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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

11 Sep
New Release
Get Medieval Demo and Level Editor

More bits for the download pile. Monolith released the Get Medieval Demo and Level Editor. Also make sure you read our review of Get Medieval, after that enter our contest and get a chance to win a copy of the game.

11 Sep
New Release
New Giants screenshots posted

Planet Moon Studios has posted some new screenshots of Giants. This is after they got a wonderful reception at ECTS.

11 Sep
New Release
Tom Hall interview posted

GamerzEdge has posted an interview with ION Storm designer, Tom Hall. He talks about his vision of Anachronox in the interview.

11 Sep
New Release Browser
Anachrochat Tonight

ION Storm is going to be having another Anachronox chat. The chat will be with Tom Hall and team as they take to the ION Chat Room tonight for September's Anachrochat.

11 Sep
New Release
Daikatana Video Trailer

ION Storm released a new Daikatana Video Trailer from ECTS. This video trailer was edited by Art Director Jerry O'Flaherty and Daikatana Lead Artist Bryan Pritchard.

11 Sep
New Release
UltraCorps Weekend Warrior Marathon

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Microsoft said the UltraCorps Weekend Warrior marathon, a 36-hour, 36-turn game, will begin with the first turn tomorrow, Saturday, September 12, at 9AM Pacific Time.

11 Sep
New Release
BC3K v2.0 Box Art

BC3K v2.0 Box Art got finalized today. The v2.0 box, created by the Interplay designer, features the Mark 2 Battlecruiser.

11 Sep
New Release
Rainbow Six v1.02 Patch

Red Storm Entertainment released the 1.02 patch for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. The patch will properly update Rainbow Six versions 1.00 and 1.01.

10 Sep
New Release Linux
Quake2 3.19 Linux Release

Zoid of id Software updated his .plan announcing the release of Quake2 3.19 for Linux. This release features support for two different OpenGL drivers: the 3DFX OGL Miniport.