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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

28 Oct
New Release Nintendo Switch
Falcon Northwest Talon Systems Available

Falcon Northwest Talon Systems Available hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.

28 Oct
Industry
Creative announced First Quarter Fiscal 2000 Earnings

Creative announced First Quarter Fiscal 2000 Earnings has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

28 Oct
New Release
Dungeon Keeper 2 Demo Released

Dungeon Keeper 2 has a new playable sample out, which is exactly the kind of download that keeps modems tied up and hard drives nervous.

28 Oct
New Release
Pong in Stores

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

28 Oct
New Release
Nocturne Ships

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

27 Oct
New Release
Panzer Elite in Stores

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

27 Oct
New Release Arcade
Arcade Party Pak Announced

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

27 Oct
New Release
MyLeague.com Announced

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

27 Oct
Industry
S3 Incorporated reports Third Quarter Results

S3 Incorporated reports Third Quarter Results is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.