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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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05 Aug
New Release
Warcraft II on GameStorm

Kesmai Corporation and ENGAGE games online, two leaders in the massively multiplayer online games industry, now has announced the availability of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.

04 Aug
New Release
Gore Development Update

They got up a outdoor environment screenshot from the game up called "Cold Hell". The Praptor is done, other than some final touch ups.

04 Aug
New Release
Preservation Canceled

KCWL from Preservation World told me that he got word from Sean (main coder) that the Preservation project is dead.

04 Aug
New Release
AOE: The Rise of Rome Screenshot

Microsoft now has announced that the first screen shot of Age of Empires Expansion: The Rise of Rome has been unveiled at Ensemble Studio's website Showcase, located here.

04 Aug
New Release
Rainbow Six Gone Gold

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on.

04 Aug
New Release
I’ve just gotten the official confirmation:

The CD-ROM is in replication. Most of the team is out this week recuperating. Everyone has worked incredibly hard to bring us to this point and we're very proud of the result.

04 Aug
New Release
Slave Zero Announced

The announcement pile gets another one today with Slave Zero Announced. Accolade has announced now a new 3D action game, Slave Zero.

04 Aug
New Release
James Earl Jones in Tiberian Sun

Westwood Studios, has announced now that world-renowned actors James Earl Jones and Michael Biehn will be contributing their talents to Westwood's upcoming CD-ROM game Command.

04 Aug
New Release
PGL Match Announced

Competitive computer gaming is going international, and a group of the AMD Professional Gamers' League's (PGL) elite players is at the vanguard.