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Industry

09 Feb
Industry
WON publishing agreement with EPG Studios

WON publishing agreement with EPG Studios adds another piece to the February 1999 gaming business rush, from chats and contests to deals and studio moves.

09 Feb
Industry
Gathering of Developers and Take Two Agreement

Gathering of Developers and Take Two Agreement adds another piece to the February 1999 gaming business rush, from chats and contests to deals and studio moves.

02 Feb
Industry
WizardWorks to publish Buckmasters Games

WizardWorks to publish Buckmasters Games moves into players' hands through a shipment, demo, patch, beta, or gold master in February 1999.

January 1999
27 Jan
Industry
Interactive Magic moves to acquire MPG-Net

Interactive Magic, a leading Internet gaming service, announced today the completion of an offering of $4 million in aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes.

26 Jan
Industry
RedEye Interactive Acquires Rights to Tanarus

RedEye Interactive, a premiere online gaming developer, announced that it has obtained the rights to Tanarus, a massively multiplayer action strategy game, from 989 Studios.

25 Jan
Industry
GT Lawsuit against Midway Games

GT Interactive Software, a leading developer, publisher, manufacturer and distributor of entertainment software products, today announced that it has filed a civil complaint against Midway Games and certain related entities.

22 Jan
Industry
NVIDIA Stock IPO

NVIDIA Corporation announced today the initial public offering of 3,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $12.00 per share.

21 Jan
Industry Mac Windows 95/98
Emergency Room 2 Distribution Deal

Legacy Interactive today announced that it is shipping 75,000 units of Emergency Room 2 and Best of Emergency Room 2 to the consumer retail channel, through its new distributor, GT Interactive.

20 Jan
Industry
3Dfx and STB merger clears FTC waiting period

3Dfx Interactive and STB Systems today jointly announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the pre-merger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated December 13, 1998, between 3Dfx Interactive and STB Systems.