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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

14 Apr
New Release
Dark Side of the Moon DVD Announced

Responding to the calls of gamers who enjoyed Dark Side of the Moon but were looking for the title on a single disk, SouthPeak Interactive will release a DVD-ROM version of the well-liked Video Reality adventure game in May.The Dark Side of the Moon DVD-ROM will head to stores as part of a software bundle called Dark Side of the Moon Deluxe Edition that will also include the original six CD-ROM set and Prima's official strategy guide.

14 Apr
New Release
Blizzard to show Act III of Diablo II at E3

Blizzard Entertainment's unveiled today some new details about the status of Diablo II, the much-anticipated sequel to 1997's highly acclaimed role-playing game, Diablo.

14 Apr
New Release Arcade
High Heat Baseball 2000 on HEAT.NET

The boys of summer are back and ready to play ball on HEAT.NET with the introduction of High Heat Baseball 2000.

13 Apr
New Release
USPS Video Game Stamp

Confirming their enormous impact on American culture and entertainment, the United States Postal Service (USPS) reported that consumers have overwhelmingly chosen the growth of video games as the most memorable reflection of the 1980s.

13 Apr
New Release
100,000 Units of Mortyr To Ship

Mortyr has received great retail acceptance and is expected to be one of the largest iMagic retail launches since Apache, and is expected to head to stores over 100,000 units to retail.

13 Apr
New Release
Warzone 2100 Game Guide

Warzone 2100 Game Guide made news on April 13, 1999, with Eidos Interactive has put up a Warzone 2100 Game Guide from Prima.

13 Apr
New Release
Railroad Tycoon II Expansion Pack gone Gold

Poptop Software has revealed on their web site that Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century expansion pack has wrapped development and gone gold.

12 Apr
New Release
Team Fortress Classic Poll

Last week, Valve Software put out Team Fortress Classic (TFC), the free add-on for Half-Life that combines thrilling team-based gameplay with Half-Life's leading edge technology.

12 Apr
New Release
Creative NOMAD Introduced

Creative NOMAD has been revealed today, giving us one more thing to watch as 1999 keeps getting louder.