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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.

February 2000

29 Feb
New Release
Strategy First Launches Official O.R.B. Site

Strategy First opens the web site for O.R.B., its 3D space RTS about two planets fighting over an asteroid belt.

29 Feb
New Release
3DO Ships Sammy Sosa Softball Slam

3DO has begun shipping Sammy Sosa Softball Slam for PC and PlayStation in North America. The company is calling it the first softball-themed game on those platforms, which is specific enough to be true and weird enough to remember.

29 Feb
Industry
Microsoft Opens Baseball 2001 Web Site

Microsoft launches the official Baseball 2001 site with screenshots, features, and a trial version planned for spring.

28 Feb
New Release PlayStation 2
Bethesda Announces The Dreamland Chronicles: Freedom Ridge

Bethesda and Mythos Games reveal a turn-based alien resistance strategy game for PC and PlayStation 2.

28 Feb
New Release
Die Hard Trilogy 2 Loads Up With BT, Lil’ Zane, And Bad Boy Tracks

Fox Interactive has detailed the soundtrack for Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas on PC and PlayStation. The game will feature an original score from electronica artist BT, plus a theme song from Lil’ Zane.

28 Feb
Industry Dreamcast Game Boy Color
Eidos Reports Lower Third Quarter Revenue But Leans On Big Franchises

Eidos posts lower third-quarter numbers while pointing to Tomb Raider, Thief 2, Commandos 2, and new platform support.

28 Feb
New Release
HEAT.NET Launches Persistent Action Strategy Game 10SIX

HEAT.NET has launched 10SIX, its massively multiplayer action-strategy game built around a world that keeps running 24 hours a day.

28 Feb
Industry
Microsoft Opens Gamestock 2000 To Fans Online

Microsoft’s private Gamestock press event gets an online public window with screenshots and game details.