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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

04 Aug
New Release
JKEdit v1.14 Released

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

04 Aug
New Release
FRAG II Tournament Computers

The Cyberathlete Organization has announced now that Tiger Distributing will be providing all 32 tournament machines for the official CPL one-on-one Quake® II competition.

03 Aug
New Release
DirectX 6 Core Released

Microsoft has has released DirectX 6 Core Distribution to end users, this will work with Windows 98.

03 Aug
New Release Nintendo Switch
Duke Nukem Forever Update

George Broussard from 3D Realms updated his .plan talking about Duke Nukem Forever. He says that they are doing very well from the switch from the Quake 2 Engine to using the Unreal Engine.

03 Aug
New Release
Wheel of Time Development Update

The official Wheel of Time website has been updated with this weeks development update. They posted a thumbnail of the Big Ass Trolloc.

03 Aug
New Release
DirectX 6 Released

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on. Reported by AGN 3D that Microsoft has has released DirectX 6 to end users for Win95 users only.

03 Aug
New Release
Heavy Gear II Screenshot

Activision's Heavy Gear II website has posted a new screenshot of a cockpit view of Lance Point, a Northern border town on Terra Nova, showing typical Northern architecture.

03 Aug
New Release
Activision at GEN CON

Activision is going to be at GEN CON Game Fair '98 and will be in Booth No.

03 Aug
New Release
EA SPORTS Edge: Fantasy Football

Electronic Arts, the world's largest interactive entertainment software publisher, now has announced that it has developed a new online service called The EA SPORTS Edge:.