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Apr 29, 2025
War Games
  Electronic Arts and communications giant AT&T are beginning a four month tour of military bases and airshows this week.   Called 1-800-CALL-ATT Presents: Jane's Combat Simulations Air Combat Tour, the roadshow will allow consumers to play Advanced Tactical Fighters Cold in a converted trailer with four simulated cockpits. Also, a tent...
Apr 29, 2025
Heat Gets Secure
  SegaSoft is licensing Open Market's Transact technology for use within its gaming network, Heat. The commerce software will allow SegaSoft to secure Heat's commerce operations, offer multiple payment options, process credit card information securely, and provide online account statements for players.   To date, 25,000 players have signed up to test...
Apr 29, 2025
Megamedia Launches Two
  Megamedia has launched two Web sites to promote its Outlaw Racers and Submarine Titans games. Outlaw Racers is a road rally game scheduled for release this fall, and Submarine Titans is an action game scheduled for release in early 1998. Both games are optimized for 3-D acceleration. ...
Apr 29, 2025
Virgin Does Disney
  Disney's Hercules, which hit movie theaters on June 27, is also Virgin Interactive's latest PlayStation game.   The game features actual clips from the movie, original music, and over 10,000 frames of hand-drawn animation. Voice talents Danny DeVito, James Woods, and others reprise their movie roles in the game via dialogue...
Apr 29, 2025
Duke Lives Out Penthouse Fantasy
  Duke Nukem is a man of simple tastes. High on his list of loves are: his home planet Earth, kicking alien butt, and women (preferably strippers, scantily clad). Now a new level from GT Interactive and developer Intersphere Communications allows him to indulge in all three - in spades.   Available...
Apr 29, 2025
Mindscape Brings Creatures to the US
  With the release of Bandai's Tamagotchi and Tiger's Giga Pet, it seems that a virtual pet craze is poised to take over the nation. The trend is about to invade the PC domain as well. Mindscape and CyberLife Technology will be bringing the game Creatures to North America starting in...
Apr 29, 2025
Titanic Sails Again
  CyberFlix has teamed up with CUC Software to publish the game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time. First released late last year, the title was distributed by GTE Entertainment - a company that became one of the first game industry casualties of 1997. Since then, the suspense-thriller graphic adventure has been...
Apr 29, 2025
Acclaim Reduces Staff, At What Cost?
  Yesterday, Glen Cove, New York-based Acclaim Entertainment announced that they were cutting 15 percent of their workforce, eliminating 115 jobs. It seems that Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter, the N64 game that might have helped Acclaim's bottom line, didn't provide enough of a bump.   Acclaim is positioning itself for future growth…We...
Apr 29, 2025
And Now for Something Completely Different
  The third release in 7th Level's Python series is Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. This time, players navigate through the game in 360-degree environments (7th Level calls it Python-patented Surround-o-Vision). The game features scenes from the film, as well as newly created artwork and recently recorded dialogue from John...
Apr 29, 2025
E3 Miscellany
  The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA), announced today that companies at its E3 trade show later this month will unveil approximately 1,500 new titles, along with MMX and DVD-ROM platforms.   IDSA says E3 floor space will equal the size of 35 football fields.   According to IDSA figures, 65 percent of...
Apr 29, 2025
Youngblood to Show at E3
  GT Interactive will be showcasing its action RPG combat game Youngblood at E3 this year. Based on Rob Liefeld's comic book from Extreme Studios and Awesome Entertainment, the game features a task force of superheroes who must deal with celebrity in the 1990s and an evil character inside the Youngblood...
Apr 29, 2025
Gamera Is Really Neat. Gamera Is Full of Meat.
  A behind-the-back shooter along much the same lines as Sega's Panzer Dragoon series, Gamera 2000 puts players behind the controls of a futuristic fighter plane, which assists Gamera (flying giant turtle/Japanese movie star) with saving the world. The enemy? Evil aliens in beefy spaceships and mutants of Gyaos, a species...
Apr 29, 2025
EA Plays SimTakeover
  Electronic Arts entered into an agreement with SimCity developer Maxis to acquire that company for approximately US$125 million in stock. The merger, announced Wednesday, is slated to be completed by the end of August.   The merger pairs up two companies with high recognition: EA has recently been listed as one...
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