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On October 31st (Saturday) at around 7PM, there will be an All-Star Doom II Competition, at FRAG 2. No $5,000 cash prizes, but the first place winner will receive a Doom2 art, painted by Kristin Weeks.
Akolyte looks to be one of the hottest games this season, especially with their new engine they are showing off. The chat will be October 8th at 8:00pm EST, #3dgaming (irc.planetquake.com)
Interplay will be having a Baldur's Gate Chat today. Dr. Ray Muzyka, BioWare Corp., co-producer on Baldur's Gate and Chris Parker, Black Isle Studios in-house producer will be in attendence.
GameSpy 2.04 has been released. You can download it from the GameSpy Downloads Page. Version 2.04 is for registered users only (Version 2.02 is still the latest Shareware release).
Fresh 3d posted a Heretic 2 interview with Pat Lipo, who is Lead Programmer of Raven Software's upcoming Heretic 2. He talks about his role in the Heretic 2 design, Heretic 2 AI and other other Heretic things.
Stormtroopers will host October’s Cabana Chat this Thursday, October 8 at 8PM Central. Cabana Chat is a monthly discussion with members of the Daikatana development team.
Uncut, Raunch, Crazy, Mindless, Mindless, Did I say Mindless? That is the kind of behind-the-scenes movement that can turn into next year's shelf space, or vanish before anyone gets a box in their hands.
Gamer's Digest posted an interview with Jason Hall from Monolith. In this interview, Jason shares his views on LithTech, story in games, Shogo sequels, and answers the question everyone wants to know: Who really is the God of DooM?
Activition releases QUAKE The Offering, a collection featuring QUAKE, bundled with the two award-winning QUAKE mission packs, Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity.
Matrox's 3D Game of the Month for October is SHOGO: Mobile Armor Division from Monolith Productions.