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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

29 Jul
New Release
Asheron’s Call beta keeps moving toward holiday release

Microsoft says that the massively multiplayer role-playing game, Asheron's Call, continues to make fantastic progress and remains on schedule for a holiday release.

29 Jul
New Release
Age of Empires II beta pulls 160,000 entries

Microsoft says that it received more than 160,000 entries to become one of 300 beta testers for the real-time strategy game, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings.

28 Jul
New Release
Electronic Arts receives First Online Privacy Seal

Electronic Arts says it has become the first company to receive certification under a new online privacy program designed to address and allay consumer concerns about the privacy of personal information submitted on the Internet.

28 Jul
New Release
Golf Course Architect on WON.net

What began expectedly as the submission of additional golf courses over WON.net by devoted computer golfers to supplement the shipping of Sierra Sports' PGA Championship Golf,.

28 Jul
New Release
FLY! Ships

Terminal Reality has the latest July 1999 move: FLY! Ships. Terminal Reality says its, general aviation simulation FLY! is out for the PC.

27 Jul
Industry
Eidos to Publish Olympic Titles

Eidos plc has signed an exclusive six year agreement with International Sports Multimedia to publish forthcoming computer and video games based on a license from the International Olympic Committee.

27 Jul
Hardware
ThrustMaster to sell Game Controller Business

ThrustMaster says it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the assets of the ThrustMaster game controller hardware business to the Guillemot Corporation of Carentoir,.

27 Jul
New Release
Strategy First to Attend 1999 GenCon Game Fair

Strategy First says that they will be exhibiting new products for the 25,000-plus attendees of the 31st annual GenCon Game Fair held in Milwaukee on August 5 - 8 at the Midwest.

27 Jul
New Release
NovaLogic Systems appoints Retired USAF General

Computer game developer and publisher NovaLogic has the latest July 1999 move: NovaLogic Systems appoints Retired USAF General.