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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.

October 1999

14 Oct
New Release
Motocross Madness 2 Official Web Site Launched

Motocross Madness 2 is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

13 Oct
New Release
USB 2.0 Announced

USB 2.0 has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

13 Oct
New Release
CenterSpan Elects Jerome J. Meyer to the Board of Directors

Meyer to the Board of Directors is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

13 Oct
New Release
Creative Ships WinDVD

Creative Ships WinDVD is now shipping, adding one more game to an October release calendar that already looks like somebody kicked over a filing cabinet.

13 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
Icewind Dale Announced

Icewind Dale has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

13 Oct
New Release
Thief Gold Mission Briefing AVI Released

Thief Gold Mission Briefing is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

12 Oct
New Release
HEATCIGL now offers $30,000 in Prizes

HEATCIGL now offers $30,000 in Prizes is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

12 Oct
New Release
Acclaim appoints Claudia Ceniceros

Acclaim appoints Claudia Ceniceros is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

12 Oct
New Release
Small World Hoops Launched

Small World Hoops Launched is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.