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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

13 Apr
New Release
100,000 Units of Mortyr To Ship

Mortyr has received great retail acceptance and is expected to be one of the largest iMagic retail launches since Apache, and is expected to head to stores over 100,000 units to retail.

13 Apr
New Release
USPS Video Game Stamp

Confirming their enormous impact on American culture and entertainment, the United States Postal Service (USPS) reported that consumers have overwhelmingly chosen the growth of video games as the most memorable reflection of the 1980s.

12 Apr
Industry
Kesmai and Cha! Announce Partnership

Kesmai and Cha! Announce Partnership made news on April 12, 1999, with Kesmai Corporation today revealed a partnership with Cha!

12 Apr
New Release
Machines Shipping

Acclaim Entertainment today revealed that their new game, Machines for the PC will head to stores to retailers across the country tomorrow and will be on store shelves as early as Wednesday, April 14th.

12 Apr
New Release
Get the Picture on Bezerk

Get the Picture on Bezerk made news on April 12, 1999, with You make the headlines in Get the Picture, the new original online game coming from Berkeley Systems this spring.

12 Apr
New Release
Creative NOMAD Introduced

Creative NOMAD has been revealed today, giving us one more thing to watch as 1999 keeps getting louder.

12 Apr
New Release
Team Fortress Classic Poll

Last week, Valve Software put out Team Fortress Classic (TFC), the free add-on for Half-Life that combines thrilling team-based gameplay with Half-Life's leading edge technology.

10 Apr
New Release Linux
Civ:CTP Linux Version Release Date

Loki Entertainment Software has revealed a heading to stores date of April 26 for the Linux version of Civilization: Call to Power.

09 Apr
New Release
QuakeCon 99 Event Registration Begins

Registration for QuakeCon 99 Event and General Tournament will begin today, Friday, April 9, 1999 at 9:00pm Eastern Standard Time on the official website.