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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.

Windows 95/98

08 Feb
Deals Windows 95/98
Free-PC Announced

Free-PC adds another piece to the February 1999 gaming business rush, from chats and contests to deals and studio moves.

04 Feb
New Release Windows 95/98
GameDex focused on PC-gaming events

GameDex focused on PC-gaming events lands in February 1999 as PC hardware makers keep pushing faster chips, cards, drivers, and gaming peripherals.

03 Feb
New Release Game Boy Color Nintendo 64 Windows 95/98
Mission: Impossible Announced for the PC

Mission: Impossible Announced for the PC moves into players' hands through a shipment, demo, patch, beta, or gold master in February 1999.

02 Feb
New Release Windows 95/98
Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Announced

Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast lands in February 1999 as PC hardware makers keep pushing faster chips, cards, drivers, and gaming peripherals.

01 Feb
New Release Arcade Windows 95/98
Fox Arcade: Sci-Fi Pinball Announced

Fox Arcade: Sci-Fi Pinball moves into players' hands through a shipment, demo, patch, beta, or gold master in February 1999.

January 1999
21 Jan
Industry Mac Windows 95/98
Emergency Room 2 Distribution Deal

Legacy Interactive today announced that it is shipping 75,000 units of Emergency Room 2 and Best of Emergency Room 2 to the consumer retail channel, through its new distributor, GT Interactive.

20 Jan
New Release Windows 95/98
StarCraft closes 1998 as the year’s top-selling PC game

It's official. All the sales have been tallied, and Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft earned the top spot for 1998 as the year's biggest selling PC game, according to PC Data figures released this week.

18 Jan
New Release Windows 95/98
Turok 2 and South Park PC will ship with GameSpy support

Acclaim Entertainment today announced that its upcoming PC games, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil and Comedy Central's South Park, will support GameSpy Industries' popular Internet gaming tool, GameSpy, when the games hit store shelves.

December 1998
21 Dec
New Release Windows 95/98
Baldur’s Gate Ships

The important bit: Black Isle Studios, the role-playing game (RPG) division of Interplay Entertainment announced today the release of Baldur's Gate the number one new game title in pre-sale activity at certain stores.