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Apr 30, 2025
Magic: The Gathering Pro Decks Available
  Wizards of the Coast is offering digital decks (.dck files) for the PC version of Magic: The Gathering that can be downloaded and used by players to either play for, or against, the computer. The add-on decks are crafted by top-ranked players from the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour, and...
Apr 30, 2025
NEC Jumps on IBM Coattails
  In the wake of chess champ Gary Kasparov's loss to IBM's Deep Blue computer, NEC will sponsor a human vs. computer Othello tournament.   NewsBytes Japanese bureau is reporting that NEC Research Institute, a Princeton, New Jersey based unit of NEC, will hold a multi-game Othello match in August between the...
Apr 30, 2025
Red Orb Packs the Web
  Red Orb, a division of Broderbund, announced Wednesday that Warlords III: Reign of Heroes, Take No Prisoners, and WarBreeds will be available on Mplayer.   Warlords III: Reign of Heroes, a strategy game developed by SSG, is scheduled for release in August. Take No Prisoners, a 3-D action title developed by...
Apr 30, 2025
N64 Titles Own Rental Charts
  The Video Software Dealers Association released home video rental stats for the week ending July 20. The top five rentals - all N64 titles - were Star Fox, Mario Kart, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and Cruis'n USA. ...
Apr 30, 2025
Acclaim Appoints Coleman to Board
  Acclaim Entertainment appointed Kenneth L. Coleman, of Silicon Graphics, Inc. to its board of directors on Thursday. Prior to joining SGI as the senior vice president of customer and professional services, he served as Activision's vice president of product development. ...
Apr 30, 2025
Activision Does the Exec Shuffle
  Activision didn't waste any time implementing a top level reorg following Thursday's revelation of a US$5 million loss for the quarter ending June 30.   The company announced Friday the promotion of several key executives and one resignation. Howard Marks, the executive vice president of Activision Studios, has resigned his position...
Apr 30, 2025
Ripcord Picks Up Space Bunnies
  Ripcord Games is set to distribute Space Bunnies Must Die, a 3-D action shooter in development from Pulse Entertainmet, the wonderful folks who made life as a cockroach seem almost spiritual in Bad Mojo.   The plot of Space Bunnies, sounding like something right out of Mystery Science Theater 3000, centers...
Apr 30, 2025
Mega Man, Breath of Fire III Aimed for PlayStation
  As Mega Man fans already know, for months now, a PlayStation release of Mega Man X4 has eluded Sony approval, despite the stellar sales of Mega Man 8. Finally, Capcom has officially announced that Mega Man X4 is on its way to the PlayStation, joining its already scheduled Saturn release...
Apr 30, 2025
GLQuake Now Running Under DirectX?
  The Web has been buzzing with Microsoft's showing of a supposed version of GLQuake running under DirectX at Microsoft's Meltdown DirectX Developers Conference last week. Wednesday, GameSpot News spoke with Microsoft's DirectX product manager, Kevin Bachus, to clear up the GLQuake-running-on-Direct3D mess.   First off, the demo at the conference was...
Apr 30, 2025
GameSpot's Game Forecast
  Welcome to GameSpot's Game Forecast, a weekly peek over the horizon to PC CD-ROM titles that will hit the shelves in the coming months. All dates are tentative. Please send corrections, additions, or comments to .   Coming in July   Faery Tale Adventure 2Publisher: IgniteDeveloper: The Dreamer's GuildOld-school isometric fantasy role-playing...
Apr 30, 2025
Nintendo Bumps Up Game Boy Production
  Nintendo Co. Ltd. said on Friday that this November it will increase production of its Game Boy portable system by 100,000 units to one million units a month. Nintendo is currently producing one million N64s a month, as well.   Nintendo Managing Director Hiroshi Imanishi told Reuters that an increase in...
Apr 30, 2025
Capcom's Upcoming Lineup
  As the fall approaches, gamers are looking for new games to play and to add to their holiday wish lists (hey, gotta start early nowadays).   Capcom's lineup of games will please fighting, RPG, and action game fans this year - and part of next. Here's a rundown of release dates...
Apr 30, 2025
iMagic Announces Seven Kingdoms
  Trevor Chan, the designer of Interactive Magic's hefty economic sims Capitalism and Capitalism Plus, has thrown his hat into the real-time strategy arena with Seven Kingdoms.   Moving beyond the standard build-and-conquer gameplay, Chan has added some interesting features that should make this game a standout. Players must develop their clan...
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