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New Gore Website (And More)!
Combined Oz/US shooter Gore has a spiffy new website which went live about 10 minutes ago. You can check out the new design at the link below, along with some... (more)
Blizzard Sues Over Rights to ‘Diablo’ Name
Having sold over 5 million copies of Diablo 1 & 2 collectively, Blizzard Entertainment are suing Satan for the rights to the name, claiming the Prince of Darkness is just... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Feb 2001
Dreamland Chronicles Cancelled
A post to the Mythos Games forums today announced that their turn-based strategy title and the game many considered a spiritual successor to classic strategy title X-Com has been cancelled.... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Feb 2001
Barry’s World LIVES!
Good news today in the form of UK gaming portal Barry’s World announcing that the UK branch of Electronics Boutique has bought the assets fom the liquidator. While it isn’t... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Feb 2001
Earth & Beyond Announced
Westwood finally came out of the shadows today, unveiling their massively-multiplayer game Earth and Beyond. The first information and pictures are available in this month’s edition of Computer and Video... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Feb 2001
Star Wars: Battleground Announced
LucasArts announced today that they were working with Ensemble Studios, creators of Age of Empires on a new RTS set in the Star Wars universe. Building on current partnerships with... (more)
posted by splash · 28 Feb 2001
Gone Gold
Final wisdom on all games recent, Gone Gold has word that Earth 2150 sequel strategy title Moon Project, and latest Lucas Arts Star Wars space shooter Battle for Naboo have... (more)
Fallout: Tactics Interview
pc.ign.com have a huge interview up with the guys from Micro Forte, talking about (naturally) their soon to be released Fallout: Tactics. The interview covers a rediculous amount of information... (more)
posted by splash · 27 Feb 2001
Planetside Preview
pc.ign.com have a new preview up of Planetside, Verant Interactive’s upcoming MMPFPS. Along with a few screenshots, they talk about the vehicles you’ll have at your disposal, the benefits of... (more)
posted by splash · 27 Feb 2001
Valve Interviews
Planet Fortress is continuing it’s week of Valve coverage, stemmed from their recent trip to the offices in Seattle. Today they have up an interview with Robin Walker who discusses... (more)
posted by splash · 27 Feb 2001
Asheron’s Call 2 Announced
Turbine Entertainment Software, the creators of the massively-multiplayer game Asheron’s Call have announced today that a sequel is in the works. The partnership with Microsoft will continue. Turbine will also be... (more)
posted by splash · 27 Feb 2001
Bits’n'Pieces
There’s a new Art of Gaming up at GameSpy, though the artist today has done concept art for websites and mods and hopes to one day work in the development... (more)