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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

07 Oct
New Release
Septerra Core goes Gold

Septerra Core has gone gold, which means the code is done and the next stop is a box on a store shelf. In October 1999, that is the magic phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs.

07 Oct
New Release
Thief Gold goes Gold

Thief Gold has gone gold, which means the code is done and the next stop is a box on a store shelf. In October 1999, that is the magic phrase: stop tweaking it, start pressing discs.

07 Oct
New Release
Motorsims Racing Network in Open Beta

Motorsims Racing Network in Open is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.

07 Oct
New Release
ATI announces RAGE Fury MAXX

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

06 Oct
New Release
Age of Empires II Chat Tomorrow

Age of Empires II Chat Tomorrow is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

06 Oct
New Release Arcade
NFL Fever 2000 Updated Player Roster

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

06 Oct
New Release
Asheron’s Call Beta on Newsstands

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

06 Oct
New Release
Creative NOMAD II Announced

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

06 Oct
New Release
Unrealty Demo Released

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