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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.

Windows 95/98

June 2000
08 Jun
New Release Mac Windows 95/98
Diablo II Goes Gold

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that Diablo II has gone gold. Go ahead and warn your family now, because the end of June is about to disappear into loot, clicking, and whatever caffeinated poison you keep beside the keyboard.

April 2000
29 Apr
New Release Windows 95/98
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 Announced

Electronic Arts and Westwood Studios have announced Command & Conquer Red Alert 2, the sequel to the three-million-selling real-time strategy hit.

March 2000
01 Mar
New Release Arcade PlayStation 1 Windows 95/98
EA Ships Superbike 2000 For PC And PlayStation

Electronic Arts has started shipping Superbike 2000 for PC and PlayStation, putting the SBK Superbike World Championship license back on the track.

01 Mar
New Release Linux Mac Windows 95/98
Terminus Targets Mac, PC, And Linux In One Box

Vicarious Visions previews Terminus, a persistent space sim built for Linux, PC, and Mac in one release.

October 1999
21 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
Four New PC Game Collections From 3DO

Four New PC Game Collections From 3DO is today's promo hook. Publishers are throwing prizes, rebates and giveaways at players, because apparently just selling the game is not.

18 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
EverQuest breaks All Online PC Game Industry Sales

EverQuest breaks All Online PC Game Industry Sales is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

13 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
Icewind Dale Announced

Icewind Dale has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

11 Oct
New Release Windows 95/98
ValuSoft Set to release Christian Game for PC

ValuSoft Set to release Christian Game for PC is today's business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

10 Oct
Hardware Windows 95/98
Leadtek WinFast GeForce256 Announced

Leadtek WinFast GeForce256 has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

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