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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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21 Sep
New Release
Looking Glass Reveals System Shock 2

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Looking Glass Studios announced preliminary details about System Shock 2, its forthcoming 3D science fiction role-playing game.

21 Sep
New Release
Paul Steed interview posted

loonygames posted a interview with Paul Steed from idsoftware in this issue 5. Paul Steed is an animator/modeler for idsoftware and he talks about Quake 3: Arena.

20 Sep
New Release
Survival Demo v2.0 released

Enjoy Entertainment released the new Survival demo, both the English & German versions. Survival is a 3D-Action game that will be using 3Dfx-Card features.

20 Sep
New Release
Akolyte Developer Diary

Revenant has updated their site with a new Akolyte Developer Diary, that was written up by Steve Ritchie, who is a programmer for Akolyte. In this Developer Diary he discusses.

19 Sep
New Release
New Half-Life screenshots posted

Halflife.net has posted some new screenshots from Half-Life that Lisa Mennet over at Valve sent them. The first screenshot is of a scientist helping up an MP, and the second.

19 Sep
New Release
New Quake III Arena screenshots posted

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. GameKillaZ posted some Quake III Arena Screenshots and pics from the new PC Gamer issue.

19 Sep
New Release
Superbike World Championship Demo

AGN3D posted the Superbike World Championship Demo from Virgin Interactive. Travel the globe to 12 official, accurately modeled racing circuits.

19 Sep
New Release
Starcraft: Brood War Beta

Blizzard has announced the Starcraft: Brood War Beta signup is starting at 9:00am PST on Tuesday, September 22nd, and lasting until 7:00pm PST, Blizzard will be accepting.

19 Sep
New Release
New Tonic Trouble screenshots posted

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Intel Owner's Club has got some new exclusive screenshots up from Tonic Trouble.