Est. 1998
Playing Out of Control Gaming

Retro reviews, vintage hardware, classic PC builds, and modern ways to keep old games alive.

Search the Archive
Category Archive

News.

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

23 Sep
New Release
Diablo v1.07 Patch released

Blizzard made the announcement of the release of the Diablo v1.07 patch. The patch fixes several serious bugs which cause crashes or freezes.

22 Sep
New Release
Starcraft: Brood War Beta

Blizzard has announced the Starcraft: Brood War Beta signup has started at 9:00am PST on Tuesday, September 22nd, and lasting until 7:00pm PST, Blizzard will be accepting.

22 Sep
New Release
Tribes Beta Test Application

StarSiege.com has started taking applications for the the Tribes Beta Test. Tribes is a first-person shooter currently in Beta.

22 Sep
New Release Mac
RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren ships

Game publisher THQ Inc. shipped the new PC/Mac action-adventure game RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren. It was developed by CyberFlix, and is available for a suggested retail.

22 Sep
New Release
Test Drive Off-Road 2 announced

Accolade said its Test Drive Off-Road 2 racing game will include 20 licensed vehicles and four licensed songs from three bands. The game will be available for the personal.

22 Sep
Hardware
PA70 Accelerator Card announced

Teaming up to deliver a high-end 3D AGP accelerator card, S3 and AOpen Incorporated announced the Savage3D-based PA70 accelerator. Utilizing Savage3D's advanced 2D/3D engine,.

22 Sep
Deals
Rainbow Six Contest

Fresh 3d is holding a Rainbow Six contest. They will be giving away several copies of Redstorm Entertainment's Rainbow Six.

22 Sep
New Release
Dominion v1.2 Patch released

More bits for the download pile. Ion Storm's Dominion team and ION's QA Department have released the V1.2 patch for Todd Porter's RTS, Dominion: Storm Over GIFT 3.

22 Sep
New Release
Klingon Honor Guard goes gold

OGR got word from Microprose that Klingon Honor Guard has gond gold and should be available in stores soon. Klingon Honor Guard a new Star Trek game, that uses the Unreal Engine.