Est. 1998
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The News Desk

News.

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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17 Jun
New Release
Quake Arena Editorials

Quake Arena Editorials is the latest June 1998 update, with planetQuake takes a humorous look at id's decision to drop Quake III in favour of "Quake Arena"..

16 Jun
New Release
Quake Arena Announced

John Carmack from idSoftware has updated his .plan announcing that Quake 3 project has been dropped and they will Quake Arena which will be exclusively a deathmatch style game. the news moves faster than most download mirrors.

16 Jun
New Release
Shockwave Screenshot from Daikatana

Shockwave Screenshot from Daikatana is the latest June 1998 update, with john Romero from ION Storm has updated his .plan with a screenshot of the Shockwave weapon from Daikatana..

16 Jun
New Release Nintendo Switch
Scott Miller on DNF

Scott Miller from 3D Realms has updated his .plan, talking about how the move to the Unreal Engine for DNF was not a was a financial decision.

16 Jun
New Release
Burnout v1.22 Patch

Burnout v1.22 Patch is the latest June 1998 update, with bethesda has releaased the 1.22 patch for Burnout: Championship Drag Racing..

16 Jun
New Release
Unreal Release Party Date Change

Unreal Release Party Date Change is the latest June 1998 update, with has changed the date of the Unreal Release Party slated for June 20, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada..

16 Jun
New Release
Dominion: Storm Over Gift3 Ships

ION Storm, the revolutionary computer game design company, and leading video and computer game publisher Eidos Interactive today announced that Dominion: Storm Over Gift3? has shipped to retail stores nationwide.

16 Jun
New Release Nintendo Switch
George Broussard Updates .plan

George Broussard from 3D Realms update his .plan with some more info on Duke Nukem Forever engine switch to Unreal.

16 Jun
New Release
Paul Jaquays Interview

Paul Jaquays Interview is the latest June 1998 update, with redwood's 3D News has put up an interview with Paul Jaquays, expert level designer for id Software..