Monday, August 31st, 1998

• 14 new screenshots of Hostile Waters at AGN3D

• DirectControl 2.0.3 (420KB) at bgr software. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with John Romero about Daikatana at Planet RIVA. News from Voodoo Extreme

• GA-Source have posted their first look at Messiah

Sunday, August 30th, 1998

• The Unreal shareware demo has been delayed until multiplayer is working well. The shareware demo will include OpenGL and Direct3D support, minor fixes, server improvements, easier server finding, support for more downloadable stuff, faster loading and solid multiplayer. News from Voodoo Extreme

• The next multiplayer patch for Unreal will include the multitexture patch, support for OpenGL, support for the Direct3D patch when it's released and a fix to work with the latest Glide reference drivers. The patch might be available next week. News from Voodoo Extreme

• some screenshots of the Direct3D version of Unreal at sharky extreme. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 4 new screenshots of Thrust, Twist'n Turn at GA-Source

Saturday, August 29th, 1998

• A preview of The Wheel Of Time at CPU Madness. News from 3DNews.Net

• A chat log of the chat with the developers of The Wheel Of Time at 3DGAMING.NET. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Dave Perry from Shiny Entertainment which mentions Messiah at Game-Interviews.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• QuakeWorld 2.3 at QuakeWorld.net. News from GA-Source

• An update about Heavy Gear II and Heretic II at GameSpot

• A review of Rainbow Six at The Adrenaline Vault.

Friday, August 28th, 1998

• Interactive Around-Sound 1.5 release candidate 2e drivers are available at Extreme Audio Reality

• An IAS 0.83B beta patch for Quake 2 at Extreme Audio Reality

• A review of the Cambridge SoundWorks PCWorks FourPointSurround at 3D Audio Immersion

• HARDgame.com has a feature about their visit to Microsoft which has information about the Microsoft Digital Sound System 80

• New screenshots of Black and White at Lionheads Swedish Fan Site. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Stuart Whyte about Populous: The Beginning at Next Generation

• A 1.01 patch for Rainbow Six at The Adrenaline Vault.

Thursday August 27th, 1998

• A page about the Vortex 2 (8830) chipset at Arcane Knowledge. News from Mike

• An article about Heretic II and Rainbow Six at GamePen. News from AGN3D

• A review of Redline Racer at Digital Sports Publishing. News from AGN3D

• New screenshots of Messiah at messiahworld. News from Voodoo Extreme

• some new screenshots of Messiah at The MESSIAH UNIVERSE. News from Voodoo Extreme

• New screenshots of Heretic II at GamePen. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A new screenshot of a character in Messiah at messiahworld. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Scott Alden about SiN at RITUALISTIC. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Some new screenshots of Messiah at Game Post. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An article about the new PCI sound cards from Aureal Semiconductor & Creative Labs at EE Times. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• New screenshots of Dungeon Keeper II at Online Gaming Review

• An interview with Levelord about SiN at Unforgiven. News from Gamecenter Underground

• Some more news about the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at Gamecenter. The MX300 will include a software DVD player by Zoran that can decode Dolby Digital (AC-3) surround sound and a daughterboard will be released in December to add support for additional speakers and S/PDIF connectors for digital-audio input and output.

Wednesday, August 26th, 1998

• Information about the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 is now available at Diamond Multimedia

• A review of the Turtle Beach Montego A3DXstream at AGN3D. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• Interactive Magic in association with NetPlayer plan to launch WarBirds in Western Europe and Japan. News from Next Generation

• Another preview of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at Computer Games Online

• A 2nd designers journal of Simcity 3000 at Gamecenter

• A preview of Amen: The Awakening at The Adrenaline Vault.

• If you pre order now you can buy the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 and Diamond Monster Fusion for only $199.95 US.

• Diamond Multimedia announced the Diamond Monster Sound MX300. Check the press release for a full list of features. It will cost $99.95 pre ordered and be released in October.

