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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

20 Nov
New Release
Zone adds Civilization II and Heretic II Support

Microsoft announced Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition and Heretic II are now available for free multiplayer matchmaking on the MSN Gaming Zone.

20 Nov
Deals
Dark Side of the Moon Rebate

As a special, limited-time offer, you can receive a $10 rebate for Dark Side of the Moon. Dark Side of the Moon is a sci-fi adventure game that immerses players in the alien world of Luna Crysta.

20 Nov
Deals
Shogo Thanksgiving Contest

GameStats has a cool contest going on. The Shogo Thanksgiving M.A.D.ness contest is in full swing. They are giving away seven copies of Shogo Mobile Armor Division to the lucky winners.

19 Nov
New Release
GameStorm Gift Promotion

Kesmai Corporation, the world's leader in online games, and Internet Payment Solutions, a billing service provider for subscription-based content sites, today announced that they are collaborating on the GameStorm Gift promotion.

19 Nov
New Release
ION Storm Resignations

They will remain as a group in the games industry and continue forward, but as a separate entity with their own set of goals.

19 Nov
New Release
Railroad Tycoon 2 Shipping

Mike Wilson who is the CEO of Gathering of Developers announced in his .plan that Railroad Tycoon 2 is gold and shipping everywhere this week in mass quantities.

19 Nov
New Release
Interview with Eidos

The interview was conducted with with Mike Schmitt, Associate Producer at Eidos about some concerns on the soon to be released Tomb Raider 3.

19 Nov
New Release
Corrinne Yu joins 3D Realms

George Broussard who is the President of 3D Realms updated his .plan announcing that 3D graphics programming guru Corrinne Yu (Former Director of Technology at Ion Storm) will be joining us soon to lead up developent on their new next generation graphics engine.

19 Nov
Hardware
Creative Labs Releases New Drivers

Creative Labs has released new drivers for the Sound Blaster PCI128, Sound Blaster PCI64, Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI, Graphics Blaster Riva TNT, 3D Blaster Banshee, and Sound Blaster Live!