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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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11 Jul
New Release
Save WarCraft Adventures

Ben Tremblay from Gamer's Alliance, let me know that someone has started a petition to save WarCraft Adventures as Blizzard announced the canceled it a few months back...

10 Jul
New Release
MAX 2 IRC Interview Log

3 MAX 2 team members came to the chat, the producer, Paul Kellner, the lead designer, Gus Smedsted and designer, Chris Taylor.

10 Jul
New Release
Internet Gaming Zone Adds MechCommander

Microsoft announced that MechCommander, the first MechWarrior game of tactical command, is available now on the Internet Gaming Zone.

10 Jul
New Release DOS Windows 95/98
Ultimate Strategy Archives Announced

Interplay Productions announced the release of Ultimate Strategy Archives, a collection of eight highly recognized, award-winning strategy games including Sid Meier's...

10 Jul
New Release
Half-Life Chat

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Half-Life Chat. Half-Life is just around the corner and we know you all want the latest info.

10 Jul
New Release
SiN .plan

Charlie Wiederhold from Ritual has updated his.plan discussing the Sin scripting demo for people instrested.

10 Jul
New Release
Mad Catz offers Cash Prize at CPL

The Cyberathlete Organization announced that Mad Catz will be offering a Grand Prize of $10,000 (as part of an endorsement package) to the winner of the official...

09 Jul
New Release Arcade
Fatal Abyss Demo

Segasoft put out a demo of their game Fatal Abyss which is is a futuristic, deep-sea, arcade-style action game.

09 Jul
New Release
Blue Byte Software Moving to Texas

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Blue Byte Software Moving to Texas. Blue Byte Software announced they are relocating their U.S. office from Schaumburg, Illinois to Austin, Texas at the end of August 1998.