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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.

November 1998

29 Nov
New Release
Thief: The Dark Project Demo Released

Looking Glass has released the demo for Thief: The Dark Project. It is a revolutionary first person action adventure that introduces stealth, subterfuge, and mystery to a tired genre of mindless shooting.

29 Nov
Deals
Combat Flight Simulator Contest

GameStats is having another contest. This time GameStats is giving away 14 copies of Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator.

29 Nov
New Release
Messiah Interview

Messiah Universe has put up an interview up with Jesper Kyd, who is making some of the music in Messiah.

28 Nov
New Release
Gestalt Interview

Doom Nation has put up an interview with John Bye "Gestalt", the content director over at the Planet Quake Network and head of his own gaming company.

28 Nov
New Release
Half-Life 1.0.0.6 Patch Released

Saw on Contaminated.net that Valve has released a the Half-Life 1.0.0.6 patch.

27 Nov
New Release
Blood II Patch Released

Monolith has released the Blood 2 v1.01 Patch. Make sure to update your gore-filled copy of Blood 2 with the Blood 2 v1.01 Patch to fix several issues and problems. 01 Patch here from our downloads secticon.

27 Nov
New Release
Messiah Interview

Voodoo Extreme has put up an interview with Shiny's head Messiah programmer, Michael "Saxs" Persson.

27 Nov
New Release
GameSpy 2.06 Registered Released

GameSpy 2.06 has been released featuring HalfLife support to their registered users.

27 Nov
New Release
Amen Interview with Cavedog

Greg MacMartin is the Lead Designer of Amen.