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ReviewTony Hawk’s Pro Skater HDTony Hawk Pro Skater HD is lean, occasionally frustrating, and missing a tutorial nobody thought to include. It's also the best the series had felt in a decade. Worth every dollar at launch.→PreviewQuake III ArenaTwo maps, no monsters, no campaign. Still spent hours on it. The Q3 test is id at their most confident.→NewsActivision Ships Heavy Gear II to Stores This WeekHeavy Gear II ships to over 10,000 North American stores this week: 62nd-century squad combat for Windows 95/98 with a new hardware-only 3D engine, $49.95.→NewsDark Reign 2 Gets an Official Site Ahead of Winter LaunchActivision and Pandemic Studios launched the official Dark Reign 2 site with news, screenshots, interviews, and faction sub-sites ahead of a winter '99 release.→NewsHeavy Gear II Goes Gold, Hits Stores June 18Activision's giant robot combat sequel Heavy Gear II has gone gold and ships to North American stores June 18 with more than 80 missions.→ReviewQuake: The OfferingQuake: The Offering bundles the classic with two mission packs full of devastating new weapons, hilarious enemies, and tons of deathmatch mayhem.→PreviewHeretic IIHeretic goes third-person with the Quake II engine. The demo is the kind that makes you annoyed when it ends.→PreviewSiNSiN's demo is a must-download, even at 34 MB on a 28.8. The AI alone is worth the overnight wait.→
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