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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

18 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
EverQuest breaks All Online PC Game Industry Sales

EverQuest breaks All Online PC Game Industry Sales is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

18 Oct
New Release
NASCAR Legends Announced

NASCAR Legends has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

18 Oct
New Release
Women Wise Announced

Women Wise has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

17 Oct
New Release
David Bowie Album Features Omikron Music

David Bowie Album Features Omikron Music hit the hardware desk today, aimed at PC users who still think specs, slots, drivers and bundled software are half the fun.

16 Oct
New Release
Psygnosis Announces the Panzer Elite Week Prize Blitzkrieg

Publishers are throwing prizes, rebates and giveaways at players, because apparently just selling the game is not enough anymore.

15 Oct
New Release
Asheron’s Call Demo Released

Asheron's Call has a new playable sample out, which is exactly the kind of download that keeps modems tied up and hard drives nervous.

15 Oct
New Release
Fighter Ace II Beta Opened to Public

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

15 Oct
New Release
Immersion Appoints Apple Senior VP to Board of Directors

The useful part: "I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Rubinstein to our Board of Directors," said Louis Rosenberg, president and CEO of Immersion.

15 Oct
New Release
ATI joins OpenGL Architecture Review Board

ATI joins OpenGL Architecture Review Board is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.