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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.

Deals

20 Sep
Deals
Voodoo Banshee Contest

3Dfx is having a contest, thats called the Win-A-Banshee. 3Dfx Interactive and Guillemot International are offering you the chance to enter and win one of the first Voodoo.

16 Sep
Deals
Gameday 99 Giveaway

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. To celebrate the recent release of 989 Sports' Gameday '99 for PC, Sony is giving away a free copy of Gameday '99 for the PC to 10 lucky winners.

15 Sep
Deals
Activision Survey Contest

Since Activision.Com was launched, they've asked for your help when it came to making big decisions about the future of Activision gaming. It's that time again.

05 Sep
Deals
Terminus Demo Contest

Vicarious Visions and Station Terminus would like to announce a Terminus Demo contest. The contest will run from Friday September 4 through Friday September 11.

04 Sep
Deals
Rainbow Six Contest

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. PC Gamer Online is running a Rainbow Six contest.

02 Sep
Deals
Blood Giveaway

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. the The Weakly Web News is giving away three copies of Blood and the Blood Plasma Pak.

August 1998
21 Aug
Deals
Tanarus Free Weekend Access

989 Studios, a Sony Computer Entertainment Group Company, has announced now that the company will once again offer free weekend access to the hit PC game Tanarus.

18 Aug
Deals
Piranha Level Design Contest

Piranha Interactive Publishing, has announced now that it, along with its co-sponsors, is giving away over $17,000 in cash and prizes including a $10,000 first place prize to contestants who create the best new levels for Piranha'ssoon-to-be-has released 3D action game, Dead Reckoning.

15 Aug
Deals
FreeSpace Expansion Disk & Contest

Reported by the Volition website that Interplay has has announced the upcoming Descent: FreeSpace - Silent Threat, a 60-mission expansion disk for FreeSpace.