• Aureal Semiconductor announced the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 will use the Vortex 2 (8830) chipset. The press release here

Tuesday, August 25th, 1998

• A preview of an expansion pack for Descent Freespace: The Great War called Awakenings at Ahayweh Gate. News from AGN3D

• A review of Rainbow Six at BadPeon's World. News from AGN3D

• A video clip (5.37MB) of some cutscenes and gameplay in Heavy Gear II at Activision. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Peter Molyneux about Black and White at The bw wire. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 3DGAMING.NET is hosting a chat with the developers of  The Wheel Of Time on Friday, August 28th, 8:00pm EST. The chat will be at #3dgaming on irc servers irc.planetquake.com & ritual.3dnet.net. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Tim Sweeney has posted information about the alpha OpenGL patch and upcoming patch for Unreal at Epic MegaGames. News from Voodoo Extreme

• DirectControl 2.0.2 (415KB) at bgr software. News from PC Multimedia & Entertainment Magazine

• A preview of Interstate 82 at Next Generation

• Details about Turok II: Seeds of Evil at GameSpot

• An OpenGL alpha 0.91 patch for Unreal at The Adrenaline Vault. It will only work on Rendition V2100/V2200 cards now and Intel 740 chipset cards when Intel release new drivers.

• A patch to fix the missing sounds in Rainbow Six at The Adrenaline Vault.

• Red Storm Entertainment announced a interim patch will be relased for Rainbow Six on Thursday 27th August and a complete patch on September 11th. The interim patch will fix these bugs: mouse should no longer jitter when inverted, action bar updates properly when in Hi-Res, you should not be kicked out if the person you are observing is killed (MP only) and you can now use double quotes in your player name (MP only). The complete patch will fix the multiplayer cheating and other bugs. News from The Adrenaline Vault.

• A preview of Moto Racer 2 at The Adrenaline Vault.

• OS/2 reference drivers (4.36MB) are available for Vortex 1 based sound cards at Aureal Semiconductor. News from Skip

• Redline Racer by Ubisoft also support DirectSound3D. News from 3D-Game Graphic Sound Compatibility

Monday, August 24th, 1998

• Articles about the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live vs Vortex 2 at Arcane Knowledge. News from Mike

• Rainbow Six can now be played on Micrsoft's Internet Gaming Zone. News from 3DNews.Net

• A new screenshot of Amen: The Awakening  at CaveNews. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Heretic II at Gamesmania. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of the Shark Predator 3D PCI at Purified3D

Sunday, August 23rd, 1998

• Another article about USB Audio at 3D Sound Surge

• A chat log of a chat with the developers of Heavy Gear II at Heavy Gear: Ground Zero. News from AGN3D

• A review of Rainbow Six at COMBATSIM.COM. News from AGN3D

• SiN now includes Aureal A3D support and the next demo patch will add Aureal A3D. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Quake II 3.18 beta patch (2.5MB) at id Software. News from Games Domain

Saturday, August 22nd, 1998

• Battlefield Communicator by ShadowFactor Software allows you to talk to other people while playing games like Quake 2 and Unreal over a LAN or the internet. News from Games Domain

• A new level called Sunk by Probe for Forsaken at The Gaming Krib. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A chat log of the chat with the developers of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at 3DGAMING.NET. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A preview of Black and White at GamePro.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Interplay announced an expansion pack for Descent Freespace: The Great War called Silent Threat which should be released in September 98. News from Online Gaming Review

• A review of the Altec Lansing ACS48 PowerCube Plus Speaker System at PC Multimedia & Entertainment Magazine

• Rainbow Six is now available in the USA. News from GameSpot

• Tanarus is free to play this weekend, from 12:00 p.m. (PST) on Friday, August 28th to 12:00 a.m. (PST) on Sunday, August 30th. It will also be available free from 12:00 p.m. (PST) on Friday, September 25th to 12:00 a.m. (PST) on Sunday, September 27th. Just download Tanarus (7-26MB). News from Next Generation

• A review of Rainbow Six at Next Generation

• Abit of news about X: Beyond The Frontier at Gamecenter

• An OpenGL alpha patch for Unreal at The Adrenaline Vault. It will only work on Rendition V2100/V2200 cards now and Intel 740 chipset cards when Intel release new drivers.

• Minerva 1.08 (5MB) at available at Aureal Semiconductor. Minerva is a utilitity to test DirectSound, DirectSound3D and Aureal A3D.

• Miles Sound System 5 by Rad Games Tools will support Aureal A3D, Intel RSX and DirectSound3D and should be available by the end of the month.

