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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.

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09 Jul
Industry
Acclaim Announces Third Quarter Results

Acclaim Entertainment says results for its fiscal 1999 third quarter ended May 31, 1999. the company reported third quarter net revenues of $80.0 million, an increase of 9%.

09 Jul
New Release
F-22 Raptor Upgrade Released

For the first time ever, gamers can fly three stand-alone air combat simulations in a single, large-scale environment, the Integrated Battle Space (IBS) on NovaLogic's free.

09 Jul
New Release
G400 Enhanced Gaming Titles Feature

Matrox has added an exciting new Enhanced Gaming Feature to the 3d Gaming section of the Matrox G400 website.

09 Jul
Industry
Activision acquires Elsinore Multimedia

Furthering its position as a leader in the value software category, Activision says it has acquired Elsinore Multimedia, a software development company that designed the top-selling Cabela's Big Game Hunter series for Activision's Head Games Publishing unit.

08 Jul
Hardware
GamePC includes Aureal Vortex2 Sound Cards

Aureal, a leader in digital audio imaging, says GamePC, a custom gaming system builder, is now offering Aureal's Vortex2 SuperQuad Digital PCI sound cards to its customers.

08 Jul
New Release
EA announces Chief Information Officer

Electronic Arts announces Lani Spund, a seasoned systems and operations veteran, has joined the computer and video game publisher as vice president and chief information officer.

08 Jul
New Release Mac
Half-Life Macintosh Web Site Launched

Sierra Studios, Valve, and Logicware says the launch of a new Web site dedicated to the upcoming Macintosh conversion of Valve's smash hit Half-Life, the thrilling computer.

08 Jul
New Release
Rage Adopts S3TC for All Games

Highlighting the PC gaming industry's rapid adoption of S3TC as a must-have technology, S3 Incorporated says Rage Software has entered into a strategic alliance with the company to include S3TC as standard in all future retail game titles.

08 Jul
New Release
Microsoft and Zipper collaboration on Game

Microsoft and developer Zipper Interactive says that they will collaborate to bring a new game universe to life on the PC.