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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.

September 1998

15 Sep
New Release
Hab-12 Screenshot and MPG

Ratloop has updated their website with info, new screenshots, and a mpg of their new game under development, Hab-12.

15 Sep
New Release
Hasbro purchased MicroProse

Hasbro said it has successfully completed its cash tender offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of common stock of MicroProse at a price of $6.00 per share. Hasbro also.

15 Sep
Hardware
3Dfx Sales Down

The hardware race keeps getting louder. 3Dfx Interactive, Inc said sales of its products in the third quarter of the calendar year have been lower than anticipated due to a greater than expected seasonal slowdown in the retail channel. 3Dfx Interactive, develops high performance, cost-effective 3D media processors, software and related technology that are designed to enable a highly immersive, interactive and realistic 3D experience across interactive electronic entertainment systems It may not be the biggest story of the month, but 3Dfx Sales Down is exactly the sort of thing PC players are tracking right now.

15 Sep
New Release
Heavy Gear II Production Team Update

Producer Dave Georgeson has updated the Production Team page on the Heavy Gear II web site, discussing such "Stealthy" topics as Passive vs. Active Radar, Line-of-Sight,.

15 Sep
New Release Dreamcast Nintendo 64
RTIME interview posted

Game-Interviews.com have posted an interview with Glen Van Datta, Director of Engineer for RTIME Inc. In this interview he talks about their history, the engine's.

15 Sep
Deals
Activision Survey Contest

Since Activision.Com was launched, they've asked for your help when it came to making big decisions about the future of Activision gaming. It's that time again.

14 Sep
New Release
Half-Life interview posted

Blue's News has posted a brief interview with Gabe Newell, Valve's Managing director discussing Half-Life Day One. Half-Life Day One is the OEM version which recently went gold.

14 Sep
New Release
Interview with TedTheDog

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. NetGamer has an exclusive Interview with TedTheDog who helps operate one of the UK's biggest chains of Quakeworld and Quake II servers.

14 Sep
New Release
SouthPeak Ships WB Titles

More bits for the download pile. SouthPeak Interactive shipped the first of its family entertainment software titles featuring Warner Bros. properties and characters.