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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

15 Jun
New Release
Max Payne Site and Video

Today 3D Realms released the the Max Payne video to complete the trilogy of videos released from the recent E3 show in Atlanta.

15 Jun
New Release
Interview with John Romero

There is an interview with gaming legend, John Romero, where he talks about his role in the CPL, over at the CPL Website.

15 Jun
New Release
Duke Nukem Forever to use Unreal Engine

George Broussard from 3D Realms updated his .plan announcing that Duke Nukem Forever will be using the Unreal engine. Duke Nukem was going to use the Quake II engine, this is a major change for the development of the game.

15 Jun
New Release
Warren Spector Interview

Warren Spector Interview is the latest June 1998 update, with the Daily Informant over at ION Storm has put up an with Warren Spector, who talks about Deus Ex..

15 Jun
New Release
Soldier of Fortune Preliminary Sketch

Soldier of Fortune Preliminary Sketch is the latest June 1998 update, with rick Johnson updated his .plan mentioning that The first Soldier of Fortune artwork was released..

15 Jun
New Release
DNF to use Unreal Engine Press Release

UPDATE: The press release from 3D Realms regarding the decision is now online with explanations as to why they did this.

15 Jun
New Release
Homeland Alpha 100 Version Released

Morris who is the Project Leader for Homeland has let me know that the Alpha 100 version of Homeland has been released. It is mostly a bug-fix version, with some new features implemented.

14 Jun
New Release
Interview about Vortech

Interview about Vortech is the latest June 1998 update, with gaGames did an interview about Vortech "The Ancient Technology"..

14 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
PowerStrip 2.22 released

PowerStrip 2.22 released is the latest June 1998 update, with enTech Taiwan has released PowerStrip 2.22..