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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.

New Release

22 Apr
New Release
Requiem on HEAT.NET

HEAT.NET today revealed that Requiem: Avenging Angel, 3DO's new first-person action experience, is available for immediate play on HEAT.NET, the fast, free online gaming service with the largest selection of games.

22 Apr
New Release
Dawn of Darkness Beta Demo Tomorrow

Ward Six officially revealed that Friday, April 23rd, will be Dark Friday, the day that the Dawn of Darkness beta demo is unleashed on the internet gaming community.

21 Apr
New Release
Descent 3 Demo 2 Released

Descent 3 Demo 2 is now in gamers' hands, or at least close enough to start hammering download servers.

21 Apr
New Release
Midtown Madness gone Gold

Midtown Madness has crossed the line from waiting game to actual product, which is always better than another promise.

21 Apr
New Release
Starship Troopers: Total Domination Tournament

Kesmai Corporation today revealed that its GameStorm service, the largest pay-for-play games site on the Internet, will be holding a Starship Troopers: Total Domination tournament.

21 Apr
New Release Mac
Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century gone Gold

PopTop Software's Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century and Railroad Tycoon II for the Macintosh have Gone Gold.

21 Apr
New Release
Tundra Madness Tournament

To celebrate the launch of the new Toyota Tundra, Toyota's full-size pickup truck assembled in the United States, the MSN Gaming Zone and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. revealed that they will give away a Toyota Tundra on the MSN Gaming Zone as the grand prize for the Tundra Madness tournament, for which trial one competition begins tomorrow.

21 Apr
New Release
Malkari Released

Malkari made news on April 21, 1999, with iMagicGames, a Division of Interactive Magic, is releasing Malkari, an Internet strategy game with special packs in and turn-based play.

20 Apr
New Release
Microsoft Baseball 2000 in Stores

Microsoft today revealed that Microsoft Baseball 2000, packing all the teams, stadiums and gamers of Major League Baseball, has started to appear on store shelves.