News.
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Blue Byte's World Ranking Lists for The Settlers III are live at Settlers3.com, tracking solo and clan-versus-clan results after every game.
Gearbox and Sierra have signed famed level designer Richard 'Levelord' Gray to build a multiplayer map for Half-Life: Opposing Force.
eGames signed a deal with ICTV to deliver its games over cable TV, starting with MahJongg Master, Solitaire Master and Bingo.
InterAct and 3dfx are launching co-branded PC peripherals, led by the Hammerhead FX vibration gamepad and a palm-held FX Racing Wheel.
bleem! version 1.1 is out, promoting beta 1.1b2 to a full release of the PlayStation emulator for PC. Version 1.0 is no longer supported.
Surreal Software has quietly released an updated Drakan demo on Gigex with fewer bugs, refined AI, and Arokh's new Lightning Attack.
Activision's giant robot combat sequel Heavy Gear II has gone gold and ships to North American stores June 18 with more than 80 missions.
Eidos founder Stephen Streater has resigned as a director of the Tomb Raider publisher to fund and launch a new venture of his own.
EA Sports signed a sponsorship deal with PACE Motor Sports and is building Supercross 2000 for PlayStation and Nintendo 64, due this winter.
3dfx has sued Creative Labs, claiming its Unified technology for running Glide games on TNT cards infringes 3dfx copyrights and breaks a license.