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Release dates, announcements, and anything else worth noting. No PR fluff, no embargoed opinions. If it matters to people who actually play the games, it's here.

January 1999

12 Jan
New Release
iGames Myth II: Soulblighter Tournament

iGames. announced today an all-star tournament with the game Myth II: Soulblighter, developed by Bungie Software. The tournament is being held in 28 locations in the U.S.

11 Jan
New Release
(NBK) NetRadio Show #8

(NBK) NetRadio Show #8 is up. If you've been waiting for a while, wait no longer! Pred and Mix play a little Half-Life while enjoying some good music.

11 Jan
New Release
BC3K News

Derek Smart let me know BC3K v2.0 is hard to find because quite simply, because Interplay did a conservative run.

11 Jan
New Release
Settlers III Sold 500,000 Copies

Blue Byte Software today confirmed 500,000 units have been sold into retail stores worldwide. The Settlers III is the latest title in a tremendously popular series of games, which has already sold over 1 million copies.

11 Jan
Hardware
Intel Pentium III Processor announced

Intel Corporation today announced the Intel Pentium III processor brand name for its next generation microprocessor code-named Katmai.

11 Jan
New Release
RAGE XL and RAGE XC Chips announced

ATI Technologies today announced the RAGE XL and RAGE XC general purpose graphic accelerator chips.

11 Jan
Deals
SimCity Classic Free on the Web

Maxis, a division of Electronic Arts, today announced that it is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its multimillion-selling SimCity Classic game by making the groundbreaking metropolis-building simulation available on the Web free of charge.

10 Jan
New Release
Ian Decay interview posted

3DNews Network has posted a new interview tied to Decay, and there is enough meat here for anyone tracking the PC scene in January 1999.

09 Jan
New Release
BloodShot to use the LithTech Engine

Monolith announced that BloodShot Entertainment, the group formerly known as "the Daikatana Team" has chosen the LithTech 3D Engine to bring their game vision to the gaming community.