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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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14 Jul
New Release Nintendo 64
Naboo Starfighter unlock comes to Rogue Squadron

LucasArts Entertainment Company and Nintendo of America hand over the controls of Anakin Skywalker's sleek and ultra swift Naboo starfighter to owners of PC and Nintendo 64.

14 Jul
New Release
Firaxis releases new Alpha Centauri enhancement

Firaxis Games has the latest July 1999 move: Firaxis releases new Alpha Centauri enhancement. Firaxis Games has says a new download enhancement for Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is now available.

14 Jul
New Release
Age of Empires II Battle of the Kings beta tournament set

This Friday, some of the industry's top game designers will gather at Ensemble Studios to compete in the Age of Empires II Battle of the Kings multiplayer beta tournament.

13 Jul
New Release
Creative Announces Support of SDMI

Creative Technology has the latest July 1999 move: Creative Announces Support of SDMI.

13 Jul
New Release
Mplayer.com expands its card and board games community

Aching to recreate the living room Backgammon marathons of your youth? Craving a quick game of cards, be it Poker, Hearts or Spades?

13 Jul
New Release Windows 95/98
THQ signs Volition RPG Summoner for PC

THQ says that it has partnered with game developer Volition Inc., of the acclaimed Descent franchise, to bring Summoner to PC gaming enthusiasts worldwide.

13 Jul
New Release
EA and Wizards of the Coast plan online card strategy game

Electronic Arts and Wizards of the Coast, publisher of the world's best-selling Magic: The Gathering trading card game, says an agreement to jointly develop a new intellectual.

13 Jul
New Release Windows 95/98
Winamp 2.24 Released

Nullsoft has has the latest July 1999 move: Winamp 2.24 Released. Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT.

13 Jul
New Release
Odium Website Expanded

To coincide with the launch of the upcoming turn-based RPG/strategy game Odium, Monolith Productions have launched an expanded web site for the game which includes intelligence.