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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

27 Oct
Hardware
Diamond Monster Shades 3D use Wicked3D’s Stereoscopic Technology

Diamond Monster Shades 3D use Wicked3D’s Stereoscopic Technology hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half.

27 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.

27 Oct
Hardware
3dfx Cards Dominate Charts Again

3dfx Cards Dominate Charts Again hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.

26 Oct
New Release
MindRover goes Gold

MindRover 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.

26 Oct
New Release
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Television Ads Announced

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Television Ads has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

26 Oct
Industry
THQ announces record 1999 Third Quarter Results

THQ announces record 1999 Third Quarter Results is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

26 Oct
Industry
Logitech announces record 2000 Second Quarter Results

Logitech announces record 2000 Second Quarter Results is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

26 Oct
New Release
Tracy Lawrence’s Music in Professional Bull Rider

Tracy Lawrence's Music in Professional Bull Rider is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

26 Oct
New Release
FIFA 2000 Ships

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