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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

06 Oct
New Release Arcade
NFL Fever 2000 Updated Player Roster

NFL Fever 2000 is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

06 Oct
New Release
Age of Empires II Chat Tomorrow

Age of Empires II Chat Tomorrow is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

06 Oct
Industry
Barnes & Noble to acquire Babbage’s Etc

Barnes & Noble to acquire Babbage's Etc is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

05 Oct
Industry
Codemasters USA Studio Established

Codemasters USA Studio Established is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

05 Oct
New Release
Bingo eXtreme Launched

Bingo eXtreme Launched is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

05 Oct
New Release
600,000 Downloads of GTA2 Demo

600,000 Downloads of GTA2 Demo has a new playable sample out, which is exactly the kind of download that keeps modems tied up and hard drives nervous.

05 Oct
New Release
Space Invaders Announced

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

05 Oct
New Release
Guillemot 3D Prophet DDR Announced

Guillemot 3D Prophet DDR has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

05 Oct
New Release
AMD SledgeHammer Announced

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