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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

08 Jul
New Release
EA announces Chief Information Officer

Electronic Arts announces Lani Spund, a seasoned systems and operations veteran, has joined the computer and video game publisher as vice president and chief information officer.

08 Jul
New Release Mac
Half-Life Macintosh Web Site Launched

Sierra Studios, Valve, and Logicware says the launch of a new Web site dedicated to the upcoming Macintosh conversion of Valve's smash hit Half-Life, the thrilling computer.

08 Jul
New Release
Rage Adopts S3TC for All Games

Highlighting the PC gaming industry's rapid adoption of S3TC as a must-have technology, S3 Incorporated says Rage Software has entered into a strategic alliance with the company to include S3TC as standard in all future retail game titles.

08 Jul
New Release
Microsoft and Zipper collaboration on Game

Microsoft and developer Zipper Interactive says that they will collaborate to bring a new game universe to life on the PC.

08 Jul
New Release
BSG Labs Changes Name to Imeron

BSG Laboratories, a leader in immersive audio products, says they have changed their company name to Imeron, Inc.

08 Jul
New Release
Virtual 1999 Baseball All-Star Game Announced

Microsoft says former Major League Baseball managers Chuck Tanner and Jim Frey will play out the 1999 All-Star game before it actually happens to determine this year's winner.

07 Jul
New Release
FireTalk Announced

Multitude, a pioneer in real-time, voice-over-the-Internet communication technology, unveiled FireTalk, an integrated voice conferencing service that it believes will.

07 Jul
New Release Mac
SKYDIVE! Shipped

SKYDIVE! Shipped. Gonzo Games, a division of Electronic Arts, says the release of SKYDIVE!. SKYDIVE! is the first PC/Macintosh game to simulate the popular extreme sport of skydiving.

07 Jul
New Release
Sid Meier’s Antietam! Web Site Launched

Firaxis Games has the latest July 1999 move: Sid Meier's Antietam! Web Site Launched. Firaxis Games says they have launched a "preview" Web site for the recently says Sid Meier's Antietam! computer game.