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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.

New Release

14 Jan
New Release
Half-Life v1.0.0.8 Patch released

Valve and Sierra Studios announced the immediate availability of an update for its award winning game, Half-Life.

14 Jan
New Release
Half-Life Team Fortress Classic

Valve also announced that they will be releasing Team Fortress Classic as a free add-on for Half-Life.

14 Jan
New Release
GameLaunch 1.05 released

Critical Mass Communications has released version 1.05 of GameLaunch. GameLaunch is a 3D card optimizer and custom config manager.

14 Jan
New Release
Impressions Software ’99 Lineup

Sierra Studios and Impressions Software announced today two key titles in development for 1999: Pharaoh, the next installment in Impressions' award-winning City Building Series and Civil War Generals 3, the follow-up to the best-selling Civil War game series.

13 Jan
New Release
Quake 3 Arena Screenshots

id Software has released some official Quake 3 Arena Screenshots. The shots were taken from the technology demo of Quake 3 Arena that John Carmack gave at MacWorld this year.

13 Jan
New Release Arcade
NBA Live 99 Demo released

EA SPORTS has released a demo of NBA Live 99. New player facial animations, chatter, and celebrations after big plays bring NBA players to life.

13 Jan
New Release
GameSpy 2.07 released

GameSpy 2.07 has a new file out today, and PC gamers with itchy download fingers have something else to grab. Critical Mass Communications has released version 2.07 of GameSpy for Registered Users only.

13 Jan
New Release
EverQuest Release Date

989 Studios announced today that its highly anticipated PC title EverQuest, a massive online role-playing game, will be available Mar. 16, 1999.

13 Jan
New Release
Battle.net Biggest Weekend

Blizzard Entertainment's free online game service Battle.net, over the weekend experienced its highest usage figures.