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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

12 Aug
New Release
Daikatana Screenshot

Daikatana.com has posted the newest Daikatana screenshot from futuristic Japan episode which Steve Rescoe explains.

12 Aug
New Release
Heretic II in 3rd Person

Phoebus for letting me know, Steve Stringer, Activision's Producer on Heretic II, took some time to answer a question that he's been asked a lot over the past year: Why not.

12 Aug
New Release
Kali 1.52 Released

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on. Kali Inc has has released a new version of Kali.

12 Aug
New Release
Creative’s Environmental Audio Platform Support

Creative Technology, now has announced that Activision and Electronic Arts intend to include support for Creative's Environmental Audio Platform in new upcoming game titles.

12 Aug
New Release Arcade
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Shipped

Gathering of Developers, a developer-driven computer and video game publishing company, now has announced that Jazz Jackrabbit 2, an action-packed, side-scrolling, arcade-style.

12 Aug
New Release
Shogo Information

Billy Wilson from Voodoo Extreme asked Jason Hall of Monolith a few questions regarding their upcoming LithTech engine based game, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division.

12 Aug
New Release
Mordor II Chat

Interplay has annnouned that they will be having a Mordor II Chat, scheduled for this Thursday. Morder II is from Black Isle Studios, the RPG division of Interplay Productions.

12 Aug
New Release
Baldur’s Gate Online Chat

Wanna ask the designers a few questions of your own, then stop by on their exclusive chat with the BG Designers at Bioware. 12th, 8:00pm EST Where: #3dgaming on 3dnet (ritual.3dnet.net, irc.planetquake.com) It is not the same as playing the thing, but in 1998 every new shot, chat log, and developer quote is enough to keep the hype machine fed for another day.

12 Aug
New Release
Klingon Honor Guard Movie

Reported by Unreal Nation that Microprose now has released a 26MB movie showing gameplay footage from Klingon Honor Guard, which is based on their Unreal engine.