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May 3, 2025
GameSpot's Game Forecast
  Welcome to GameSpot's Game Forecast, a weekly peek over the horizon to PCCD-ROM titles that will hit the shelves in the coming months. All dates are tentative. Please send corrections, additions, or comments to .   Recently Released   DefiancePublisher: Avalon Hill/Visceral ProductionsDeveloper: LogicwareA thinking persons Descent   Pax Imperia: Eminent DomainPublisher: THQDeveloper:...
May 3, 2025
Diddy Goes Bonkers
  Nintendo's Diddy Kong Racing is the most anticipated title of the holiday season, and it will be hitting store shelves on November 24. But for those who can't wait to get a taste of the latest Rare title, you'll be able to rent it well before it's in stores. Blockbuster...
May 3, 2025
Sierra On-line Reorg
  Chris McLeod, chief executive officer of CUC Software, responded to last Friday's departure of Sierra On-line president Mike Broshu by restructuring that company and breaking the business into three units.   Three former vice presidents - Bill Moore, Scott Lynch, and Randy Dersham - were given the title senior vice president...
May 3, 2025
7th Level to Changes Gears?
  7th Level Inc. said on Wednesday that it is in merger discussions with an unidentified company, and that it also plans to sell its PyroTechnix division, which develops 3D games.   Earlier this year, 7th Level stated that it planed to become less of a game developer and more of a...
May 3, 2025
Tecmo Talk
  Representatives at Tecmo informed GameSpot News Thursday that Tecmo's Deception 2, the sequel to last year's PlayStation reverse RPG wherein players set evil traps for unwary adventurers, has slipped back to a second or third quarter '98 US release.   In related news, the company's Saturn 2D/3D fighting game, Dead or...
May 3, 2025
Simutronics and AT&T Join Forces
  Online gaming company Simutronics, developers of online titles GemStone III, DragonRealms, and CyberStrike, will ally with AT&T WorldNet Service to broaden the reach of its games.   AT&T WorldNet Service members will receive incentives, including a month of free gameplay from Simutronics.   AT&T WorldNet currently has close to a million subscribers....
May 3, 2025
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
  Online gaming services continue to sprout everywhere, yet not one has discovered the secret to a successful business model. Hence, everyone is trying something different. Engage Games has announced that it wants to join them - as in, join the forces into a single aggregate gaming arena.   Reportedly, Engage believes...
May 3, 2025
Starship Troopers vs. Bean
  The winter movie season has officially begun today. So there's lots to see if you need a break from video games.   Starship Troopers (being brought to the PC by Microprose next year), one of the most anticipated action flicks of the year, hits movie theaters this weekend. On the other...
May 3, 2025
Acclaim Says QBC #1
  Acclaim is the first to report that its game has performed strongly in the battle of the Nintendo 64 gridiron games. NFL Quarterback Club '98 shipped October 24, and according to Acclaim, the game is selling quite well at retail, beating out Nintendo's own GoldenEye. ...
May 3, 2025
F22 All Fired Up
  DID dropped by the GameSpot offices to demonstrate its newest flight sim, F-22 Air Dominance Fighter (ADF).   Shipping in the US in February, ADF is, in the words of DID Managing Director Martin Kenwright, just like a mobile phone - anyone can use it, but no one can master it....
May 3, 2025
Heavy Gear Sounds Off
  Activision's combat sim Heavy Gear will include support for Aurea Semiconductor's A3D Interactive positional 3D sound technology, Aureal announced.   A3D simulates audio in real-life situations, with sound coming at the gamer from the front, rear, sides, and above and below his frame of reference.   A3D is supported on such retail...
May 3, 2025
Attack of the GameWorks
  GameWorks Tempe is set to open at the Arizona Mills shopping mall on Thursday, Nov. 20, joining its arcade brethren in Seattle, Las Vegas, Ontario, and Grapevine, Texas, all of which opened in 1997.   To promote the opening, Sega GameWorks, GameWorks' parent company, is holding a GameWorks Tempe Premiere Sweepstakes...
May 3, 2025
Quake in Living Color
  Readers will remember VGS editors got a chance to play the game at Midway's Gamers' Day last month. Well, today the company released screen shots of its upcoming shooter.   Here's what we had to say: Though still some three months away from completion, the Nintendo 64 version of Quake was...
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