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05 Oct
Industry
Codemasters USA Studio Established

Codemasters USA Studio Established is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

04 Oct
Industry
Activision Acquires Neversoft Entertainment

Activision Acquires Neversoft Entertainment is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

01 Oct
Industry
Hasbro Acquires Wizards of the Coast

Hasbro Acquires Wizards of the Coast is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

September 1999
30 Sep
Industry
Take-Two acquires CD Verte

Take-Two acquires CD Verte: Take-Two Interactive Software announced that it has acquired all of the capital stock of CD Verte, S.p.A. for $2.2 million, consisting of cash and a...

29 Sep
Industry
Mpath acquires Resounding Technology

Mpath acquires Resounding Technology: As proof of its ongoing mission to enable every Web site and Web user with real-time communications capabilities centered around live...

29 Sep
Industry
Take-Two Acquires DMA Design

Take-Two Acquires DMA Design: Take-Two Interactive Software announced that it has acquired all of the capital stock of DMA Design Ltd from Infogrames Entertainment, S.A. for...

29 Sep
Industry
Prima Games and Dimension Publishing Partnership announced

Prima Games and Dimension Publishing Partnership announced: Prima Games, the world's leading strategy guide publisher, and Dimension Publishing have announced the signing of an...

28 Sep
Industry Game Boy Nintendo 64
SouthPeak to Publish Six Titles from THQ

SouthPeak to Publish Six Titles from THQ: SouthPeak Interactive announced today that the company has acquired North American publishing rights to five PC and N64 games, and the...

27 Sep
Industry
Interplay to Distribute MiG Alley

MiG Alley: Interplay Entertainment announced that it has entered into an agreement with Empire Interactive to distribute the critically acclaimed computer game, MiG Alley...