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Apr 30, 2025
Mplayer Claims 100,000
  Mplayer announced today that its membership mark has reached 100,000. The company said that several thousand people are joining per week, and at this rate of growth, the number could double or triple in size during the next six months.   Membership and payment levels are very important to online gaming...
Apr 30, 2025
Lights Go Out at Illuminati Guild
  An Ultima Online guild web page went dark earlier this week after a game developer's alleged legal threats challenged the group's right to use its name and logo online.   Steve Jackson, the president of Steve Jackson Games, makers of role-playing games Gurps, Carwars, and Autoduel, allegedly sent a letter to...
Apr 30, 2025
Multitude Passes Go; Collects US$1.6 Million
  Multitude Inc., a new company that focuses on Internet gaming, has secured first-round financing of US$1.6 million from two investment firms, TechFarm and TDF. This opens the door for the start-up to reveal its new online multiplayer game, FireTeam. Multitude has created a new game genre for FireTeam, called collaborative...
Apr 30, 2025
Nintendo Makes Mischief
  Treasure - the company behind such Genesis classics as Dynamite Headdy, Light Crusader, and, of course, Gunstar Heroes - will be making its 64-bit mark on the US, thanks to Nintendo.   Nintendo of America has picked up Treasure's latest game, called Yuke Yuke Troublemakers in Japan, for release in the...
Apr 30, 2025
VGS Sneak Peek at E3
  The folks at VideoGameSpot have done their legwork and now bring you an early look at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.   Have a look at the pre-E3 show coverage: a company-by-company look at what will be on view for the 32- and 64-bit console side of gaming. ...
Apr 30, 2025
netWar Goes Public
  Headland Digital Media is preparing to send players into battle in netWar, its new multiplayer, online only game. The free public beta test, scheduled to begin on Monday, June 16, will enable up to 30 gamers per level to fight it out mano a mano.   Played from a top down,...
Apr 30, 2025
More Quake 2 Shots Released
  As E3 approaches, Quake frag freaks all over the Web have one question: What will Quake 2 look like?   id answered the call with a series of new screenshots last night. They include some close-up appearances from Tank, the uber fiend with a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher that has all of...
Apr 30, 2025
The Cable Guys
  Reports from Japan indicate that Sega Enterprises is looking into providing Internet access through existing broadband cable TV lines. Users would access the Internet through a LAN connection hooked to the Saturn that would feed data through the cable TV line for playing games, accessing the Web, and sending e-mail....
Apr 30, 2025
Not Going to E3? No Sweat
  Gamers not lucky enough to make it to Atlanta next week for the Electronic Entertainment Expo needn't miss out on the fun - at least not at SegaSoft's booth.   The company is planning to bring the SegaSoft VRML World Tour to gamers via its web site. The tour will come...
Apr 30, 2025
Acclaim Sets E3 Lineup
  With E3 closing in, today Acclaim announced what it will be showing at the electronic entertainment industry's show of shows.   Kicking it off will be Acclaim's new sports label, Acclaim Sports. The two titles that will be introduced under the new label are NHL Breakaway '98 and NFL Quarterback Club...
Apr 30, 2025
Big Fun Says Show Us the Money
  In a new industry where financial models are critical but no one has yet discovered the formula for success, Big Fun Development is trying something different. The company today revealed a business model for its massively multiplayer game Ronin that includes free play for gamers. The game, in which players...
Apr 30, 2025
Kalisto Rolls Out E3 Lineup
  Kalisto Entertainment will be introducing four new games at E3 this week for both PCs and console systems, including an adventure title based on summer action hit The Fifth Element. Dark Earth, a PC game two years in the making, is a real-time 3-D adventure with 90 characters and about...
Apr 30, 2025
Konami Bringing Gamers What They Want at E3
  If you frequented the video-game-related usenet newsgroups in the past six months, you know that there has been a heavy fan-based drive for Konami to begin releasing its star Japanese titles.   Konami listened, first releasing Suikoden and then Vandal Hearts - both of which enjoyed success in the US. This...
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