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News.

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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16 Mar
New Release
Lands of Lore III Marathon Prizes

March 16, 1999: Westwood Studios revealed the official prize list for the Lands of Lore III Marathon, a launch event celebrating the release of the highly anticipated RPG.

16 Mar
New Release
Giants: Citizen Kabuto Music Composer

Interplay Entertainment and Planet Moon Studios, says six time Emmy nominee, Mark Snow has signed on to compose the music for the upcoming sci-fi action PC game, Giants: Citizen Kabuto.

16 Mar
New Release
Valve Licenses Intel MRM Technology

March 16, 1999: Valve, the makers of the blockbuster PC game Half-Life, says they will be using Intel's Multiresolution Mesh Technology for their upcoming title Team Fortress 2.

16 Mar
Hardware
Matrox G400 Announced

Matrox Graphics adds a new dimension to 2D, 3D and video with the announcement of the new Matrox G400, the sixth generation chip in the company's highly awarded line of graphics technology.

15 Mar
New Release
Jumpgate Announced

March 15, 1999: Net Devil has revealed Jumpgate, the massively multiplayer space sombat & trading simulation.

15 Mar
New Release
3D GameGauge Version 2.0 Released

March 15, 1999: Less than a year since unveiling its landmark 3D graphics measuring system, Computer Gaming World, a Ziff-Davis publication, unveiled 3D Game Gauge Version 2.0.

15 Mar
New Release
Demolition Racer Announced

Accolade revealed a new action racing game, Demolition Racer. The game lets players participate in fast action demolition derby races with 16 cars on 12 tracks.

15 Mar
Hardware
Viper V770 Graphics Accelerator Announced

March 15, 1999: Diamond Multimedia Systems revealed the new, high-performance Viper V770 graphics accelerator based on NVIDIA's RIVA TNT2 Ultra graphics controller.

15 Mar
New Release
Stealth III S540 Announced

Diamond Multimedia Systems revealed its next-generation Stealth graphics accelerator, the Stealth III S540, with support for AGP 4X technology and S3 Texture Compression (S3TC) for piercing image quality.