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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.

March 1999

10 Mar
New Release
Chain of Command Beta Released

March 10, 1999: 2AM announces the release of its beta version of Chain of Command, its massively multi-player infantry combat game, created by Israeli combat veterans.

10 Mar
New Release
Recoil Shipping to Retailers

March 10, 1999: With the fate of the world on the line, and evil forces taking over computers across the globe, the battle to save mankind has begun.

10 Mar
New Release Browser
WON.net Launches QuickGames

The World Opponent Network, the free online game and entertainment mega-site, revealed the launch of Quick Games, a new service offered to customers who are searching for quick and easy entertainment on the Internet.

10 Mar
New Release
Fighter Squadron goes Gold

March 10, 1999: Activision says Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons Over Europe was code put out on Monday, 3/8/99.

10 Mar
New Release
Age of Empires Gold Edition Available

Microsoft says Age of Empires Gold Edition, a bundle package combining the award-winning, best-selling PC games Age of Empires and Age of Empires Expansion: The Rise of Rome, has started to appear on store shelves.

09 Mar
New Release Tabletop
Silent Death Online Beta

March 9, 1999: Kesmai Corporation says its ship-to-ship combat title Silent Death Online is available in open beta through the company's popular online games service, Game Storm.

09 Mar
New Release
Maximum Overkill Announced

March 9, 1999: Nova Logic revealed plans to release a new, futuristic, first-person action game titled, Maximum Overkill.

09 Mar
Industry
Acclaim publishing deal with Click Entertainment

March 9, 1999: Acclaim Entertainment says they have signed a publishing deal with San Francisco-based game developer Click Entertainment.

09 Mar
New Release
Interplay announces 14° East

March 9, 1999: Interplay Entertainment revealed the creation of their new strategy division, 14° East.