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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.

May 1999

27 May
Hardware
Alienware selects Aureal Vortex2 Sound Cards

Alienware PC Systems has chosen to include Aureal's award-winning Vortex2 SuperQuad Digital PCI sound card as the standard audio system for its complete line of PC gaming systems.

27 May
New Release Windows 95/98
Winamp 2.22 Released

Winamp 2.22 is out now. Nullsoft has released Winamp 2.22. Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT.

27 May
New Release
NVIDIA surpasses 10 Million Units Shipped

It has shipped over 10 million mainstream 3D graphics processors into the PC market.

27 May
New Release
Thief Mission Editor Released

Dromed, a mission editor for use with Thief: The Dark Project is available for download at Thief-DarkProject.com.

27 May
New Release Windows 95/98
PGA Championship Golf 1999 Edition Shipped

Its highly anticipated PGA Championship Golf, 1999 Edition, will hit store shelves in U.S. and Canadian markets by June 1, just in time for Father's Day.

27 May
Industry
Creative Labs Launches Marketing Campaign

It has launched "The Difference Will Amaze You" - a multi-million dollar marketing campaign designed to reach the mainstream PC user.

27 May
New Release
Microsoft Links Extreme in Stores

Links Extreme, a hilarious new approach to the game of golf developed by Access Software, has started to appear on store shelves.

26 May
New Release
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle Debuts at E3

Unveiled at this year's Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3) in Los Angeles, Sierra Studios plans to take tactical simulation action games to new heights this fall with...

26 May
New Release Mac Windows 95/98
Nethergate Announced

Spiderweb Software has announed Nethergate, a new fantasy Role-Playing Game for Windows 95/98 and Macintosh.