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Heavy Gear II ships to over 10,000 North American stores this week: 62nd-century squad combat for Windows 95/98 with a new hardware-only 3D engine, $49.95.
Sierra bundles Trophy Bass 2 Deluxe and Trophy Rivers as the Field & Stream Ultimate Fishing Trip, in stores this week for $29.95 on Windows 95/98.
Psygnosis released an updated Drakan demo (v2b) with refined AI, arrow pickup, bug fixes, and Arokh's lightning attack, the last demo before the game ships.
Valve has released the Half-Life Uplink demo as a 10.4 MB mod that reuses installed game files, down from the 50 MB standalone download.
Xatrix has finished Kingpin and sent it off to manufacturing after 13 months of work. The shooter should be in stores by the end of June.
Monolith's Rage of Mages II: Necromancer hits U.S. stores in September with 43 branching missions, 16-player multiplayer, and server-side anti-cheat.
Need for Speed: High Stakes is shipping for PC with polygonal crash damage that affects handling, 3-D interiors, and features from the PlayStation version.
Interplay's Descent 3 is at retail for Windows 95/98/NT, adding open-atmosphere flight, ten new weapons, and a $50,000 online championship on HEAT.NET.
Strange Company's NiSplit beta is a free graphical tool for building Unreal-style camera flybys through any Quake II level, with a tech demo available.
Microsoft opens NFL Fever 2000 beta sign-ups Friday, June 18, posting the form at an undisclosed time to give every would-be tester a fair shot.