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14 Jul
New Release
Age of Empires II Battle of the Kings beta tournament set

This Friday, some of the industry's top game designers will gather at Ensemble Studios to compete in the Age of Empires II Battle of the Kings multiplayer beta tournament.

14 Jul
New Release
Firaxis releases new Alpha Centauri enhancement

Firaxis Games has the latest July 1999 move: Firaxis releases new Alpha Centauri enhancement. Firaxis Games has says a new download enhancement for Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is now available.

14 Jul
New Release Nintendo 64
Naboo Starfighter unlock comes to Rogue Squadron

LucasArts Entertainment Company and Nintendo of America hand over the controls of Anakin Skywalker's sleek and ultra swift Naboo starfighter to owners of PC and Nintendo 64.

14 Jul
New Release
Interactive Magic sets live Internet press conference

Interactive Magic will hold its second live Internet Press Conference on Tuesday, 20 July 1999, at 9 AM. the company will discuss the success to date of its Internet Strategy.

14 Jul
New Release
Red Storm continues External Product Development

Red Storm Entertainment has intensified its external development efforts by naming Kevin Perry, former producer and game designer for the company, as U.S. external development.

13 Jul
New Release
Myth II v1.3 update adds Deathmatch option

Bungie has has the latest July 1999 move: Myth II v1.3 update adds Deathmatch option. Bungie has released the version 1.3 updater for Myth II: Soulblighter.

13 Jul
New Release
Ubi Soft brings Amerzone and Corsairs to the U.S.

Ubi Soft says that it has further expanded its catalog of distribution titles in the US with two hot new heart-pounding games published by Microids, Amerzone: The Explorer's.

13 Jul
New Release
Kasparov vs. The World heats up on MSN

Kasparov vs. The World heats up on MSN. Beginning with a controversial move that split the expert panel of analysts yesterday, world champion Garry Kasparov has once again placed the World Team in check in MSN's Kasparov vs.

13 Jul
New Release
Odium Website Expanded

To coincide with the launch of the upcoming turn-based RPG/strategy game Odium, Monolith Productions have launched an expanded web site for the game which includes intelligence.