Winners of the second annual Front Line Awards, sponsored by Game Developer magazine, were announced Monday night after the opening of the 1999 Game Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif.

　　The awards went to developers whose tools pushed the limits of creativity in the area of computer-game development in 1998.

　　In addition to the 14 category winners, a single Front Line Award Hall of Fame winner was chosen to highlight a company's extraordinary efforts in developing the game development tools of the trade.

　　Here's a list of the winners: Hall of Fame Award WinnerProTools by Digidesign

　　Development: EnvironmentsSN64 PRO-DG 1,0,0,4 by SN Systems Ltd.

　　Development: Libraries, APIs, EnginesNetImmerse by Numerical Design Ltd.

　　Development: UtilitiesMediaStation 3.0.10 by NxN Digital Entertainment Software GmbH

　　Graphics Hardware: Consumer Graphics CardsViper V550 by Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc.

　　Art: Modeling & Animation EnvironsMaya by Alias/Wavefront

　　Art: Modeling & Animation Plug-InsSurface Tools by Digimation Inc.

　　Art: Image Editing & ManipulationDarkTree Textures by Darkling Simulations

　　Art: Video Editing & CompositingUltimatte Software by Ultimatte Corp.

　　Graphics Hardware: Pro Graphic CardsWildcat 4000 by Intergraph Corp.

　　Audio: Recording & EditingPeak 2.0 by Berkeley Integrated Audio Software Inc.

　　Audio: CompositionACID PRO by Sonic Foundry Inc.

　　Audio Hardware: Pro Sound CardsMOTU 2408 by Mark of the Unicorn Inc.

　　Audio Hardware: Consumer Sound CardsSound Blaster Live! by Creative Labs Inc.

　　Production UtilitiesFileMaker Pro 4.1 by FileMaker Inc.