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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.

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03 May
New Release Game Boy Nintendo 64 Windows 95/98
Acclaim re-signed Jeremy McGrath for Supercross 2000

Acclaim Sports, a division of Acclaim Entertainment, announced they have re-signed the most successful racer in Supercross history, Jeremy McGrath, to an exclusive multi-year...

03 May
New Release
Orcs: Revenge of the Ancient to Ravage Announced

Orcs: Revenge of the Ancient will come tearing into stores this November, Sierra division Berkeley Systems, announced today.

03 May
New Release Dreamcast Game Boy
Accolade E3 Lineup Announced

It would showcase its new 1999 lineup of software at next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.

02 May
New Release
Spyred Launched

Spyre of Future Games Network, has started a frequently updated newsite, rumor column, in which he takes a look at issues and interesting stories in the online gaming industry.

01 May
New Release Browser
Unreal 224 Patch Released

Unreal 224 Patch is out now. Epic MegaGames has released the Unreal 224 patch.

01 May
New Release
Tribes 1.4.1 Patch Released

Tribes 1.4.1 Patch is out now. Dynamix has released Starsiege Tribes 1.41 Patch.

01 May
New Release
Heretic II Enhancement Patch v1.05 Released

Activision has released Heretic II Enhancement Patch Version 1.05. This patch is for all retail versions of Heretic II, US and International.

April 1999
30 Apr
New Release
Gathering of Developers at E3

Gathering of Developers at E3 made news on April 30, 1999, with Gathering of Developers has revealed its lineup for E3.

30 Apr
New Release Linux Mac
Mac Q3Test Phase II Released

Mac Q3Test Phase II has crossed the line from waiting game to actual product, which is always better than another promise. id Software has updated the executables to 1.03 of Q3test, there is a separate download for win32 and mac that just contains the updates, and the main files have been updated as well.