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May 7, 2025
CompUSA Says "No Pornography, No Postal"
  The deed looks to be complete.   After CompUSA recently announced it would cease selling the title, store shelves are now Postal-free.   But like an elephant, Vince Desi doesn't forget.   CompUSA doesn't give a sh-- about people who play games, Desi, of the title's developer Running With Scissors, told GameSpot News...
May 7, 2025
Microsoft and SGI Team Up to Deliver OpenGL on Windows
  Microsoft and Silicon Graphics have announced that they will deliver a toolkit for developing OpenGL drivers for the entire family of Windows platforms, including the currently available Windows NT 4 and Windows 95, as well as the upcoming Windows 98 and Windows NT 5. To this end, a new 3D...
May 7, 2025
Inside the Official Quake II Party
  City of Industry, Calif. - With El Nino poised slightly offshore, id and Activision threw an invitation-only rain-soaked premiere bash for Quake II last Friday night. GameSpot News was there to watch as fraggers, media, and business types got to face each other in the new Quake II arena -...
May 7, 2025
Million a Month Club
  Sony Computer Entertainment America announced Monday that sales of the PlayStation in November alone exceeded one million units. The company says that retail reports from November 2 through November 29 show that sales have reached an all-time high of 1.01 million units.   We knew that the PlayStation would lead the...
May 7, 2025
RomTech Strikes Deal
  RomTech Inc., Pennsylvania-based value-priced software developer releasing games under the Galaxy of Games banner, today announced a strategic partnership with UK Internet game developer TVML Ltd.   The deal gives RomTech exclusive rights to publish and distribute in North America Galaxy versions of TVML's Internet-based games.   RomTech plans to launch Galaxy...
May 7, 2025
Square Fans Want Xenogears
  Since the release of Final Fantasy III on the Super NES, Square has had a growing following in the US. When Sony released Final Fantasy VII in September, the fan base for the company's games only increased. Sony is answering the call by releasing several of Square's most popular titles...
May 7, 2025
WorldPlay's Present Under Wraps
  AOL is gearing up for the holiday season (and, one expects, an increase in leisure hours provided by students' Christmas vacations) by debuting a dozen new games on its WorldPlay channel.   Those new games include Baldies Online, a resource-management game based on the boxed game that pits Baldies against Hairies;...
May 7, 2025
Time for TimeSink?
  Amidst all the turmoil of the current online game service wars, one company thinks it has come up with a novel solution to winning those wars. Or at least carving out a nice chunk of the online gaming pie for itself.   That company? Pennsylvania-based TimeSink Inc., founded by PSINet veterans...
May 7, 2025
It's Time for ManaLink
  Players of MicroProse's computer version of the Magic: The Gathering card game who have been waiting to play the game over the Internet won't have to wait much longer. MicroProse has announced the release of Magic: The Gathering ManaLink, a multiplayer update to the game.   Purchasers of the Magic: The...
May 7, 2025
Diddy Makes Nintendo Proud
  Nintendo of America is claiming that the N64's Diddy Kong Racing has not only become the fastest-selling game in US history (registering 800,000 units sold in its first two weeks at retail), but that within a week - if all goes according to Nintendo's estimates - the title will sell...
May 7, 2025
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II Makes a Friend
  LucasArts announced the upcoming release of a Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II add-on, featuring a new character (named Mara Jade, from Timothy Zahn's Star Wars novels), 29 new single- and multiplayer levels, and new weapons and force powers.   In Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith (set five years after the...
May 7, 2025
GameSpot's Global Assault
  You may not notice the change from your trusty computer in Cedar Rapids or Atlanta, but beginning today, the GameSpot Network has increased its global reach substantially.   An international network of gaming sites - with local content and in the local language - means gamers all over the world can...
May 7, 2025
It's Here! Quake II Hits Shelves
  Gamers will finally get their hands on Quake II as it ships to over 15,000 retail stores in the US and Canada. As GameSpot News reported on Friday from the premiere party, this is going to be one of the best titles of the year.   Features in the most highly...
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