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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.

June 1999

02 Jun
Industry
Macrovision Signs Copy Protection Agreement with Microsoft

Macrovision Corporation announced Microsoft Corporation has signed a two-year agreement to use Macrovision's SafeDisc PC CD-ROM copy protection.

02 Jun
Industry
Motorsims Sign Deal With Marimba

Motorsport Simulations (Motorsims) today announced a deal to use Marimba's Castanet distribution software to provide Motorsims' customers with high-end software updates via the company's online racing channel.

02 Jun
New Release Tabletop
GURPS Myth for Tabletop Gamers Announced

Attracted by the well developed story and richly detailed game world, Steve Jackson Games has chosen Bungie Software's Myth titles for their first GURPS sourcebook based on a computer game.

02 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Descent 3 gone Gold

Descent 3 has gone gold, so the code is done and the trip to manufacturing is underway.

02 Jun
Industry
Interplay and Monolith announce Distribution Agreement

Interplay Entertainment and Monolith Productions announced an exclusive agreement for Interplay to distribute three of Monolith's highly-anticipated role-playing games (RPGs) in North America.

02 Jun
Hardware
Hercules Dynamite TNT2 Announced

Hercules Computer Technology today announced the Hercules Dynamite TNT2, integrating the NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 graphics processor, a 300MHz DAC, and up to 32MB of ultra fast SDRAM.

01 Jun
Industry
Intel to acquire Dialogic

Intel Corporation and Dialogic Corporation announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Intel would acquire Dialogic for $44 per share in an all-cash tender offer valued at approximately $780 million.

01 Jun
New Release Dreamcast Nintendo 64 PlayStation 1
South Park Rally Announced

South Park Rally is official. Tantalus Interactive announced that it is developing South Park Rally.

01 Jun
Deals
The Gigantic Matrox G400 Giveaway

Matrox Graphics today announced the launch of an exciting new web contest, the Gigantic Matrox G400 Giveaway.