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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

26 Oct
New Release
Revenant in Stores

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

26 Oct
New Release
Thief Gold Third Mission Briefing AVI Released

Thief Gold Third Mission Briefing 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
Strategy First sponsors Online Competitions on HEAT.NET

Publishers are throwing prizes, rebates and giveaways at players, because apparently just selling the game is not enough anymore.

26 Oct
New Release
Asheron’s Call has gone Gold

In October 1999, that is the magic phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs. The useful part: This means the product is completed and is expected to start showing up on store shelves in the U.S. in early November.

26 Oct
New Release
Age of Empires II Trial Version Available Soon

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

25 Oct
Hardware
Intel Introduces 15 New Pentium III and Pentium III Xeon Processors

Intel Introduces 15 New Pentium III and Pentium III Xeon Processors hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled.

25 Oct
New Release
ATI announces RAGE Mobility 128

ATI announces RAGE Mobility 128 hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.

25 Oct
New Release
Sensaura 3D Positional Audio Solution in Monster Sound MX400

The useful part: The MX400 uses the Canyon3D DSP chip, manufactured by ESS Technology Inc and is one of many Sensaura-based items available in the global marketplace.

25 Oct
Hardware
S3 Unveils Diamond Monster Shades

S3 Unveils Diamond Monster Shades hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.