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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.

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06 Apr
New Release
Substance Abuse Studios unveils Heroin Engine

It is a BMX bicycle racing, jumping, stunt oriented game, in which you will be able to race head-to-head against other opponents or against the clock, perform a myriad of tricks such as a backflips, 360º barspins and tailwhips over huge jumps and ramps.

06 Apr
New Release
Asheron’s Call Beta Sign Up a Success

Microsoft said today that on one day alone, Friday, March 26, there were over 21,000 unique registrations for the chance to win one of 200 exclusive slots as early beta testers for the long-awaited massively multiplayer role-playing game, Asheron's Call.

05 Apr
New Release
Baseball 2000 gone Gold

Baseball 2000 made news on April 5, 1999, with Microsoft today revealed that Baseball 2000 has wrapped development and gone gold.

05 Apr
New Release
Homeworld Website Launched

Homeworld Website is moving on the business side today, because apparently the games industry cannot go five minutes without someone buying, signing, or reorganizing something.

05 Apr
New Release
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Racing Released

Sierra On-Line today revealed the release of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Racing, the latest version in its NASCAR family of racing simulations.

05 Apr
New Release
Civilization: Call to Power in Stores

Civilization: Call to Power made news on April 5, 1999, with Activision's Civilization: Call to Power is available for the PC.

05 Apr
New Release
Elysium Development Stopped

Cavedog Entertainment announces it has decided to stop development of Elysium and is reassigning its talented team members to other projects.

05 Apr
New Release
Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century Features Announced

PopTop Software's Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century expansion pack takes railroad tycoons into the next era of railroading with new areas to develop and new industries to dominate.

05 Apr
New Release
Fierce Harmony on GameStorm

Kesmai Corporation today revealed that Fierce Harmony is available in free open beta on the company's online games service, GameStorm.