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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.

April 1999

29 Apr
New Release
Microsoft Baseball 2000 Trial Version Tomorrow

Microsoft said today that the trial version of Microsoft Baseball 2000 is set to be available for download tomorrow.

28 Apr
New Release
Jay Wilson left Monolith

Jay Wilson left Monolith made news on April 28, 1999, with Saw PlantBlood that Last Friday was Jay Wilson's last day at Monolith.

28 Apr
Industry Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
Massive Entertainment terminated with agreement EA

The termination affects Massive Entertainment's upcoming game Genesis (working title), which is due to be completed later this year.

28 Apr
New Release
Tribes 1.4 Patch Released

Tribes 1.4 Patch made news on April 28, 1999, with schnoz from Datumplane let me know that Dynamix has put out Starsiege Tribes 1.4 Patch.

28 Apr
New Release
Tales of the Sword Coast Delayed

Tales of the Sword Coast Delayed made news on April 28, 1999, with Interplay has revealed that heading to stores has been delayed for Tales of the Sword Coast.

27 Apr
New Release Linux
Red Hat Linux 6.0 Announced

Red Hat Linux 6.0 has been revealed today, giving us one more thing to watch as 1999 keeps getting louder.

27 Apr
New Release
S3TC Technology Supported

Signaling an industry transition to more realistic and complex 3D environments, S3 Incorporated said today that more than 50 software developers and publishers will be including S3TC in their games in 1999.

27 Apr
New Release
Laura’s Happy Adventures Shipped

Laura's Happy Adventures made news on April 27, 1999, with Ubi Soft says today that Laura's Happy Adventures, the first 3D adventure game for girls is available now nationwide.

27 Apr
Hardware
Intel 752 Graphics Accelerator Chip Introduced

Intel Corporation today revealed the Intel 752 graphics accelerator chip, a complete multimedia solution for Intel Pentium III processor-based platforms that delivers enriched visual quality for consumer and business software applications. packing Intel Scalable Graphics Architecture, the Intel 752 graphics accelerator brings high-quality 2-D graphics, enthusiast-level 3-D rendering and advanced digital video acceleration to mainstream PCs.