1999 in video gaming
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March 31 - RollerCoaster Tycoon (PC)
Zenimax Media acquires Bethesda Softworks
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September 30 - Age of Empires II: the RF CD Keys Age of Kings (PC)
June 14 - DescentÂł (PC)
June 30 - Kingpin: Life of Crime (PC)
November 26 - Unreal Tournament (DC, PC, PS2)
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July 3 — Gamer Billy Mitchell scores a perfect 3,333,360 points on the Final Fantasy XI Gil Pac-Man arcade game
August 31 - Final Fantasy VIII - (PS)
April — Liquid Entertainment founded
April 30 - Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Lineage 2 CD Keys Sword Coast (PC)
July 31 - Outcast (PC)
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October — 7FX founded as subsidiary of a Czech company
March 16 - EverQuest (PC)
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May 11 - Homeworld (PC)
February 28 - Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (PC)
March – Game Over republished as “Game Over: Press Start to Continue”
September 8 - Soul Calibur (DC)
March 15-19 — Game Developers Conference (formerly Computer Game Developers Conference); moves to San Jose, California where it stays for six consecutive years; hosts the Cheap LOTRO Gold 1st annual Independent Games Festival
Activision acquires Elsinore Multimedia, Expert Software, and Neversoft Entertainment
November 9 - RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies (PC)
February 22 — “Black Monday” (or “Chainsaw Monday”): Sierra reorganizes to cut costs, closing several studios.
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September 9 - Sonic Adventure (DC)
April 30 - Star Wars: Episode I Racer (N64, PC)
7 Studios founded
February 8 - Mario Party (N64)
Nintendo’s Game Boy Light (GBL) handheld console in Japan only
Sony Corporation v. Bleem LLC
January 31 - Silent Hill (PS)
3d6 Games, Inc. founded (closes November 1, 2002)
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SEGA Dreamcast, an Internet-ready 128-bit home console
BAM! Entertainment, Inc. founded
October 31 - Half-Life: Opposing Force (PC)
August 11 - System Shock 2 (PC)
May 13-15 — 5th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the KAL Geons 2nd annual Game Critics Awards for the World of Warcraft EU Gold Best of E³
Tiger Electronics Game.com Pocket Pro handheld
Nintendo v. Bung Enterprises Ltd.; Nintendo sues Bung over patent infringement
October 31 - Ultima IX: Ascension (PC)
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October 11 - Jet Force Gemini (N64)
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts the Buy Dofus Kamas 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
July 21 during the World of Warcraft EU Gold Macworld Conference & Expo, Steve Jobs announced that Halo: Combat Evolved would be released for Mac OS and Windows simultaneously. Before this public announcement, game industry journalists under a non-disclosure agreement had previewed the Anarchy Online Credits game in a private showing during E3 1999.
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Team Fortress 2 is announced for release during the Cheap Guild Wars Gold year, but gets delayed until 2007.
October 31 - Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
April 27 - Super Smash Bros. (N64)
March 15 — Gama Network hosts the Gaia Online Gold 1st annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) at GDC
Infogrames Entertainment SA acquires Accolade, Gremlin Interactive (renamed Infogrames Sheffield House), GT Interactive Software (GTIS), and Ozisoft
Bohemia Interactive Studio founded
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Spiel des Jahres: Tikal - Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, Ravensburger
SNK’s Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld
Take Two Interactive acquires TalonSoft
August 31 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (PS)
December 2 - Quake III Arena (PC)
June 18 - Counter-Strike (original PC MOD)
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December 12 - Planescape: Torment (PC)
December 31 - Battlezone II: Combat Commander (PC)
January 31 - Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (PC)
June 1 - Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC)
Notable events of 1999 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.
May 13 — Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (at E3); inducts Sid Meier of Firaxis to the Cheap Rappelz Rupees AIAS Hall of Fame
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