Friday, August 21st, 1998

• Drakan: Order of the Flame by Psygnosis will support Aureal A3D. News from 3D-Game Graphic Sound Compatibility

• A press release with an update about the Creative Labs lawsuit at Aureal Semiconductor

• An interview with Charlie Wiederhold about SiN at OUTPOST21. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Daikatana has been delayed and will now be released in the fourth quarter 1998. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Black and White by Lionhead Studios will support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• Dungeon Keeper II by Bullfrog Productions will support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• Formula 1 98 by Psygnosis will also support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• Missing in Action by Simis Entertainment will support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• Populous: The Beginning by Bullfrog Productions will support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• Starshot: Space Circus Fever by Infogrames will support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• Siege by Telstar Electronics will support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

Thursday, August 20th, 1998

• Trespasser: Jurassic Park by DreamWorks will also support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• 3DGAMING.NET is hosting a chat with the developers of  Trespasser: Jurassic Park on Thursday, August 20th at 8:30pm EST. The chat will be at #3dgaming on irc servers irc.planetquake.com & ritual.3dnet.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• New screenshots of Thief: The Dark Project at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• New screenshots of StarSiege at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• New screenshots of Moto Racer 2 at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• New screenshots of Interstate 82 at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Eric Biessman about Soldier of Fortune at Fresh 3d. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with John Romero about Daikatana at Game-Interviews.com. News from AGN3D

• A 2.1 patch for the Starsiege Alpha Technology Release 2 demo at STARSIEGE Players Website. News from AGN3D

• Another preview of Heretic II at The Adrenaline Vault. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Rainbow Six at PC FAN. News from Voodoo Extreme

• New screenshots of Interstate 82 at Online Gaming Review

• Details about Interstate 82 at GameSpot

• Another preview of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at Next Generation

• Motorhead by Gremlin Interactive will have Aureal A3D added in a patch. News from Skip

• Interstate 82 by Activision will support Aureal A3D. News from Skip

• A review of Diamond Monster Sound MX200 at HARDgame.Com. News from Vince

• New Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02 at Microsoft which works on Diamond Monster Sounds cards . Thanks Jazz

• Heavy Gear II will support Aureal A3D. News from Heavy Gear2.net

• An interview with Dave Georgeson about Heavy Gear II at Heavy Gear2.net

Wednesday, August 19th, 1998

• A preview of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at sharky extreme. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An OpenGL patch will be released for Unreal this week. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Rainbow Six at AGN3D. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Another preview of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at Gamecenter

• A updated demo (29.2MB) of Recoil at The Adrenaline Vault

• Beta drivers for the PantherXL, Panther and Assassin 3D are available to use the digital joystick port on the Diamond Monster Sound cards. News from Andrew

Tuesday, August 18th, 1998

• An email from Skip McIIvaine from Aureal Semiconductor about the 4 types of Aureal A3D supported sound cards (Aureal A3D Emulators, DSP solutions, Vortex 1 chipset and Vortex 2 chipset) at 3D Sound Surge

• A RealAudio interview with Steve Polge about Unreal at Planet Unreal. Requires Realplayer to hear it. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Test Drive: Off Road 2 at The Adrenaline Vault. News from 3DNews.Net

• New screenshots of SiN at GlyphX. News from 3DNews.Net

• A preview of Daikatana at 3D Unlimited. News from 3DNews.Net

• An article about Rainbow Six at PC Gamer Online. News from Voodoo Extreme

• New screenshots of Trespasser: Jurassic Park at AGN3D. News from Voodoo Extreme

• DirectControl 2.0.0 (413KB) at bgr software. News from Voodoo Extreme

• The Sonigistix Corporation announced their new Monsoon MM-1000 Multimedia speakers which will be available through their WWW site from September 1st with a price of $229 US. The The Monsoon speakers will be available through select retailers in 1999. The press release is available here. News from Online Gaming Review

• A preview of Heretic II at Computer Games Online

• Electronic Arts announced it will buy Westwood Studios and Viacom for $122.5 million in cash. News from Gamecenter

• A demo of Rainbow Six at PC Gamer Online. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of the Altec Lansing ADA305 Digital PowerCube USB Speaker System at The Adrenaline Vault

• A preview of StarSiege at The Adrenaline Vault

Monday, August 17th, 1998

• A review of Diamond Monster Sound MX200 at 3D Gaming World. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Orchid NuSound3D at 3D Gaming World. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Turtle Beach Montego A3DXstream at 3D Gaming World. News from AGN3D

• A review of the USA version of  Plane Crazy - Uncivil Aviation at Game Over Online Magazine. News from AGN3D

• An aritcle about Aureal A3D vs EAX at ZDnet. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Heretic II at Universal Gaming Network. News from Voodoo Extreme

Sunday, August 16th, 1998

• An article about USB Audio at 3D Sound Surge

• An updated preview of SiN at Next Generation. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Volition announced an expansion pack for Descent Freespace: The Great War called Silent Threat. The expansion pack will have 60 more missions, new ships and 4 new weapons. News from GA-Source
  

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