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Interplay has shipped Kingpin: Life of Crime, Xatrix's Quake II-engine crime shooter with a Cypress Hill soundtrack, for Windows 95/98/NT.
Looking Glass' summer flight sim Flight Unlimited III features 10,000 square miles of satellite-sourced Seattle terrain, from Mt. Rainier to the Space Needle.
The Coven's Deadlode II, a Team Fortress-style multiplayer mission pack for Quake II, arrives July 1 for $10 plus postage, sold direct.
Monolith has released a playable demo of Rage of Mages II: Necromancer, the RPG and real-time strategy hybrid made with Nival.
Half-Life Game of the Year Edition ships June 30 with new multiplayer content and Team Fortress Classic, after 40+ awards and a million copies sold.
Microsoft has released a free trial of Pandora's Box, the new puzzle game from Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov, with eight puzzles across two cities.
Cavedog's fantasy RTS Total Annihilation: Kingdoms hits shelves June 25 in over 45 countries at $44.99, with a 48-mission campaign that switches sides.
Acclaim's South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, a four-player trivia party game hosted by Chef, hits PC, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation this fall.
Sierra's space combat sim is officially Babylon 5: Into the Fire, with original cast members filming new game segments on the show's actual set.
THQ's Ultimate 8 Ball brings 14 pool modes, 15 table shapes, and online play to the PC for $19.99, developed by Mirage Technologies.