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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

19 Mar
New Release
No Fear Downhill Mountainbiking Announced

March 19, 1999: UDS says it is developing No Fear Downhill Mountainbiking and will be put out by Codemasters in Europe at the end of May 1999.

19 Mar
New Release
Redline Shipping Next Week

March 19, 1999: Accolade says Redline, its 3D action game, begins shipping next week for personal computers.

19 Mar
Industry
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance Demo Released

Saw on 3DFILES.COM that Lucas Arts has put out the Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance Demo. A neutral family fights for its business, and its survival, and is swept up in the struggle against the encroaching Empire.

18 Mar
New Release Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Released

Microsoft revealed the immediate worldwide availability of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, the eagerly awaited Web browser software that works faster to save users time.

18 Mar
New Release
Starsiege Shipped

March 18, 1999: Dynamix, a Sierra Company, began shipping the eagerly-anticipated Starsiege to stores throughout the United States and Canada.

18 Mar
Industry
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance in MSN Gaming Zone

Microsoft says Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, the latest space combat simulation in Lucas Arts' popular X-Wing series, is available now for free multiplayer matchmaking exclusively on the MSN Gaming Zone.

18 Mar
New Release
Asheron’s Call Beta Test Announced

March 18, 1999: The MSN Gaming Zone says at an undisclosed time on Friday, March 26, gamers will be able to sign up here for the chance to be Asheron's Call beta testers.

17 Mar
New Release Arcade
Giants Trailer Released

Interplay Entertainment and Planet Moon Studios, the team responsible for the intense action of MDK is back for more, preparing their first real-time action/strategy game.

17 Mar
New Release
Intel MRM Software Announced

Intel Corporation revealed delivery of its multi-resolution mesh (MRM) software technology to a key 3-D tool publisher and three leading game developers, allowing them to lower the cost and shorten the development time involved in creating compelling three-dimensional graphics in games.