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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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03 Sep
New Release
Myth II: Soulblighter Beta Test

Missed this a few days ago, but Bungie has said the first public Myth II: Soulblighter beta test has started accepting applications. Myth II: Soulblighter boasts numerous.

03 Sep
New Release
Heretic II QuickPoll And Community Forum

Activision's Heretic II web site has two more features- the Heretic II QuickPoll, and the Heretic II Community Forum. The topic in both features is "Third Person Only In.

03 Sep
New Release
New Heavy Gear II screenshots posted

Activision's Heavy Gear II has been updated with two new screenshots of Gears in outer space, from Jack Mamais, Director of the project, and Danny Matson, Art Director. Watch.

03 Sep
New Release
Wing Commander: Secret Ops Episode 2

ORIGIN released the next episode of Wing Commander: Secret Ops, which is available for downloading today. The file size of Episode 2 is approximately 500 KB.

03 Sep
New Release
WON announces World Opponent Football League

The World Opponent Network (WON), a free online gaming megasite, announced the formation of the World Opponent Football League (WOFL), the Internet's first Fantasy Coaching.

03 Sep
New Release
NVIDIA and DirectX 6.0

NVIDIA Corporation said it co-developed the advanced multi-texturing features, an advanced 3D capability, in Microsoft's new DirectX 6.0 Direct3D application programming.

03 Sep
New Release
The House of the Dead released

The hardware race keeps getting louder. Sega Entertainment, Inc. (SEI) released the acclaimed first-person 3D shooter The House of the Dead for PC today.

03 Sep
New Release
StarCraft Sound Utillity

More bits for the download pile. Blizzard released the StarCraft Sound Utillity. Ever wish your troops would call you by name?

03 Sep
New Release
GUBBLE 2 Release announced

Actual Entertainment, developer and publisher of games that are actually entertaining, said GUBBLE 2, the long-awaited sequel to GUBBLE, will be released on September 26..