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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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05 Jan
Deals
SimCity Classic Free on the Web

Maxis, a division of Electronic Arts, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its multimillion-selling SimCity Classic game by making the groundbreaking metropolis-building game available on the Web free of charge.

December 1998
14 Dec
Deals
Contest on Stomped

Contest on Stomped: The Stomping Grounds is kicking off their 12 Games Until Christmas give-away today.

14 Dec
Deals
3DGN Anime Giveaway Update

3DGN Anime Giveaway Update: 3DGN updated their anime giveaway, and they are giving away the anime smash hit: Fire Emblem and also another copy of Shogo.

13 Dec
Deals Arcade
MPOG Christmas Giveaway

MPOG Christmas Giveaway: MPOG has updated and added another 50+ prizes or so and the total giveaway now will give around 60 people prizes.

10 Dec
Deals
Raven’s Heretic II Contest

The important bit: Raven Software is having a Heretic II Contest. All you have to do is create an original in game cinematic of at least 30 seconds in length for Heretic II.

10 Dec
Deals
3DGN Anime Giveaway Update

The important bit: 3DGN gave out their first prize in their bi-weekly anime giveaway. The contest is updated, and this time we are giving away Slayers: The Motion Picture in addition to the copy of Shogo that no one won last time.

05 Dec
Deals
Shogo and Anime Giveaway

Shogo and Anime Giveaway: 3DGN has recently received a ton of anime movies from ADV films, so they are holding a big contest to give all of them out.

November 1998
30 Nov
Deals Windows 95/98
PC Gamer Monolith Contest

PC Gamer is hosting a contest with Monolith where folks can enter to win a copy of Shogo signed by everyone at Monolith.

29 Nov
Deals
Combat Flight Simulator Contest

GameStats is having another contest. This time GameStats is giving away 14 copies of Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator.