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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.

New Release

13 Oct
New Release
USB 2.0 Announced

USB 2.0 has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

12 Oct
New Release Linux
Penguin Computing unveils First Linux Gaming Computer

The useful part: This system is based on the latest high speed multimedia hardware and the most popular commercial games available for Linux bundled together with the Red Hat 6.1 Linux Operating System.

12 Oct
New Release
Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Record Sales

Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

12 Oct
New Release
RivalWorks.com Launched

RivalWorks.com Launched is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

12 Oct
New Release
Red Hat Expands Board of Directors

Red Hat Expands Board of Directors is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

12 Oct
New Release
Small World Hoops Launched

Small World Hoops Launched is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

12 Oct
New Release
Acclaim appoints Claudia Ceniceros

Acclaim appoints Claudia Ceniceros is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

12 Oct
New Release
HEATCIGL now offers $30,000 in Prizes

HEATCIGL now offers $30,000 in Prizes is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

11 Oct
New Release Linux
Activision and Loki Partner to Bring Games to Linux

Activision and Loki Partner to Bring Games to Linux is one for the preservation and tinkering crowd, which means the old-game weirdos get something new to test, break.