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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.

Arcade

07 Oct
New Release Arcade
Barrage Shipped

Activision will allow gamers to bring the adrenaline rush of arcade action home when Barrage, a real-time 3D action shooter for the PC, soars into retail outlets throughout the United States and Canada the week of October 5, 1998.

September 1998
01 Sep
New Release Arcade
DethSITE Competition

Melbournehouse, publishers of Dethkarz - the 3D accelerated PC game that leaves other arcade combat racers in the slow lane announced its latest competition, DethSITE. In.

August 1998
31 Aug
New Release Arcade
MS Revenge of Arcade Ships

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on. Shipping now, Microsoft Revenge of Arcade reunites Ms.

27 Aug
New Release Arcade
Monolith Ships Get Medieval

Monolith Productions have has released Get Medieval, an addictive, fun-filled, arcade-style action PC game loaded with humor.

19 Aug
New Release Arcade
ExtremeDVD Announced

NetTV has announced the arrival of its ExtremeDVD home entertainment system, built to deliver cinema-quality DVD along with arcade-quality 3D gaming.

17 Aug
Industry Arcade Game Boy Nintendo 64
Activision Acquires Rights to Space Invaders

Activision has announced now that it has acquired the rights to develop and produce interactive games based on Taito Corporation's best-selling classic arcade hit Space Invaders.

17 Aug
New Release Arcade
Maxi Gamer 3D2 12MB Price Lowered

Guillemot International (GI) has lowered the price of its 12MB Maxi Gamer 3D2 graphics accelerator board to a market shattering $159.99, the company has announced now.

12 Aug
New Release Arcade
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Shipped

Gathering of Developers, a developer-driven computer and video game publishing company, now has announced that Jazz Jackrabbit 2, an action-packed, side-scrolling, arcade-style.

July 1998
28 Jul
New Release Arcade
MS Revenge of Arcade gone Gold

Microsoft announced that Revenge of Arcade, a nostalgic homage to the early '80s arcade craze, has gone gold.