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17 Aug
Industry Arcade Game Boy Nintendo 64
Activision Acquires Rights to Space Invaders

Activision has announced now that it has acquired the rights to develop and produce interactive games based on Taito Corporation's best-selling classic arcade hit Space Invaders.

13 Aug
Industry
Take-Two to publish Rainbow Six in Europe

Take Two Interactive Software has announced now that its European publishing subsidiary, Take-Two Interactive Software Europe has signed an exclusive sales and distribution.

12 Aug
Industry
Hasbro to acquire MicroProse

Hasbro said Wednesday it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MicroProse in a transaction valued at about $70 million.

11 Aug
Industry
Topware alliance with Interactive Magic

Ben Tremblay from Gamer's Alliance for letting me know Interactive Magic the award-winning publisher and developer of software megahits like Warbirds and Seven Kingdoms, has.

05 Aug
Industry
Interplay to Publish BC2K v2.0

Interplay has announced now that it has signed an exclusive deal with 3000 AD, Inc to distribute Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 through the company's value products division.

04 Aug
Industry
Labtec announces OEM agreement with HP

Labtec Inc, The Computer Audio Experts, now has announced it has entered into a major OEM agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company.

July 1998
31 Jul
Industry
Poll Results: Looking Foward to..?

Game Post has just posted the results of its poll, for the question, Which of the following games are you looking foward to?

29 Jul
Industry
MS to publish Gas Powered Games

today announced it has signed a multi-title development deal with Gas Powered Games, a new company formed by Chris Taylor, lead designer of Total Annihilation, a...

28 Jul
Industry
EA acquires ABC Software

Electronic Arts the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, announced the acquisition of ABC Software AG, an independent distributor of entertainment,...