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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

03 Jun
New Release
Harley-Davidson’s Race Across America Announced

WizardWorks, a division of GT Interactive Software is partnering with the king of the road, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, to publish a computer software game that's a virtual, 3-dimensional re-creation of the classic Harley Davidson road trip experience, the only thing missing is the wind in your hair.

03 Jun
New Release
MindArks Announced

The Swedish computer game development company MindArk AB represents the biggest investment in a 3D online RPG game that has ever been done in Sweden.

03 Jun
New Release
Michael Ovitz and Richard Wolpert invest in GameSpy Industries

The announcement further confirms Ovitz' and Yucaipa's commitment to the Internet and helps expand GameSpy Industries' rapidly growing multiplayer gaming and streaming music technologies and services.

03 Jun
New Release
ELSA Synergy II Now Shipping

ELSA Synergy II Now is now moving into players' hands.

02 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Descent 3 gone Gold

Descent 3 has gone gold, so the code is done and the trip to manufacturing is underway.

02 Jun
New Release Tabletop
GURPS Myth for Tabletop Gamers Announced

Attracted by the well developed story and richly detailed game world, Steve Jackson Games has chosen Bungie Software's Myth titles for their first GURPS sourcebook based on a computer game.

02 Jun
New Release
RTIME & MathEngine Integrate Networking and Physics Engines

RTIME and MathEngine, today announced a multi-tiered agreement to combine their market-leading products.

01 Jun
New Release Dreamcast Nintendo 64 PlayStation 1
South Park Rally Announced

South Park Rally is official. Tantalus Interactive announced that it is developing South Park Rally.

May 1999
31 May
New Release
2AM Game Club is Growing

2AM's online multi-player gaming service, the 2AM Game Club, has experienced dramatic growth in the last ten months since converting to a totally free pricing model.