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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.

July 1998

10 Jul
New Release
Internet Gaming Zone Adds MechCommander

Microsoft announced that MechCommander, the first MechWarrior game of tactical command, is available now on the Internet Gaming Zone.

10 Jul
New Release
MAX 2 IRC Interview Log

3 MAX 2 team members came to the chat, the producer, Paul Kellner, the lead designer, Gus Smedsted and designer, Chris Taylor.

09 Jul
New Release
Quick 5th Element Fix

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Quick 5th Element Fix. It is a simple DemoPC.exe (that you overwrite the old one with) that takes care of the need of a CDR.

09 Jul
New Release
Kerry Wilkinson Interview

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Kerry Wilkinson Interview. BoatRocker.com posted their interview with Kerry Wilkinson.

09 Jul
New Release
Alien vs. Predator Screenshots

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Alien vs. Predator Screenshots. Alien vs. Predator Screenshots is on the July 1998 PC gaming radar.

09 Jul
New Release
Ares Rising goes Gold

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Ares Rising goes Gold. iMAGINE Studios has recently completed Ares Rising, a space combat simulation.

09 Jul
Deals
MPG-Net for FREE

MPG-Net has added a FREE PLAN option that allows new customers to access to all games, including the popular RPG "Kingdom of Drakkar".

09 Jul
New Release
SiN Animation

Ritualistic.com has gotten an email from Dan Rockwell from ADV Films discusinng, SiN: The Animation.

09 Jul
New Release Windows 95/98
Mordor II Announced

From Black Isle Studios, the role-playing game (RPG) division of Interplay Productions comes Mordor II, which is in joint development with the Bellevue, Washington-based...