Est. 1998
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The News Desk

News.

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

16 Apr
New Release Arcade
GROMADA Announced

GROMADA made news on April 16, 1999, with Buka Entertainment Company revealed its new project, an action/arcade game GROMADA scheduled for release in Q2 1999.

16 Apr
New Release
Official Aliens versus Predator Website Opened

Official Aliens versus Predator Website made news on April 16, 1999, with Stomped says that the official website for the upcoming Aliens versus Predator game has opened.

15 Apr
New Release
Half-Life: Opposing Force Announced

Sierra Studios revealed that it will release an official game expansion for the highly celebrated 3D action thriller, Half-Life, this fall.

15 Apr
New Release Dreamcast
Sega Dreamcast US Launch Date

Sega Dreamcast US Launch Date made news on April 15, 1999, with During a teleconference from its headquarters in San Francisco, Calif.

15 Apr
New Release
Monster Truck Madness 2 Tournament

Today the MSN Gaming Zone begins sign-ups for Tundra Madness, a Monster Truck Madness 2 tournament in which the winner will be crowned the Duke of Dirt and walk away with a brand new Toyota Tundra.

15 Apr
New Release
Re:Action Entertainment Launched

In a move to broaden their existing product line, interactive entertainment software publisher DreamCatcher Interactive today revealed the formation of their new action/strategy label, Re:Action Entertainment.

15 Apr
New Release
FLY! Release Date

FLY! Release Date made news on April 15, 1999, with Take Two Interactive has revealed the launch date for FLY!, their eagerly anticipated flight sim.

14 Apr
New Release
U.S. Navy using Microsoft Flight Simulator

U.S. Navy using Microsoft Flight Simulator is the story today, and it is the kind of late-April 1999 news blast that makes the pre-E3 season feel like someone kicked the hornet nest.

14 Apr
New Release
Game Tool Technologies supports OpenPlane Technology

GTT is a leading developer of flight simulation utilities and add-ons. OpenPlane is an architecture that allows interested gamers, developers and third parties to modify and extend games that are based on the OpenPlane standard.