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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

19 Jan
New Release
Battlecruiser News

Derek Smart the Designer/Lead Developer of the Battlecruiser Series let me know that he has done an inteview over at NGO.

19 Jan
New Release
GamesCon Event interview posted

Game-Interviews.com has put up an interview with Mark Chandler, President of GamesCon. They were the folks behind the Unreal Release Party.

18 Jan
Deals
Gamer’s Alliance giveaway puts more than $12,000 in prizes up for grabs

Lorien from Gamer's Alliance let me know that they are giving away over $12,000 worth of prizes. They have prizes such as ABIT BH6 motherboards, Matrox G200 graphics cards, over 200 games and loads more.

18 Jan
New Release
RedEye Interactive announced

Sony Online Entertainment together with 989 Studios, a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today they will make a strategic financial investment to help launch RedEye Interactive, a new independent online games development studio which recently spun off from 989 Studios.

18 Jan
New Release
Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch Release Date

Red Storm Entertainment today announced that it will release Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch, a mission pack for the company's sensational hit game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.

18 Jan
New Release Windows 95/98
Turok 2 and South Park PC will ship with GameSpy support

Acclaim Entertainment today announced that its upcoming PC games, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil and Comedy Central's South Park, will support GameSpy Industries' popular Internet gaming tool, GameSpy, when the games hit store shelves.

18 Jan
New Release
Wrestling Games and Why They Work

The Gibbed.com review department has posted a column entitled "Wrestling Games and Why They Work" written by Tom Bramwell.

18 Jan
New Release
Midtown Madness announced

Microsoft announced Midtown Madness.

18 Jan
New Release
Tread announced

The IMRlabs division of the In Medias Res Company has spent the last three months developing its cutting edge and intuitive new map editor, Tread, which is set to be released in the coming weeks.