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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

24 May
Industry
AOL Sues Tribal Voice

America Online, the undisputed Goliath in the online communications market, has filed papers against Tribal Voice, a leading provider of instant messaging and online community...

24 May
Hardware Mac
SupraExpress 56 USB Modem Announced

Diamond Multimedia Systems announced the newest addition to its successful line of award-winning SupraExpress modems - the SupraExpress 56 USB modem.

24 May
Hardware
Diamond Multimedia USB Cable Modem Announced

Diamond Multimedia Systems announced the submission of a USB cable modem product to Cable Television Laboratories, for inclusion in the third wave of certification testing to...

24 May
Hardware
HP Announces First DVD+RW Drive

Hewlett-Packard Company announced the first DVD+ReWritable drive (DVD+RW), the HP DVD Writer 3100i.

24 May
Hardware Android iOS
AMD introduces the Mobile AMD-K6-III-P Processor

AMD announced the industry's highest performance x86 mobile PC processor available, the Mobile AMD-K6-III-P.

24 May
New Release Arcade
Dark Matter Technology Demo Released

Nanotainment, a small independent game developer founded by Robert Shaw, has announced Dark Matter. Nanotainment goal is to produce ingenious and imaginative games for the mass market games that will appeal to many different sectors.

24 May
New Release Windows 95/98
Civilization: Call to Power v1.1 Update Released

Activision has released the Civilization: Call to Power v1.1 patch which had several new features.

22 May
New Release
BC3K v2.0 Demo Released

BC3K v2.0 Demo is out now. Derek Smart has released the demo for BC3K v2.0.

21 May
New Release
Guillemot sponsors AMD PGL Spring ’99 Championships

Guillemot Corporation is the official event sponsor for the Spring '99 Championships taking place today and tomorrow in New York City.