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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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12 Nov
New Release Arcade
Centipede in Stores

The bugs are back and they're bad to the bone in Hasbro Interactive's Centipedegame, the legendary Atari game from the 80s that has been revived and updated for the PC.

12 Nov
New Release
Digital Anvil Web Site

Following Tuesday's announcement in which three Digital Anvil games were unveiled, Microsoft today launched the official Web site for the three highlighted products.

12 Nov
New Release
PGL Season Three Coverage

PlanetQuake has done it again, this time bringing you the best live coverage of the Season Three PGL Finals in San Francisco.

12 Nov
New Release Windows 95/98
The Ultimate Wizardry Archives Released

Interplay Entertainment, today announced the release of a compilation of the Wizardry role-playing game (RPG) titles under license from SirTech, on CD-ROM for Windows95/98-based computers.

11 Nov
New Release
Webdog v0.51 Released

Square Eight has released Webdog v0.51. This is a ZIPped upgrade to Webdog only, no upgrades from QBS2 or full installs are available.

11 Nov
New Release Browser
Flash 3D-II TVpro Announced

Hightech Suppliers announced today the availability, pricing and configuration of it's newest 3D accelerator, the Flash 3D-II TVpro.

11 Nov
New Release
Creative Introduces EAX 2.0

Creative Labs today introduced EAX 2.0, a new version of its Environmental Audio Extensions (EAX) application programmer's interface (API) for game developers.

11 Nov
New Release
@Home and HEAT.NET Promotion

HEAT.NET, the free online gaming service with the largest selection of games, and @Home Network, the leader in high-speed Internet services via the cable infrastructure, have put a promotion, offering 5,000 Degrees (the official currency of HEAT.NET) to anyone who signs up for the @Home service through a promotional web site.

11 Nov
New Release
Lander DVD Announced

Psygnosis is driving another PC gaming technology milestone with Lander, the company's first DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) game.