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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

09 Sep
Industry
Tech-Source partnership with Appian Graphics

Tech-Source, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-resolution graphics accelerators for Sun Microsystems' workstations, announced a partnership with Appian Graphics,.

09 Sep
New Release
HEAT Collegiate Internet Gaming League announced

If you are a college oruniversity student in the U.S. or Canada with an interest in online gaming, your future looks bright: HEAT.NET, the free online multiplayer game service.

09 Sep
Hardware
Matrox in Compaq Deskpro PCs

Matrox Graphics said the Matrox Millennium G200 (8MB and 16MB), Matrox Millennium G200 SD (8MB and 16MB) and Matrox MGA-G100 (4MB) graphics accelerators from Matrox's MGA-G200.

09 Sep
New Release
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/q2-319-x86.exe

More bits for the download pile. ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/q2-319-axp-beta.zip It may not be the biggest story of the month, but ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/q2-319-x86.exe is exactly the sort of thing PC players are tracking right now.

09 Sep
New Release
Quake 2 v3.19 Alpha Version

Christian Antkow of id Software updated his .plan announcing the release of an Alpha version of Quake 2 v3.19. They have put Quake 2 v3.19 update patch on their FTP site.

09 Sep
Industry
Interplay OEM distribution agreement with Fox Interactive

Interplay OEM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Interplay Entertainment Corporation, announced an exclusive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) distribution agreement with Fox.

08 Sep
New Release
Metal Fatigue Announed

Giant, re-configurable, weapon-laden robots battle it out on three simultaneous battlefields in Metal Fatigue, the new real-time strategy game from Psygnosis and developer.

08 Sep
New Release
BASS Masters Classic: Tournament Edition ships

Game publisher THQ Inc. has hooked major retailers with the first and only 3D fishing game for the PC, BASS Masters Classic: Tournament Edition, which ships today to retailers.

08 Sep
Industry
EA Acquired Westwood and Virgin Studio

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess.