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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

07 Oct
New Release
Motorsims Racing Network in Open Beta

Motorsims Racing Network in Open is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.

07 Oct
New Release
Thief Gold goes Gold

Thief Gold has gone gold, which means the code is done and the next stop is a box on a store shelf. In October 1999, that is the magic phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs.

07 Oct
New Release
Septerra Core goes Gold

Septerra Core has gone gold, which means the code is done and the next stop is a box on a store shelf. In October 1999, that is the magic phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs.

06 Oct
New Release
MusicMatch Jukebox bundled with Creative NOMAD II

The useful part: The Creative Digital Audio Center now offers advanced recording features and enhancements, which include support for Microsoft's Windows Media Audio (WMA).

06 Oct
New Release
Nightlong Shipped

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

06 Oct
Industry
Activision Expands Alliance with Marvel Enterprises

Activision Expands Alliance with Marvel Enterprises is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

06 Oct
New Release
Imeron SoundStar 360 Systems Announced

Imeron SoundStar 360 Systems has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

06 Oct
New Release
Unrealty Demo Released

Unrealty has a new playable sample out, which is exactly the kind of download that keeps modems tied up and hard drives nervous.

06 Oct
New Release
Creative NOMAD II Announced

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