Est. 1998
Playing Out of Control Gaming

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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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11 Jun
New Release
H3D an Official Sponsor of the CPL

The Cyberathlete Organization announced H3D Entertainment as an official sponsor for the upcoming Cyberathlete Professional League Tournament to take place at the Infomart in Dallas, Texas on July 23 to July 26.

10 Jun
Hardware
OGR Voodoo 2 Roundup

OGR Voodoo 2 Roundup is the latest June 1998 update, with oGR thoroughly tests and compares four leading 12MB cards in the first installment of their Voodoo 2 Roundup..

10 Jun
New Release
Quake 2 v3.16 Info

Saw over at Redwood's 3D News, that he had posted some info on Quake 2 v3.16, which can be 's a little info.

10 Jun
New Release
Private Wars Demo

Private Wars Demo is the latest June 1998 update, with saw on 3dfx Mania that TS Group Entertainment has released a demo of their upcoming 3D action strategy game Private Wars..

10 Jun
New Release
Ted Backman Interview

Ted Backman Interview is the latest June 1998 update, with valveworld has an interview with Ted Backman..

10 Jun
New Release
KHG Sithhar Weapon

KHG Sithhar Weapon is the latest June 1998 update, with l.C.A.R.S has gotten their hands on the first publically available Klingon Honor Guard weapon, which is called Sithhar..

10 Jun
Industry
Monolith acquires Rage of Mages

Monolith unleashes the magic with Rage of Mages, a unique, well crafted, role-playing game developed in Russia.

09 Jun
New Release
FreeSpace News

FreeSpace News is the latest June 1998 update, with has mentioned on their site that the Unofficial FreeSpace FAQ has been made..

09 Jun
Industry
AOL acquires Mirabilis (ICQ)

America Online today announced that it has acquired Mirabilis Ltd, an Israel-based company which has used its ICQ instant communications and chat technology to rapidly build a Web-based community of more than 12 million registered users worldwide.