Sega PC and SegaSoft Affiliates with GT Interactive
The important bit: GT Interactive Software announced it has reached affiliate label agreements with Sega PC and SegaSoft Networks, for the North American sales and distribution of PC titles from both companies.
Sega PC and SegaSoft Affiliates with GT Interactive is the business side of the news today, and this one has the usual late-90s mix of studios, publishing deals, lawsuits, money, and big promises.
The important bit: GT Interactive Software announced it has reached affiliate label agreements with Sega PC and SegaSoft Networks, for the North American sales and distribution of PC titles from both companies. Under the combined agreements, GT Interactive is distributing several PC games from Sega throughout North America. Sega PC titles in the agreement include The House of the Dead, Enemy Zero, Sonic R, Sega Smash Pack, Yoot Tower, Sega Rally 2 Championship, and the Sonic & Garfield Pac while SegaSoft titles include Plane Crazy, Fatal Abyss, and Vigilance.
It is not as fun as a new demo, but these moves decide what games actually get made, sold, patched, or buried. Ignore the suits and you miss half the story.