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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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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..

16 Jun
New Release
George Broussard Interview with OGR

After the announcement today from 3D Realms that their upcoming first-person shooter, Duke Nukem Forever, would use the Unreal engine instead of the Quake/Quake II engine, OGR contacted George Broussard, designer on the fourth Duke, to get a further insight into the decision.

15 Jun
New Release
Homeland Alpha 100 Version Released

Morris who is the Project Leader for Homeland has let me know that the Alpha 100 version of Homeland has been released. It is mostly a bug-fix version, with some new features implemented.

15 Jun
New Release
DNF to use Unreal Engine Press Release

UPDATE: The press release from 3D Realms regarding the decision is now online with explanations as to why they did this.

15 Jun
New Release
Soldier of Fortune Preliminary Sketch

Soldier of Fortune Preliminary Sketch is the latest June 1998 update, with rick Johnson updated his .plan mentioning that The first Soldier of Fortune artwork was released..