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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

18 Jun
Industry
Barracuda acquires Titanic: Adventure Out of Time

Barracuda announced that it has acquired the worldwide rights to CyberFlix's top-selling adventure game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.

18 Jun
Industry
Dice Computer Games to distribute Timelapse in Europe

Barracuda announced that it has signed an exclusive three-year agreement with Dice Computer Games to distribute the adventure game Timelapse in Europe in multiple localized languages including English, French, and German.

18 Jun
New Release
Zone’s Chess Challenge Tournament Winners Announced

The MSN Gaming Zone today announced the four winners in the Zone's Chess Challenge tournament held this past weekend.

18 Jun
New Release
Dark Reign 2 Site Launches

Dark Reign 2 gets a June 1999 update.

18 Jun
New Release Browser
Half-Life Uplink Demo Mod Released

If you've got Half-Life installed and haven't downloaded the Uplink demo yet, Valve announced they have released Half-Life Uplink Demo Mod.

18 Jun
New Release
Kingpin goes Gold

Saw on Blue's News that Drew Markham of Xatrix announced that Kingpin has been completed, and is off to manufacturing.

17 Jun
New Release
NiSplit Beta Released

NiSplit Beta is now moving into players' hands. Strange Company are announced the public beta release of their new tool, NiSplit.

17 Jun
New Release
The All Games Network Prepares for Female Frag Fest ’99

Aggressive, high-speed computer games such as Quake, Sin, and Half-Life have typically been played and dominated by men.

17 Jun
New Release
Rare Medium to develop Carmen Sandiego Web Site

Rare Medium announced they are teaming with The Learning Company, a division of Mattel to create a dynamic interactive Web site for the Carmen Sandiego brand.