Est. 1998
Playing Out of Control Gaming

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The News Desk

News.

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

13 Sep
New Release
4D Rulers hired New Artist

4D Rulers has announced they hired a artist last month, Chris Holden. Chris has been working hard on Gore at home for the last month while preparing to move there and work full.

12 Sep
New Release
Battlefield Communicator Beta 3

This release contains fixes for several bugs, extends the expiry date to October 2nd and contains several new enhancements. The Battlefield Communicator allows for real-time.

12 Sep
New Release
New Baldur’s Gate screenshots posted

More bits for the download pile. Interplay released some new screenshots from Baldur's Gate. They have also put up a development update up on their website, which said that Bioware is almost done with the development of Baldur's Gate.

12 Sep
New Release
AOpen’s PA70 announced

AOpen is an expert in PC add-on card design and manufacture. Based on S3 newest Savage 3D/GX graphics technology, AOpen's PA70 is the first product to market.

12 Sep
New Release
Anachrochat Log

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. For those of you who missed the Anachrochat last night with Tom Hall and the rest of the ION Storm team, Stormtroopers posted a log of the chat.

11 Sep
New Release
Rainbow Six v1.02 Patch

Red Storm Entertainment released the 1.02 patch for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. The patch will properly update Rainbow Six versions 1.00 and 1.01.

11 Sep
New Release
BC3K v2.0 Box Art

BC3K v2.0 Box Art got finalized today. The v2.0 box, created by the Interplay designer, features the Mark 2 Battlecruiser.

11 Sep
New Release
UltraCorps Weekend Warrior Marathon

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Microsoft said the UltraCorps Weekend Warrior marathon, a 36-hour, 36-turn game, will begin with the first turn tomorrow, Saturday, September 12, at 9AM Pacific Time.

11 Sep
New Release
Daikatana Video Trailer

ION Storm released a new Daikatana Video Trailer from ECTS. This video trailer was edited by Art Director Jerry O'Flaherty and Daikatana Lead Artist Bryan Pritchard.