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/ Adam Richardson

Interplay Sports Introduced

Interplay Entertainment, today unveiled a new name, look, and philosophy for its sports division, Interplay Sports.

Interplay Sports Introduced is the story on November 25, 1998, and it is one of those late-1998 PC gaming updates that says exactly where the scene is right now. Interplay Entertainment, today unveiled a new name, look, and philosophy for its sports division, Interplay Sports. The division, formerly known as VR Sports, will be responsible for publishing all of Interplay's sports-related games.

For players keeping track of patches, demos, hardware drivers, online events, and retail releases, this is the sort of news that can change what gets installed tonight. The business side keeps moving, and sometimes those deals decide what we actually get to play next year.