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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.

August 1999

20 Aug
New Release
Flgiht Unlimited III Gold

Flgiht Unlimited III Gold is the word today, so this one is out of the developer cave and headed toward duplication. Looking Glass Studio's newest version of their...

20 Aug
New Release
Settlers III Expansion Pack Gold

Settlers III Expansion Pack Gold is the news today, which means another box, download, or retail shelf just got busier. Bluebyte's expansion pack for The Settlers...

20 Aug
New Release
Intel to Leave Stand-Alone Graphic Market

Intel to Leave Stand-Alone Graphic Market is the update today, and it is worth keeping an eye on. Intel has decided to leave the non-integrated 2D/3D graphic market,...

20 Aug
New Release Nintendo 64
New Duke Nukem Screenshots

New Duke Nukem Screenshots is the update today, and it is worth keeping an eye on. For those impatiently waiting for Duke Nukem Forever to reach the PC, you can...

20 Aug
Hardware
Celeron to Move to Coppermine Core In Y2K

Celeron to Move to Coppermine Core In Y2K landed today, giving players another thing to circle on the calendar. In a move sure to confound retail sales of its...

19 Aug
New Release
Da Brain, boss, Da Brain!

Da Brain, boss, Da Brain! is the word today, so this one is out of the developer cave and headed toward duplication. Brain has returned is behind the announcement....

19 Aug
New Release
Operation Desert Hammer begins

Operation Desert Hammer begins is the news today, which means another box, download, or retail shelf just got busier. 3D0 announced that their new tank simulation...

19 Aug
New Release
Let’s do the Time Warp again

Let's do the Time Warp again is the news today, which means another box, download, or retail shelf just got busier. Sorry about that is behind the announcement. Sorry...

19 Aug
Hardware
Athlon Scores Challanged by Benchmark Firm

Athlon Scores Challanged by Benchmark Firm is the update today, and it is worth keeping an eye on. FutureMark Corporation (developers of the 3DMark benchmark suite)...