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

08 Sep
New Release
Jet Warrior announced

Kesmai Corporation, the world's leader in online multiplayer gaming, announced Jet Warrior - Vietnam, the next installment in the long-running Air Warrior(TM) flight simulation.

08 Sep
New Release
BASS Masters Classic: Tournament Edition ships

Game publisher THQ Inc. has hooked major retailers with the first and only 3D fishing game for the PC, BASS Masters Classic: Tournament Edition, which ships today to retailers.

08 Sep
New Release
Metal Fatigue Announed

Giant, re-configurable, weapon-laden robots battle it out on three simultaneous battlefields in Metal Fatigue, the new real-time strategy game from Psygnosis and developer.

07 Sep
New Release
Sinister Level Editor released

Sinister is a level editor for SiN. The first public beta of of the QE4 based level editor Sinister has been released.

07 Sep
New Release
George Broussard interview posted

loonygames has posted an interview with George Broussard interviewed by Chris Taylor. George Broussard is the man behind Duke Nukem, and one of the partners at 3D Realms.

07 Sep
New Release
Happy Labor Day

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess.

06 Sep
New Release
Diablo II Goes 3D

ptica from GaMMeR let me know that GameSpot UK has posted an article saying that Diablo II Goes 3D. Blizzard Entertainment displayed a whole new side of Diablo II at ECTS.

06 Sep
New Release
Dave Perry interview posted

GameSpot UK posted an interview with Dave Perry from Shiny Entertainment at this year's ECTS. They talk about the gaming industry and also have interviews with Dave Perry.

06 Sep
New Release
New PainRift Build & Patch

The site have released a PainRift build 1.01, and an upgrade patch for version 1.00. Mainly just a big bug fix release, no major game play changes.