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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

05 Sep
Deals
Terminus Demo Contest

Vicarious Visions and Station Terminus would like to announce a Terminus Demo contest. The contest will run from Friday September 4 through Friday September 11.

05 Sep
New Release
Mortyr Screenshots & Sketches

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. 3D-Unlimited has posted a Mortyr preview with 9 new Mortyr screen-shots and 2 new sketches.

05 Sep
New Release
DM Levels selected for Quake 2 Tournament

The Cyberathlete Organization has selected the three deathmatch levels that will be used for the on-one-on Quake 2 tournament at the upcoming Frag 2 CPL event in Dallas, Texas..

05 Sep
New Release
Heretic 2 Interview with Zuk

Heretic2.Com has posted an interview with Jon Zuk, the lead level designer on Heretic II.Hhe answered 10 questions regarding level design.

04 Sep
New Release
Half-Life interview posted

GameSpot posted an interview with Gabe Newell, managing director of Valve Software, before heading on over to London where he will attend the gaming show ECTS. They asked.

04 Sep
New Release
Heretic 2 Designer Diary

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. OGR posted the latest installment of thier exclusive Heretic 2 Designer Diary.

04 Sep
New Release
Launch of Game One announced

Video game publisher Infogrames Entertainment and Europe's leading digital broadcaster, Canal Plus, have announced the launch of Game One, Europe's first video game channel..

04 Sep
New Release
Dune 2000 ships

The hardware race keeps getting louder. Westwood Studios said the eagerly anticipated Dune 2000 shipped to retailers today.

04 Sep
New Release
Heavy Gear II Conceptual Sketch

Activision's Heavy Gear II has been updated with a conceptual sketch of one of Heavy Gear II's outer space combat missions, from Danny Matson, Art Director for the project. He.