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.
Female Frag Fest '99 is a women-only, CPL-sanctioned Quake II tournament on HEAT.NET, sponsored by Logitech and open to players 18 and over in the U.S. and Canada.
Blue Byte will centralize European publishing, distribution, marketing, and support in Mulheim, Germany on July 2, closing its Northampton, England office.
Rare Medium and The Learning Company are building an interactive Carmen Sandiego web site for kids 8 to 12, officially launching September 1.
Game show site Gamesville.com has raised over $14 million in first-round venture funding, led by Flatiron Partners, and added four investors to its board.
3dfx's board has authorized buying back up to 2 million shares of common stock to offset long-term dilution from the company's stock benefit plans.
Eidos's Lara Croft is the only virtual character in the SCI FI Channel's new I AM SCI FI celebrity campaign, with a 20-second spot debuting June 18.
Hasbro Interactive has signed a five-year Formula 1 deal and locked sim designer Geoff Crammond into a long-term agreement, starting with Grand Prix 3.
NovaLogic's free NovaWorld service has topped 10 million game joins since December 1998, driven by F-22 Lightning 3 and built-in voice chat.
Four MSN Gaming Zone players race in the Tundra Madness finals June 18, competing in Monster Truck Madness 2 for a $27,000 Toyota Tundra.
Sun announced three editions of the Java 2 platform at JavaOne: J2SE for desktops, J2EE for servers and the slimmed-down J2ME for small devices.