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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

23 Oct
New Release
Tim Sweeney Interview

Voodoo Extreme posted an interview with Epic's Tim Sweeney. Also id's Brian Hook has helped by asking a few of the questions.

23 Oct
New Release
Two Ripcord Titles go Gold

Ripcord Games said that two of their most anticipated PC CD-ROM titles for the holiday season, Space Bunnies Must Die! and Enemy Infestation, have reached gold master.

23 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
Vegas Games 2000 Shipped

The 3DO Company this week began shipment of Vegas Games 2000, the fifth title in the award-winning Vegas Games series.

23 Oct
New Release
Delta Force Online Demo

NovaLogic announced the phenomenal success of the Delta Force online demo, released the first week of October. The demo features both a single-player and multiplayer mission from the first/third person action game, Delta Force.

23 Oct
New Release
Test Drive Off-Road 2 Shipping Soon

Accolade, a leading software publisher and developer of video games, announced its Test Drive Off-Road 2 racing game will begin to ship in November for the PC.

23 Oct
New Release
System Shock 2 Info

Looking Glass Studios has just updated their company Web site to include preliminary information about System Shock 2.

22 Oct
New Release
Rainbow Six v1.03a Patch

Red Storm Entertainment put out a Patch 1.03a for Rainbow Six. Patch 1.03a is not a major patch.

22 Oct
New Release
Quake 2 v3.20 Beta Patch

Christian Antkow (Disruptor) has updated his .plan announcing the release of v3.20 Beta patch for Quake 2.

22 Oct
New Release
FRAG II Tournament Rules

The rules for the FRAG II Official CPL Quake2 one-on-one tournament have been updated. They added Extended Rules, by Frank Cabansky, which is a very detailed set of rules for the tournament.