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October 1998

06 Oct
Deals
Kesmai Birthday Contest

Kesmai has been working at pioneering massive multiplayer online games for sixteen years. The company is celebrating its longevity and the success of its year-old online games service, GameStorm.

06 Oct
New Release
All-Star Doom II Competition at FRAG 2

On October 31st (Saturday) at around 7PM, there will be an All-Star Doom II Competition, at FRAG 2. No $5,000 cash prizes, but the first place winner will receive a Doom2 art, painted by Kristin Weeks.

06 Oct
New Release
Akolyte Online Chat

Akolyte looks to be one of the hottest games this season, especially with their new engine they are showing off. The chat will be October 8th at 8:00pm EST, #3dgaming (irc.planetquake.com)

06 Oct
New Release
Baldur’s Gate Chat

Interplay will be having a Baldur's Gate Chat today. Dr. Ray Muzyka, BioWare Corp., co-producer on Baldur's Gate and Chris Parker, Black Isle Studios in-house producer will be in attendence.

06 Oct
New Release
GameSpy 2.04 Released

GameSpy 2.04 has been released. You can download it from the GameSpy Downloads Page. Version 2.04 is for registered users only (Version 2.02 is still the latest Shareware release).

06 Oct
New Release
Heretic 2 Interview

Fresh 3d posted a Heretic 2 interview with Pat Lipo, who is Lead Programmer of Raven Software's upcoming Heretic 2. He talks about his role in the Heretic 2 design, Heretic 2 AI and other other Heretic things.

06 Oct
New Release
Daikatana Cabana Chat This Thursday

Stormtroopers will host October’s Cabana Chat this Thursday, October 8 at 8PM Central. Cabana Chat is a monthly discussion with members of the Daikatana development team.

05 Oct
New Release
(NBK) NetRadio Show #3

Uncut, Raunch, Crazy, Mindless, Mindless, Did I say Mindless? 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.

05 Oct
New Release
Jason Hall Interview

Gamer's Digest posted an interview with Jason Hall from Monolith. In this interview, Jason shares his views on LithTech, story in games, Shogo sequels, and answers the question everyone wants to know: Who really is the God of DooM?