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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

04 Oct
Hardware
3Dlabs and Appian Graphics Announce Strategic Relationship

The useful part: The two companies have also entered into a co-marketing and supply agreement to provide Appian long-term access to a wide variety of 3Dlabs' products and technologies to drive increased penetration into the fast-growing multi-monitor market.

04 Oct
New Release
Motorsims Signs Premier Tracks for AMA Superbike Title

Motorsims Signs Premier Tracks for AMA Superbike Title is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

04 Oct
Deals
Spellbinder goes into Free Open Beta

Spellbinder goes into Free Open is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.

04 Oct
New Release
MechWarrior 3 Meltdown Announced

MechWarrior 3 Meltdown has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

04 Oct
Industry
Activision Acquires Neversoft Entertainment

Activision Acquires Neversoft Entertainment is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

04 Oct
New Release
Monster Sound MX400 Announced

Monster Sound MX400 has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

04 Oct
New Release
600 Hardware and Software Products Optimized for AMD

600 Hardware and Software Products Optimized for AMD hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half.

04 Oct
Hardware
700MHz AMD Athlon Processor Shipped

700MHz AMD Athlon Processor is now shipping, adding one more game to an October release calendar that already looks like somebody kicked over a filing cabinet.

04 Oct
New Release
Intel renames Merced to Itanium

Intel renames Merced to Itanium hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.