News.
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.
Need for Speed: High Stakes is shipping for PC with polygonal crash damage that affects handling, 3-D interiors, and features from the PlayStation version.
Interplay's Descent 3 is at retail for Windows 95/98/NT, adding open-atmosphere flight, ten new weapons, and a $50,000 online championship on HEAT.NET.
Strange Company's NiSplit beta is a free graphical tool for building Unreal-style camera flybys through any Quake II level, with a tech demo available.
Blue Byte will centralize European publishing, distribution, marketing, and support in Mulheim, Germany on July 2, closing its Northampton, England office.
Rare Medium and The Learning Company are building an interactive Carmen Sandiego web site for kids 8 to 12, officially launching September 1.
Microsoft opens NFL Fever 2000 beta sign-ups Friday, June 18, posting the form at an undisclosed time to give every would-be tester a fair shot.
Game show site Gamesville.com has raised over $14 million in first-round venture funding, led by Flatiron Partners, and added four investors to its board.
3dfx's board has authorized buying back up to 2 million shares of common stock to offset long-term dilution from the company's stock benefit plans.
Eidos's Lara Croft is the only virtual character in the SCI FI Channel's new I AM SCI FI celebrity campaign, with a 20-second spot debuting June 18.
Hasbro Interactive has signed a five-year Formula 1 deal and locked sim designer Geoff Crammond into a long-term agreement, starting with Grand Prix 3.