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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

08 Oct
New Release
Age of Empires II in Stores

Age of Empires II is now shipping, adding one more game to an October release calendar that already looks like somebody kicked over a filing cabinet.

08 Oct
New Release
Links LS 2000 in Stores

Links LS 2000 is now shipping, adding one more game to an October release calendar that already looks like somebody kicked over a filing cabinet.

08 Oct
New Release
Flight Simulator 2000 goes Gold

In October 1999, that is the magic phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs.

08 Oct
Hardware Windows 95/98
Matrox 5.30 Driver Released

Matrox 5.30 Driver Released hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.

08 Oct
New Release
Command & Conquer: Renegade Website Launched

Command & Conquer: Renegade is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

08 Oct
New Release
MechWarrior3 Meltdown Tournament Registration

Publishers are throwing prizes, rebates and giveaways at players, because apparently just selling the game is not enough anymore.

08 Oct
New Release
Motorsims Racing Network To Host Championship Racing Series

Motorsims Racing Network To Host Championship Racing Series is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

07 Oct
Industry
Titus to Acquire Control Of VIE

Titus to Acquire Control Of VIE is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

07 Oct
New Release
ATI announces RAGE Fury MAXX

ATI announces RAGE Fury MAXX hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.