1999 in video gaming Totally Explained

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Events

BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts the 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
March – Game Over republished as “Game Over: Press Start to Continue”
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 1st annual Independent Games Festival
March 15 — Gama Network hosts the 1st annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) at GDC
May 13-15 — 5th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 2nd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³
May 13 — Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (at E3); inducts Sid Meier of Firaxis to the AIAS Hall of Fame
July 3 — Gamer Billy Mitchell scores a perfect 3,333,360 points on the Pac-Man arcade game
Team Fortress 2 is announced for release during the year, but gets delayed until 2007.
July 21 during the Macworld Conference & Expo, Steve Jobs announced that would be released for Mac OS and Windows simultaneously. Before this public announcement, game industry journalists under a non-disclosure agreement had previewed the game in a private showing during E3 1999.

Notable releases

January 31 - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (PC)

January 31 - Silent Hill (PS)

February 8 - Mario Party (N64)

February 28 - (PC)

March 16 - EverQuest (PC)

March 31 - RollerCoaster Tycoon (PC)

April 27 - Super Smash Bros. (N64)

April 30 - (PC)

April 30 - (N64, PC)

May 11 - Homeworld (PC)

June 1 - Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC)

June 14 - Descent³ (PC)

June 18 - Counter-Strike (original PC MOD)

June 30 - (PC)

July 31 - Outcast (PC)

August 11 - System Shock 2 (PC)

August 31 - Final Fantasy VIII - (PS)

August 31 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (PS)

September 7 - Sonic Adventure (DC)

September 8 - Soul Calibur (DC)

September 30 - (PC)

October 11 - Jet Force Gemini (N64)

October 31 - (PC)

October 31 - Donkey Kong 64 (N64)

November 9 - RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies (PC)

November 11 - Medal of Honor (PS)

November 26 - Unreal Tournament (DC, PC, PS2)

December 2 - Quake III Arena (PC)

December 12 - (PC)

December 31 - (PC)

Hardware

Nintendo's Game Boy Light (GBL) handheld console in Japan only

SEGA Dreamcast, an Internet-ready 128-bit home console

SNK's Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld

Tiger Electronics Game.com Pocket Pro handheld

Business

Activision acquires Elsinore Multimedia, Expert Software, and Neversoft Entertainment

Infogrames Entertainment SA acquires Accolade, Gremlin Interactive (renamed Infogrames Sheffield House), GT Interactive Software (GTIS), and Ozisoft

Take Two Interactive acquires TalonSoft

Zenimax Media acquires Bethesda Softworks

3d6 Games, Inc. founded (closes November 1, 2002)

7 Studios founded

BAM! Entertainment, Inc. founded

Bohemia Interactive Studio founded

February 22 — "Black Monday" (or "Chainsaw Monday"): Sierra reorganizes to cut costs, closing several studios.

April — Liquid Entertainment founded

October — 7FX founded as subsidiary of a Czech company

Lawsuits

Nintendo v. Bung Enterprises Ltd.; Nintendo sues Bung over patent infringement

Sony Corporation v. Bleem LLC

Awards

Spiel des Jahres: Tikal - Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, RavensburgerFurther Information

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