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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

03 Sep
Hardware
RIVA TNT ranked by Mercury Research

The hardware race keeps getting louder. NVIDIA Corporation said the RIVA TNT ranked first on the 3D and 2D benchmark tests conducted by Mercury Research Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., an industry leading research and consulting firm.

03 Sep
New Release
WON announces World Opponent Football League

The World Opponent Network (WON), a free online gaming megasite, announced the formation of the World Opponent Football League (WOFL), the Internet's first Fantasy Coaching.

03 Sep
New Release
Wing Commander: Secret Ops Episode 2

ORIGIN released the next episode of Wing Commander: Secret Ops, which is available for downloading today. The file size of Episode 2 is approximately 500 KB.

03 Sep
New Release
New Heavy Gear II screenshots posted

Activision's Heavy Gear II has been updated with two new screenshots of Gears in outer space, from Jack Mamais, Director of the project, and Danny Matson, Art Director. Watch.

03 Sep
New Release
Heretic II QuickPoll And Community Forum

Activision's Heretic II web site has two more features- the Heretic II QuickPoll, and the Heretic II Community Forum. The topic in both features is "Third Person Only In.

03 Sep
New Release
Myth II: Soulblighter Beta Test

Missed this a few days ago, but Bungie has said the first public Myth II: Soulblighter beta test has started accepting applications. Myth II: Soulblighter boasts numerous.

03 Sep
New Release
Blizzard News

Blizzard released the Battle.net Font Guide. Ever wanted to know how to get a different font in your Battle.net chat session while playing Starcraft.

02 Sep
Deals
Blood Giveaway

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. the The Weakly Web News is giving away three copies of Blood and the Blood Plasma Pak.

02 Sep
New Release
Mortyr Interivew

3D-Unlimited has posted a interview with Pawel Kalinowski of Mirage Media, creators of the upcoming shooter, Mortyr.