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.

July 1998

05 Jul
New Release
Diablo II Gameplay Video

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Diablo II Gameplay Video. The Diablo II Guide has got another exclusive Diablo II gameplay movie.

04 Jul
New Release
Unrealease Pictures

GamesCon web site posted pictures of the Unrealease Party that was in the Ontario Science Center on June 27th.

04 Jul
New Release
SpecOps Mini Loadout Patch

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: SpecOps Mini Loadout Patch. SpecOps.org got a new mini-custom loadout patch.

04 Jul
Hardware
Stealth II S220 Drivers

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Stealth II S220 Drivers. Diamond put out a new set of Stealth II S220 Drivers.

04 Jul
New Release
Descent 3 AVI

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Descent 3 AVI. The Decent 3 page posted a AVI of Decent 3 from E3.

04 Jul
New Release
Physics Changes in Quake 2

John Carmack from id Software has updated.plan explaining the the real story on the movement physics changes in the recent Quake 2 patches.

03 Jul
New Release
CogniToy IRC Interview

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: CogniToy IRC Interview. Yesterday's IRC interview with Cognitoy was alot of fun, and extremely informative.

03 Jul
New Release
M.A.X. 2 Demo Released

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: M.A.X. 2 Demo Released. Interplay put out the M.A.X. 2 is a real-time strategy game.

03 Jul
New Release
Quake 2 v3.17 Released

Disruptor from id Software has updated his.plan announcing that the Quake 2 v3.17 upgrade patch is now available.