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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

25 Nov
New Release Arcade
Moto Racer 2 Released

Electronic Arts announced the release of Moto Racer 2 for the PC, a sequel to last year's popular high-speed, arcade-style motorcycle racing title of the same name.

25 Nov
New Release
Ruthless.com Launch Zone Event

Tom Clancy's ruthless.com, the second game of Red Storm's Power Plays series, will be featured in a special Launch Zone event this Friday, November 27, on the MSN Gaming Zone.

25 Nov
New Release
Requiem Demo Released

This is a 3D first-person shooter, but it is not just an aim-and-shoot type of game, since the plot is integrated into the game.

25 Nov
New Release
LithTech Engine Tools and Shogo Source Code Released

Monolith Productions today announced the impending Internet release of their acclaimed LithTech engine development tools and the source code from their hit first-person shooter Shogo : Mobile Armor Division.

24 Nov
New Release
Terminus News

There are three major pieces of Terminus news today, a Persistent Universe article/interview with Dan Tanguay from Vicarious Visions who is working on game design and concept art and Henry Kropf, the producer, also helped to answer some of my questions.

24 Nov
New Release
CyberStrike 2 Interview Part 2

ActionXtreme have put up the second par of the interview with John Donham of Simutronics Corporation.

24 Nov
New Release
BattleTech: Solaris Holiday Tournament

its GameStorm service, the largest pay-for-play games site on the Internet, will be ringing in the new year with a Santa Comes to BattleTech: Solaris tournament.

24 Nov
New Release
Babylon 5 Interview

3dnews.net has put up an interview with with Marc Hudgins, the lead designer and Art Director for Babylon 5 from Yosemite Entertainment .

24 Nov
Industry
AOL to buy Netscape

America Online has agreed to acquire cyberspace software pioneer Netscape Communications in a deal valued at $4.2 billion, the companies said Tuesday.