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Industry

15 Jun
Industry Windows 95/98
Valve and Sierra Open a New Team Fortress 2 Web Site

Sierra and Valve launched a new Team Fortress 2 web site with fresh E3 demo screenshots and new details on the 12-class multiplayer game.

15 Jun
Industry Windows 95/98
Descent 3 Multiplayer Lands Exclusively on HEAT.NET

Descent 3 is now available exclusively on HEAT.NET through the free online gaming service's licensing deal with Interplay.

15 Jun
Industry
Hasbro Interactive Forms a Sports Division

Hasbro Interactive has formed Hasbro Sports, a new division targeting the $1.8 billion sports gaming market with mass-market titles due this year.

14 Jun
Industry Windows 95/98
Blue Byte Puts Settlers III World Ranking Lists Online

Blue Byte's World Ranking Lists for The Settlers III are live at Settlers3.com, tracking solo and clan-versus-clan results after every game.

14 Jun
Industry Windows 95/98
Levelord to Build Multiplayer Map for Half-Life: Opposing Force

Gearbox and Sierra have signed famed level designer Richard 'Levelord' Gray to build a multiplayer map for Half-Life: Opposing Force.

14 Jun
Industry
eGames Titles Are Coming to TV Sets Through ICTV’s Cable Service

eGames signed a deal with ICTV to deliver its games over cable TV, starting with MahJongg Master, Solitaire Master and Bingo.

11 Jun
Industry
Eidos Founder Stephen Streater Resigns to Start New Venture

Eidos founder Stephen Streater has resigned as a director of the Tomb Raider publisher to fund and launch a new venture of his own.

11 Jun
Industry Nintendo 64 PlayStation 1
EA Sports Buys Into Supercross, Starts Work on Supercross 2000

EA Sports signed a sponsorship deal with PACE Motor Sports and is building Supercross 2000 for PlayStation and Nintendo 64, due this winter.

11 Jun
Industry
3dfx Sues Creative Over Glide Code in Unified

3dfx has sued Creative Labs, claiming its Unified technology for running Glide games on TNT cards infringes 3dfx copyrights and breaks a license.