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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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24 Sep
New Release
Shattered Reality announced

KO Interactive announced their upcoming underwater 3D combat simulator, Shattered Reality. With a scheduled release date in November 1998.

24 Sep
New Release
Wing Commander: Secret Ops Episode 5

Origin posted Wing Commander: Secret Ops Episode 5. Each Thursday they release a new Episode of missions to continue the Secret Ops storyline.

24 Sep
New Release
Cabela’s Big Game Hunter II announced

More bits for the download pile. Cabela's Big Game Hunter II announced hit the wire today. Details are thin, but it belongs in the September 1998 pile.

24 Sep
New Release
Panzer Elite announced

Panzer Elite, Psygnosis' new World War II tank simulation game, is poised to take the high ground as the most realistic tactical armored war game yet seen for PC CD-ROM. With.

24 Sep
New Release
Starship Troopers on GameStorm

Kesmai Corporation said Starship Troopers: Battlespace is now live on the company's popular online games service, GameStorm. Developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-produced.

23 Sep
New Release
Diablo v1.07 Patch released

Blizzard made the announcement of the release of the Diablo v1.07 patch. The patch fixes several serious bugs which cause crashes or freezes.

23 Sep
New Release
Starcraft Brood War Beta Participants

Blizzard has posted the list of the selected people who are going to participate in the Starcraft Brood War Beta.

23 Sep
New Release
New Diablo II screenshots posted

eXscape posted some Diablo II screenshots. These are the screenshots that where shown to the people who attended the ECTS, so it should give you an idea of how far along.

23 Sep
New Release
Fighter Ace Squadron Event

Microsoft said the Internet Gaming Zone is hosting a unique Fighter Ace Squadron event, code-named Route 66, on September 24 and 25 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm PDT. One of Fighter.