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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.

New Release

25 Oct
New Release
MegaScenery Pacific Northwest for FLY! Announced

MegaScenery Pacific Northwest for FLY! has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

25 Oct
New Release
Sensaura 3D Positional Audio Solution in Monster Sound MX400

The useful part: The MX400 uses the Canyon3D DSP chip, manufactured by ESS Technology Inc and is one of many Sensaura-based items available in the global marketplace.

25 Oct
New Release
ATI announces RAGE Mobility 128

ATI announces RAGE Mobility 128 hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.

24 Oct
New Release
Microsoft Allegiance Beta Test

Microsoft Allegiance is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.

23 Oct
New Release
Pre-Order Odium

Pre-Order Odium is getting the pre-order push, complete with the usual late-90s bait: bonus goods, special offers and enough retail noise to make the box feel bigger.

22 Oct
New Release
Asheron’s Call Beta Ends Sunday

Asheron's Call is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.

22 Oct
New Release
The Sims goes Alpha

The Sims goes Alpha is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

22 Oct
New Release
Bleem LLC Announces v1.5

Bleem LLC Announces v1.5 is today's promo hook. Publishers are throwing prizes, rebates and giveaways at players, because apparently just selling the game is not enough anymore.

22 Oct
New Release
Microsoft Baseball 2000 Updated Player Roster

Microsoft Baseball 2000 is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.