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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.

August 1998

12 Aug
New Release
Shogo Information

Billy Wilson from Voodoo Extreme asked Jason Hall of Monolith a few questions regarding their upcoming LithTech engine based game, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division.

12 Aug
New Release Arcade
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Shipped

Gathering of Developers, a developer-driven computer and video game publishing company, now has announced that Jazz Jackrabbit 2, an action-packed, side-scrolling, arcade-style.

12 Aug
Industry
Hasbro to acquire MicroProse

Hasbro said Wednesday it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MicroProse in a transaction valued at about $70 million.

12 Aug
New Release
Creative’s Environmental Audio Platform Support

Creative Technology, now has announced that Activision and Electronic Arts intend to include support for Creative's Environmental Audio Platform in new upcoming game titles.

12 Aug
New Release
Kali 1.52 Released

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on. Kali Inc has has released a new version of Kali.

12 Aug
New Release
Heretic II in 3rd Person

Phoebus for letting me know, Steve Stringer, Activision's Producer on Heretic II, took some time to answer a question that he's been asked a lot over the past year: Why not.

12 Aug
New Release
Daikatana Screenshot

Daikatana.com has posted the newest Daikatana screenshot from futuristic Japan episode which Steve Rescoe explains.

12 Aug
New Release
Command & Conquer Movie

Westwood Studios, the highly successful 13-year-old Las Vegas-based developer and publisher of game and entertainment software, is developing its popular "Command & Conquer".

12 Aug
New Release
Cendant to Sell Entire Game Unit

Chris from UGO for letting me know Cendant has engaged Credit Suisse First Boston to analyze strategic alternatives in regard to the potential 100 percent initial public.