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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

29 Aug
New Release
Diablo II Character Pictures

Blizzard has updated the official Diablo II Website with an updated Characters section with new pictures of the Amazon, Paladin, and Sorceress.

29 Aug
New Release
Eraser v1.01 For Quake II

Impact Development Team has has released the last release of the Eraser bot for Quake II.

28 Aug
New Release
PERMEDIA 3 Interview

Gamer's Alliance did an interview with Jean Salvati of 3Dlabs, in which they discuss details on what we can expect from the PERMEDIA 3.

28 Aug
New Release
Railroad Tycoon II Demo

A new demo is out, or close enough to start watching the download sites like a hawk.

28 Aug
New Release
Wheel of Time Chat Tonight

3DGaming will be hosting a chat with the guys over at Legend Entertainment about their upcoming game, Wheel of Time.

28 Aug
New Release
Caesar III Demo Released

A new demo is out, or close enough to start watching the download sites like a hawk. Sierra has has released the demo for Caesar III which return you to the age of the Roman Republic.

28 Aug
New Release
John Romero is Alive

John Romero from IonStorm made a .plan update talking about the news stories of his death which where reported last night.

28 Aug
New Release
Wheel of Time Chat Log

The chat log has so much new info about WOT that you will definitely want to read the chat log here.

28 Aug
New Release
QuakeWorld v2.30 Released

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on. Dave Kirsch from id software updated his .plan announcing the release QuakeWorld v2.30.