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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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10 Jul
New Release
Deadlode II Update

The Coven news page has a status update on Deadlode II.

09 Jul
New Release
G400 Enhanced Gaming Titles Feature

Matrox has added an exciting new Enhanced Gaming Feature to the 3d Gaming section of the Matrox G400 website.

09 Jul
New Release
F-22 Raptor Upgrade Released

For the first time ever, gamers can fly three stand-alone air combat simulations in a single, large-scale environment, the Integrated Battle Space (IBS) on NovaLogic's free.

08 Jul
New Release
Virtual 1999 Baseball All-Star Game Announced

Microsoft says former Major League Baseball managers Chuck Tanner and Jim Frey will play out the 1999 All-Star game before it actually happens to determine this year's winner.

08 Jul
New Release
BSG Labs Changes Name to Imeron

BSG Laboratories, a leader in immersive audio products, says they have changed their company name to Imeron, Inc.

08 Jul
New Release
Microsoft and Zipper collaboration on Game

Microsoft and developer Zipper Interactive says that they will collaborate to bring a new game universe to life on the PC.

08 Jul
New Release
Rage Adopts S3TC for All Games

Highlighting the PC gaming industry's rapid adoption of S3TC as a must-have technology, S3 Incorporated says Rage Software has entered into a strategic alliance with the company to include S3TC as standard in all future retail game titles.

08 Jul
New Release Mac
Half-Life Macintosh Web Site Launched

Sierra Studios, Valve, and Logicware says the launch of a new Web site dedicated to the upcoming Macintosh conversion of Valve's smash hit Half-Life, the thrilling computer.

08 Jul
New Release
EA announces Chief Information Officer

Electronic Arts announces Lani Spund, a seasoned systems and operations veteran, has joined the computer and video game publisher as vice president and chief information officer.