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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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04 Jun
Industry
ATI fires back at Real 3D in graphics patent fight

ATI has countersued Real 3D in Delaware, one week after Real 3D claimed ATI's RAGE graphics line infringes two patents. ATI wants the patents declared invalid.

03 Jun
Industry
Quake Programmer Brian Hook Jumps to Verant

Brian Hook, formerly of id Software and a chief architect of 3Dfx's Glide API, has joined EverQuest developer Verant Interactive's programming team.

03 Jun
Hardware
ELSA ships the $299 Synergy II workstation card

ELSA is now shipping the Synergy II workstation graphics card: RIVA TNT2 silicon, up to 32MB, certified OpenGL drivers, and a $299 price that undercuts the workstation pack.

03 Jun
Industry
Swedish Studio MindArk Building Online RPG for Thousands of Players

Swedish developer MindArk is building a 3D online RPG meant to hold thousands of players in a single world, with a public beta planned for spring 2000.

03 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Man of War II Sails Into North American Stores

Strategy First's Age of Sail sequel Man of War II has shipped to North American retail through GT Interactive, with 150-ship battles fought from the deck.

03 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Harley-Davidson’s Race Across America Coming to PC This Year

WizardWorks and Harley-Davidson are making a PC racing game where riders cross the country to the Sturgis rally, due out later this year.

03 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Homeworld Ships Worldwide September 1

Sierra and Relic have set September 1, 1999 as the worldwide ship date for Homeworld, the 3D space RTS and Relic Entertainment's debut game.

03 Jun
Industry
Michael Ovitz Puts Money Into GameSpy Industries

Michael Ovitz and Yucaipa's Richard Wolpert have made an equity investment in GameSpy Industries, and Wolpert takes a seat on the company's board.

02 Jun
Physical Copies Tabletop
Steve Jackson Games Is Bringing Bungie’s Myth to GURPS in November

Steve Jackson Games has licensed Bungie's Myth for a GURPS sourcebook due in November, the first GURPS book based on a computer game.