FreeSpace 2 Ships to Retail

FreeSpace 2 is now shipping, adding one more game to an October release calendar that already looks like somebody kicked over a filing cabinet.

The useful part: Developed by Volition, Inc., FreeSpace 2 will offer players significant new gameplay advances, including the most engaging dogfighting ever seen in a space combat simulation, all new single and multiplayer missions, and immersive nebula effects that will add an all new dimension to the space combat genre. FreeSpace 2 continues in the year 2367, 32 years after the Great War, where the Shivans have surfaced again, threatening the survival of the Terrans and the Vasudans. File it under the usual 1999 PC pile: interesting, crowded, and probably fighting five other releases for attention.