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Hasbro Interactive will introduce the definitive Atari compilation, Atari Arcade Hits: Volume 1 CD-ROM.
Aureal a leader in digital audio imaging, says it plans a Fall 1999 introduction of high-quality speaker products.
Interactive Magic says that it had completed the sale of its CD-ROM product line to Ubi Soft Entertainment.
GameSpy 2.12 has been released for registered users. The new version has support for Kingpin, Drakan, and Descent 3. GameSpy 3D takes online gaming and goes big.
With bleem!, PC users can play hundreds of PlayStation games on their PCs, and take advantage of newer 3D hardware to play games at next-generation resolutions. bleem! is distributed by Navarre Corporation, and is now for sale at outlets nationwide, including CompUSA, Fry's, Electronics Boutique, Hastings, and Virgin Megastores. bleem! has already sold nearly 20,000 copies in just a few months through www.bleem.com, and has developed a very large following among the gaming community. bleem! is truly, and they're thrilled to have distributor and retail support.
HeadGames Publishing and Cabela's Incorporated, the world's foremost outfitter, have joined forces to deliver an ultra-realistic trap, skeet and sporting clays simulation to the PC in Cabela's Sportsman's Challenge.
Sid Meier's Antietam! Announced. On the anniversary of Gettysburg, the battles of the Civil War continue as FIRAXIS Games says Sid Meier's Antietam!, the first product in the previously top secret Sid Meier's Great Battles Series.
GT Interactive is backing Driver with a multi-million dollar campaign spanning TV, print, brand tie-ins and online ads for the PlayStation and PC title.
MechWarrior 3 topped PC Data's chart in both units and dollars for the week of June 6, selling more than 18,000 copies in its second week at retail.
QB1, the real-time play-calling game on NFLeurope.com, closed its first season at World Bowl '99; NTN has registered over 100,000 players since January.