Est. 1998
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Release dates, announcements, and anything else worth noting. No PR fluff, no embargoed opinions. If it matters to people who actually play the games, it's here.

June 1998

17 Jun
New Release
Blood 2 Online Chat

Blood 2 Online Chat is the latest June 1998 update, with gamers-Zone is hosting an online chat with the team over at Monolith working on Blood 2..

17 Jun
New Release
Heretic II AVIs

Kevin from Activision sent Blue's News two never-before-seen AVIs of Heretic II gameplay showing off some combat and some of the OpenGL graphics.

17 Jun
New Release
Charlie Wiederhold Interview

Charlie Wiederhold Interview is the latest June 1998 update, with hardCorps Sin News did an interview with Charlie Wiederhold who is level designer from Ritual..

17 Jun
New Release
Blizzard Official Sites

Blizzard Official Sites is the latest June 1998 update, with looks like Blizzard has opened the official Diablo 2 web site and the official Brood War web site..

17 Jun
New Release
Shogo Web Site Update

Shogo Web Site Update is the latest June 1998 update, with monolith has updated their Shogo web site with the weekly update..

17 Jun
New Release
Descent 3 Screenshots

Outrage has just released NEW Descent 3 screenshots to celebrate their new web site design and upcoming features. Also get Descent 3 info here.

16 Jun
New Release
George Broussard Interview with OGR

After the announcement today from 3D Realms that their upcoming first-person shooter, Duke Nukem Forever, would use the Unreal engine instead of the Quake/Quake II engine, OGR contacted George Broussard, designer on the fourth Duke, to get a further insight into the decision.

16 Jun
New Release
Paul Jaquays Interview

Paul Jaquays Interview is the latest June 1998 update, with redwood's 3D News has put up an interview with Paul Jaquays, expert level designer for id Software..

16 Jun
New Release Nintendo Switch
George Broussard Updates .plan

George Broussard from 3D Realms update his .plan with some more info on Duke Nukem Forever engine switch to Unreal.