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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

20 Oct
New Release
Simutronics Debuts on Inc. 500’s 1999 List

Simutronics Debuts on Inc. 500's 1999 List is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

20 Oct
New Release
AMD Fabrication Facility in Germany Opened

AMD Fabrication Facility in Germany Opened hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.

20 Oct
Hardware
Diamond Ships HomeFree Phoneline Home Networking Solution

The useful part: Diamond's new 10-megabit product transfers information between PCs 10 times faster than current 1 Mbps products and provides consumers with enough bandwidth to share Internet access, printers, files and even digital music.

20 Oct
New Release Linux
ATI announces Official Support For Linux OS

The useful part: Recognizing the phenomenal growth and increasing popularity of Linux, ATI is committed to ensuring that the open source development community has access to technical development information on all its key components.

20 Oct
New Release
Delta Force 2 goes Gold

Delta Force 2 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 phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs.

20 Oct
Industry
Dave Neubecker Promoted to Vice President for FOX Sports Interactive

The useful part: Neubecker will report directly to Fox Interactive's President, Steve Bersch.

20 Oct
Industry
3Dlabs Reports Third Quarter 1999 Results

3Dlabs Reports Third Quarter 1999 Results is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

20 Oct
Industry
Activision Reports Record Second Quarter Revenues

Activision Reports Record Second Quarter Revenues is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

20 Oct
New Release
Crimson Skies Announced

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