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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

19 Sep
New Release
Interview with Larry Herring

StormTroopers posted an interview with Larry 'Rocketman' Herring from Ion Storm. This week he was announced as a new level designer on the Daikatana team.

19 Sep
New Release
New Tonic Trouble screenshots posted

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Intel Owner's Club has got some new exclusive screenshots up from Tonic Trouble.

19 Sep
New Release
Starcraft: Brood War Beta

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

19 Sep
New Release
Superbike World Championship Demo

AGN3D posted the Superbike World Championship Demo from Virgin Interactive. Travel the globe to 12 official, accurately modeled racing circuits.

19 Sep
New Release
New Quake III Arena screenshots posted

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. GameKillaZ posted some Quake III Arena Screenshots and pics from the new PC Gamer issue.

19 Sep
New Release
New Half-Life screenshots posted

Halflife.net has posted some new screenshots from Half-Life that Lisa Mennet over at Valve sent them. The first screenshot is of a scientist helping up an MP, and the second.

18 Sep
New Release
StarCraft Brood War FAQ

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Blizzard has updated the StarCraft Brood War F.A.Q thats located on the official Starcraft Brood War page.

18 Sep
New Release
Axis & Allies on the Zone

Microsoft said Axis & Allies, the popular WWII strategy game by Hasbro Interactive, is now available for free* multiplayer matchmaking on the Internet Gaming Zone. It's 1942.

18 Sep
Hardware
IBM Flat Panel with Matrox

Matrox Graphics today announced its partnership with IBM to provide a quality graphics accelerator for the IBM T55, a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) PanelLink based digital flat.