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After E3 1999, Oni received the Game Critics Award for "Best Action/Adventure Game".<ref>[[wp:Game Critics Awards#Best Action/Adventure Game|Wikipedia, "Game Critics Awards"]].</ref> This award is given to games exhibited at that year's E3, which are usually still in development and expected to release soon. | After E3 1999, Oni received the Game Critics Award for "Best Action/Adventure Game".<ref>[[wp:Game Critics Awards#Best Action/Adventure Game|Wikipedia, "Game Critics Awards"]].</ref> This award is given to games exhibited at that year's E3, which are usually still in development and expected to release soon. | ||
After an initial onslaught of advertising which saw Konoko appear on many gaming magazine covers, Oni's development stalled (as discussed below), and Bungie suspended the advertising of the game so as not to expend their marketing budget before Oni was even released.<!-- | After an initial onslaught of advertising which saw Konoko appear on [[:Category:Advertisements and magazine covers|many gaming magazine covers]], Oni's development stalled (as discussed below), and Bungie suspended the advertising of the game so as not to expend their marketing budget before Oni was even released.<!-- | ||
--><ref name="advert">[http://carnage.bungie.org/oniforum/oni.forum.pl?read=4570 Oni Central Forum, "Re: Matt- could you address this?", Aug. 29, 2000].</ref><!-- | --><ref name="advert">[http://carnage.bungie.org/oniforum/oni.forum.pl?read=4570 Oni Central Forum, "Re: Matt- could you address this?", Aug. 29, 2000].</ref><!-- | ||
--> At the same time, Bungie's HQ in Chicago had their own game under development; previously known only by its code name "Blam!", in 1999 it came to be known as "Halo" and slowly drew attention away from the oft-delayed Oni as images and trailers for it began to appear. | --> At the same time, Bungie's HQ in Chicago had their own game under development; previously known only by its code name "Blam!", in 1999 it came to be known as "Halo" and slowly drew attention away from the oft-delayed Oni as images and trailers for it began to appear. | ||