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- ↑ Georgina Swan (18 December 2000), OziSoft grabs EON distribution deal, Computerworld, archived from the original on 29 September 2007
- 1 2 EON Digital Entertainment, IGN, archived from the original on 16 April 2002
- ↑ Gestalt (12 January 2002), Morrowind on its way to Europe .. again, Eurogamer
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