1999 E3 Coverage: Pre-Event
More than 1,900 PC and video game titles will be introduced at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world's leading showcase for the interactive entertainment industry, which runs May 13-15th. E3 1999 will occupy more than 536,000 net square feet of exhibit space at the Los Angeles Convention Center. A total of 400 exhibitors will display the latest interactive products that millions of Americans will be bringing home this holiday season.| Tuesday, May 11th |
| Monday, May 10th |
| Friday, May 7th |
Empire Interactive's E3 Lineup (12:00am EST)
Empire Interactive has announced its largest product lineup to date. It will debut the upcoming slate at this year's E3, introducing titles for
the flight simulation, arcade and strategy categories. Titles being showcased include MiG Alley, Wargamer: Napoleon 1813-1814,
Sheep, Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey, Supernova, Comanche Hokum, and Motor Racing.
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Thursday, May 6th
Pro Pilot 2000 to Premiere (9:00pm EST)
Dynamix announced the development of Pro Pilot 2000, the fourth title in the company's Pro Pilot line of civilian simulation products.
The game will be on display at next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
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Simon & Schuster's E3 Lineup (5:00pm EST)
Simon & Schuster has announced it's E3 Lineup. Deer Avenger II, Mob Rule and Star Trek Deep
Space Nine: The Fallen, are among the 14 titles slated for 1999.
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Tuesday, May 4th
Sierra's E3 Lineup (9:30pm EST)
Sierra Studios has announced its lineup of titles to be showcased at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, May 13
through 15. They'll be showcasing Half-Life: Opposing Force, Team Fortress 2, Homeworld, Pharoah, Babylon 5: Space Combat
Simulator, Orcs: Revenge of the Ancient, and Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned; the latest in the Gabriel Knight series.
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Interplay's E3 Lineup (5:30pm EST)
The impressive breadth of titles being featured by Interplay include, nine PC titles. Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Planescape:
Torment, Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Messiah, FreeSpace 2, F/A-18E Super Hornet, Star Trek: Klingon
Academy, Star Trek: New Worlds, and Evolva and four console games (Wild Water World Championships and Carmageddon
for the Sony PlayStation as well as Nintendo 64 versions of Carmageddon and Earthworm Jim 3D.
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VR-1 Announces E3 Lineup (4:30pm EST)
Continuing its leading position as a cutting-edge developer of online games and technologies, VR-1 will demonstrate its
exciting 1999 line-up at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), May 13-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (booth #2658, West Hall). At the show, VR-1
will showcase six titles including Microsoft Fighter Ace? II, Pepelaz (working title) and three games slated for distribution on America Online's
Games Channel: Nomads of Klanth, VR-1 Crossroads and The S.A.R.A.C. Project.
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Monday, May 3rd
Top Ten E3 Announcements (4:49pm EST)
From the home office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; we have the Top 10 Announcements that will be made at the 1999 Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3)! Ok, so it's not official, but it's worth a laugh or two. Check it out!
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Accolade's E3 Lineup (12:03pm EST)
Accolade will be showcasing a variety of racing titles at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo, including
Test Drive 6, Test Drive Off-Road 3, Test Drive Cycles, and Demolition Racer. They'll also be
demonstrating their upcoming title, Slave Zero.
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Gathering of Developer's E3 Lineup (12:00am EST)
Gathering of Developers, is planning an apocalyptic E3. The company will showcase eight games: Delphine Software’s Darkstone, DMA Design's Grand Theft
Auto 2, Terminal Reality’s Nocturne and FLY!, Ritual Entertainment’s Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2, Third Law Interactive’s KISS Psycho Circus:
The Nightmare Child and Rune from Human Head Studios and Epic Games.
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Quake 3 to Premiere at E3 (12:00am EST)
Activision and id Software will deliver a cataclysmic level of 3D action at the 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo with the debut of
Quake III Arena. Designed as a 3D hardware-only title, Quake III Arena features a next-generation engine that continues id's signature
hard-hitting action. The game is expected to hit retail shelves in 1999 and will be distributed by Activision.
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Deus Ex Premiering at E3 (12:00am EST)
Eidos Interactive has announced its E3 line-up, and attendees are going to get their hands on one of the most eagerly anticipated
upcoming 3D games in development, ION Storm and Warren Spector’s Deus Ex. The story the Unreal engine-based action-RPG is
wrapped up in seems familiar on the surface: It is the new millennium; civilization is near collapse; the world economy is in
chaos; the middle class no longer exists; terrorism runs rampant; and it is five minutes and counting to the apocalypse.
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Star Trek Games at E3 (12:00am EST)
At the Electronics Entertainment Expo, Activision will boldly go where no other interactive entertainment company has gone before
when the company unveils Star Trek: Voyager Hazard Team, the first game set in the Star Trek: Voyager universe, Star Trek Armada, the
first space-based real-time strategy game set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe and Star Trek Insurrection, the
action-adventure game based on the 1998 feature film from Paramount Pictures.
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Activision's E3 Lineup (12:00am EST)
Games publisher Activision will debut four PC games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo on March 13. The lineup includes
sequels to two acclaimed games, Dark Reign 2 and Battlezone 2, as well as two new titles, Soldier of Fortune and Vampire: The
Masquerade.
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Eidos' E3 Lineup (12:00am EST)
Eidos plans on showing several PC and Playstation games including Abomination and Cutthroats from
HotHouse, Anachronox, Daikatana and Deus Ex from Ion Storm, Braveheart from Red Lemon, Omikron from Quantic Dream, Revenant
from Cinematix and Urban Chaos from Mucky Foot. Eidos also plans on showing off dual platform versions (Playstation and PC ) of Legacy
of Kain: Soul Reaver by Crystal Dynamics and Saboteur by Tigon.
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Red Storm's E3 Lineup (12:00am EST)
Red Storm Entertainment surprised the industry at last year’s E3 convention with its instant hit Rainbow Six.
This year, the company plans to introduce another stellar line-up. Force 21, a real-time 3D tactical wargame, will be the 1999
showcase title for Red Storm Entertainment. Also on tap for Red Storm is the sequel to SpecOps, Rogue Spear, and Shadow Watch.
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Westwood Announces E3 Lineup (12:00am EST)
Westwood Studios announced three titles they plan on showing off this year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo; Two of them are for
the PC. The company plans to show off their upcoming roleplaying game Nox - a Diablo-esque action roleplaying game along with the sequel to the
stellar hit Command & Conquer, Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun.
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