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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

17 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Descent 3 Now Available at Retail

Descent 3 is now moving into players' hands.

17 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Need for Speed: High Stakes for the PC Released

Electronic Arts announced it has begun shipping Need For Speed: High Stakes, the fourth PC iteration in the award-winning Need For Speed (NFS) racing series.

17 Jun
New Release
Rage of Mages 2 Release Date Announced

Monolith Productions announced Rage of Mages II: Necromancer, the sequel to the unique RPG/strategy hybrid from Russia - Rage of Mages, will hit U.S. retail stores this September.

17 Jun
Physical Copies
Tiberian Sun Collector’s Edition Announced

Westwood Studios announced fans who pre-order Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun from Babbage's, Electronics Boutique and from the Electronic Arts order line (1-888-212-1702) will get a limited release collector's edition version of the most highly anticipated game of 1999.

16 Jun
New Release
Gamesville.com Receives Over $14 Million

Gamesville.com, the Web's leading game show site and database marketing company, announced it has received over $14 million in its first round of venture capital financing.

16 Jun
New Release
Hasbro Interactive Expands Motorsports Portfolio

Hasbro Interactive today announced a new five-year, multi-title, multi-platform deal with Formula 1 to take motorsports gaming roaring into the next millennium.

16 Jun
New Release
Lara Croft Goes SCI FI

Eidos Interactive's ever-popular video game heroine and cyber-superstar Lara Croft will appear in the SCI FI Channel's bold new celebrity-driven on-air campaign entitled I AM SCI FI.

16 Jun
Industry
3dfx announces Stock Repurchase Program

The repurchases will reduce the long-term potential dilution that might result from issuances under the Company's stock benefit plans. 3dfx Interactive develops high-performance, cost-effective 3D media processors, software and related technology that are designed to enable a highly immersive, interactive and realistic 3D experience across interactive electronic entertainment platforms.

16 Jun
New Release
NFL Fever 2000 Beta Test Sign-up on Friday

Microsoft announced at an undisclosed time on Friday, June 18, gamers will be able to sign up for the chance to be NFL Fever 2000 beta testers here.