
Sid Meier’s Civilization III is the latest edition of the long-running, near-legendary turn-based strategy game in which you assume the role of a leader of a civilization, which you must help develop from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Civ III picked up the “Computer Strategy Game of the Year” award during the AIAS event.