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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

14 Sep
New Release
SouthPeak Ships WB Titles

More bits for the download pile. SouthPeak Interactive shipped the first of its family entertainment software titles featuring Warner Bros. properties and characters.

14 Sep
New Release
Interview with TedTheDog

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. NetGamer has an exclusive Interview with TedTheDog who helps operate one of the UK's biggest chains of Quakeworld and Quake II servers.

14 Sep
New Release
Half-Life interview posted

Blue's News has posted a brief interview with Gabe Newell, Valve's Managing director discussing Half-Life Day One. Half-Life Day One is the OEM version which recently went gold.

13 Sep
New Release
Blood 2 Weekly Update 15

Monolith has updated the official Blood 2: The Choosen web site with weekly update 15. This week Rick Raymo, Blood 2's producer talks about the focus of Blood 2 and other cool.

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.