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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.

July 1999

12 Jul
New Release Mac
GameRanger for Mac Launched

Scott Kevill has the latest July 1999 move: GameRanger for Mac Launched. Scott Kevill says the launch of GameRanger, the revolution in Macintosh online gaming.

12 Jul
Industry
Virtual 1999 Baseball All-Star Game Results Announced

Microsoft has the latest July 1999 move: Virtual 1999 Baseball All-Star Game Results Announced.

12 Jul
New Release
TRIBES Extreme Open Call Announced

Think you've got the TRIBES Mission Editor down pat and you've created that fast-paced mission with awesome gameplay?

12 Jul
New Release
GameSpy v2.13 Shareware Released

It has added support for Kingpin, Descent 3, and Drakan. The Descent 3 support should now work flawlessly with the retail version.

10 Jul
New Release
Deadlode II Update

The Coven news page has a status update on Deadlode II.

09 Jul
Industry
Acclaim Announces Third Quarter Results

Acclaim Entertainment says results for its fiscal 1999 third quarter ended May 31, 1999. the company reported third quarter net revenues of $80.0 million, an increase of 9%.

09 Jul
New Release
F-22 Raptor Upgrade Released

For the first time ever, gamers can fly three stand-alone air combat simulations in a single, large-scale environment, the Integrated Battle Space (IBS) on NovaLogic's free.

09 Jul
New Release
G400 Enhanced Gaming Titles Feature

Matrox has added an exciting new Enhanced Gaming Feature to the 3d Gaming section of the Matrox G400 website.

09 Jul
Industry
Activision acquires Elsinore Multimedia

Furthering its position as a leader in the value software category, Activision says it has acquired Elsinore Multimedia, a software development company that designed the top-selling Cabela's Big Game Hunter series for Activision's Head Games Publishing unit.