Midtown Madness announced

Microsoft announced Midtown Madness. Strap on your seat belts and prepare for some wild racing action, Madness style, in Microsoft’s Midtown Madness, an over-the-top racing game that combines the challenge of competitive racing with the freedom of unrestrained exploration and the thrill of the chase for the ultimate city driving experience.

For January 1999, this is the business side of gaming doing what it always does: studios forming, publishers moving money around, lawsuits flying, and everyone promising the next big thing. Somewhere in that mess, players eventually get the games. Maybe.