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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.

October 1998

14 Oct
New Release
101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy Released

Empire Interactive and developer Interactive Simulations, announced the retail availability of 101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy, a realistic strategy simulation based on the legendary landings of Normandy.

14 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
Klingon Honor Guard Available

Hasbro Interactive announced the launch of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Klingon Honor Guard.

13 Oct
New Release
Wheel of Time Development Update

The Wheel of Time web site has been updated with a development update. They dicuss that Epic has signed a contract to produce the sequel to Unreal.

13 Oct
New Release
DEF-CON Quake 2 Tournament

Defcon Online Gaming Service is going to be having a Quake2 Tournament on Sunday October 18th from 2:30 Pacific onwards.

13 Oct
New Release
GameStorm on Sci-Fi web site

Kesmai Corporation, the world leader in online multiplayer games, and The Sci-Fi Channel today announced an alliance to make available a selection of action and adventure games from Kesmai's online games service, GameStorm via The Sci-Fi Channel's Dominion Web site.

13 Oct
Hardware
AMD-K7 Processor Announced

AMD today disclosed design and technology details of its forthcoming AMD-K7 microprocessor, the leading-edge, seventh-generation successor to the AMD-K6 processor family.

13 Oct
New Release
Carmageddon: High Octane Shipped

Interplay Entertainment said that Carmageddon-High Octane has been released and hit the retail shelves on September 30, 1998.

13 Oct
New Release
Redneck Rampage: Possum Bayou Shipped

Interplay Entertainment said that Redneck Rampage-Possum Bayou has been released and hit the retail shelves on September 30, 1998.

13 Oct
New Release
Raven Software at FRAG 2

Raven Software said that will have a booth at the FRAG 2 in Dallas, Texas from October 30 - November 1, giving players an additional opportunity to become believers when they experience Heretic II’s multiplayer mayhem first hand.