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1999 in video gaming
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1999 in video gaming
Events
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
hosts the 2nd annual
BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
.
March 1999 —
Game Over
republished as “Game Over: Press Start to Continue”.
March 15–19, 1999 —
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, 1999 —
Game Network
hosts the 1st annual
Independent Games Festival
(IGF) at GDC.
May 1999 — Nintendo has started working on what will eventually be the
GameCube
, under the codename "Project Dolphin".
May 13–15, 1999 — 5th annual
Electronic Entertainment Expo
(E3); the 2nd annual
Game Critics Awards
for the Best of E3.
May 13, 1999 —
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
hosts 2nd Annual
Interactive Achievement Awards
(at E3); inducts
Sid Meier
of
Firaxis Games
to the
AIAS Hall of Fame
.
July 3, 1999 — 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
.
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