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The agreement, which is effective as of February 1, 1999, makes Psygnosis Activision's first domestic affiliate label. Psygnosis will continue to market and promote its titles through its Foster City publishing division.
Baldur's Gate is now available for free multi-player action exclusively on HEAT.NET and became the second most played game on HEAT.NET in the first week of availability.
Microsoft today announced that it will acquire Chicago-based FASA Interactive Technologies, including its parent company Virtual Worlds Entertainment Group, from a group of shareholders including FASA Corp., creators of the enormously popular BattleTech universe of stories, games and characters.
Acclaim Sports, a division of Acclaim Entertainment today announced that Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees has signed an exclusive endorsement deal for All-Star Baseball 2000.
Interactive Magic has begun distribution of the Company's new iLZ Internet software as part of three PC CD-ROM titles published in late December.
GT Interactive Software announced today that it has acquired the business of Legend Entertainment, a leading entertainment software developer known for hit titles such as Mission Critical and Death Gate, in a cash transaction.
GT Interactive Software has entered into a publishing agreement with Infinite Machine, a new CA-based software development company established by former LucasArts Jedi Knight game designer, Justin Chin and programmer Che-Yuan Wang.
The important bit: GT Interactive Software further expanded its international presence and augmented its stable of quality internal software developers today by agreeing to acquire U.K.-based Reflections Interactive Ltd., executive partner in the premier software development.
Take Two Interactive and 3000AD Settlement: Take Two Interactive and 3000AD, Inc at long last announced today the settlement of their myriad of differences.
The important bit: Simutronics, the leader in multiplayer online games, announced Thursday an agreement with Microsoft to feature Simutronics' line of massively multiplayer games on Microsoft's industry-leading MSN Gaming Zone.