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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

09 Oct
New Release
Daikatana Chat Log

StromTroopers has put a chat log of last night's Daikatana Cabana Chat. Alot of new Daikatana info was discussed.

09 Oct
New Release
Heavy Gear II Demo Release Date

Activision plans to release the Heavy Gear II playable demo onto the Internet on November 2 as part of Gear Pilot Recruitment Week.

08 Oct
New Release
Acclaim Interview

Game-Interviews.com posted an interview with Michael Meyers from Acclaim interview. They talk about the company's plans, in the first part.

08 Oct
New Release Nintendo 64
WCW Nitro Announced

THQ, publisher of three top-selling and critically acclaimed WCW wrestling titles for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, is climbing the top rope and preparing to slam the explosive WCW Nitro onto home PCs.

08 Oct
New Release
Heretic 2 Interview

Quakeland.com posted an interview with Pat Lipo, head programmer of the Heretic 2 project. That is the kind of behind-the-scenes movement that can turn into next year's shelf space, or vanish before anyone gets a box in their hands.

08 Oct
New Release
Two New Games on MSN Gaming Zone

Microsoft said that two new games, Dominant Species from RedStorm Entertainment and European Air War from MicroProse, are available for free multiplayer matchmaking on the MSN Gaming Zone.

08 Oct
New Release
Close Combat III Web Site

Microsoft said that the official Web site for Close Combat III: The Russian Front, the latest game in the award-winning Close Combat series, is now live.

08 Oct
New Release
Racing Event at Frag 2

The Frag 2, will host a velocity packed, rubber burning, ripping fast racing event, organized by ACT LABS.

08 Oct
New Release
Akolyte Chat Log

Akolyte looks like it will take all of us by surprise when it is released. Check out their chat log for a ton of exclusive infoon the game.