Monday December 20th, 1999

• A review of Driver is at ESC Magazine. News from AGN3D

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at CTNews. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Advent AV390PL speakers is at Tweak3D

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at sharky extreme

• An interview with Josh Resnick about Battlezone 2: Combat Commander is at GameSpy.com

• A review of the Bedwin BW-2000 Flat Panel Speakers is at Exxtreme3D.com

• A review of Nascar Racing 3 is at Games Domain

Sunday December 19th, 1999

• 2 new screenshots of the upcoming free bonus pack for Unreal Tournament are at Voodoo Extreme

• 2 new screenshots of Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood in Arms are at Planetfortress. News from 3DNews.Net

• 2 new screenshots of Hostile Waters are at Gamer's Alliance Strategy. News from GA-Source

• A review of the Bose Lifestyle 30 Series II speakers are at Glide Underground

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at GibWorld

• A review of Hype: The Time Quest is at GameSpy.com

• 12 new screenshots of Battlezone 2: Combat Commander are at GameSpot UK

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force is at Beyond 3D

• A preview of Soldier of Fortune is at 3D Unlimited

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at The Adrenaline Vault

Saturday December 18th, 1999

• An edited log of a public chat with John Romero, Kelly Hoerner and Stevie Case about Daikatana is at Planet Daikatana. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Tread Marks has gone gold and should be available in shops January 2000. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Bernd Lehahn about X: Beyond The Frontier is at BarrysWorld. News from AGN3D

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at BarrysWorld. News from AGN3D

• 4 new screenshots of Legend Of The Blademasters are at GA-RPG. News from GA-Source

• A review of Tonic Trouble is at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force on Gamespot TV. Requires Realplayer

• A review of The Wheel Of Time on Gamespot TV. Requires Realplayer

• A review of Spec Ops2: Green Berets is at GamePro.com

• A review of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is at GamePen

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at GAMELINKS.NET

• A new screenshot of Wizardry 8 is at Evil Avatar

• An interview with the developers of Blitz: Disc Arena is at Eurogamer.net

• The S4 MidiLand 4060 and S4 MidiLand 7100 speakers are now available in shops. News from GameSpot

• 9 new screenshots of Soldier of Fortune are at GameSpot

• A new screenshot of Rune is at The Adrenaline Vault

• DirectX 7.0A (6.04MB) for Windows 9x is at Microsoft. Only change is a DirectInput update

• Rock by Singletrac will support Aureal A3D 2.x. News from Aureal Inc

• A review of Rayman 2: The Great Escape is at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

Friday December 17th, 1999

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Gameunit.com

• A review of The Wheel Of Time is at Gamer's Voice

• A review of Ultima IX: Ascension is at Gamers Focus

• An interview with Trent Oster about Neverwinter Nights is at GA-RPG. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Darrin Hart about Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 is at The Mushroom. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Altec Lansing ACS48 PowerCube Plus Speaker System is at Target PC. News from AGN Hardware

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at sharky extreme

• 14 new screenshots of Soldier of Fortune are at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Rally Championship 2000 is at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of The Wheel Of Time is at Gamezilla!

• An interview with Cliff Bleszinsky about Unreal Tournament is at GameSpy.com

• 18 new screenshots of Ultima IX: Ascension are at GameSpot UK

• A review of Ultima IX: Ascension is at GameSpot UK

• A review of Interstate 82 is at GamePro.com

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Eurogamer.net

• A review of Rally Championship 2000 is at Digital Sports Publishing

• 9 new screenshots of MDK2 are at GameSpot

• A game guide for Half-Life: Opposing Force is at GameSpot

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at GameSpot

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force is at Games Domain

• A review of Interstate 82 is at Gamecenter

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at Gamecenter

• A preview of Tzar: The Burden Of The Crown is at Computer Games Online

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at Computer Games Online

• Urban Chaos is now available in shops. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is at The Adrenaline Vault

• Experience by The Whole Experience will support Aureal A3D 2.x. News from Aureal Inc

Thursday December 16th, 1999

• The Vortex 2 Windows 9x reference drivers with EAX support will be released on December 22nd. News from 3D Sales Limited

• New VideoLogic SonicVortex 2 Windows NT4 2.05 drvers are at VideoLogic

• New VideoLogic SonicVortex 2 Windows 9x 4.06.2041 drvers are at VideoLogic. News from Vortex of Sound

• An interview with Bernd Lehahn about X: Beyond The Frontier is at Beta Bites. News from AGN3D

• A review of Revenant is at Insane Gamers. News from AGN3D

• A review of Slave Zero is at GA-Source

• A review of Urban Chaos is at DailyRadar.com

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A beta editing tool set (4.46MB) for editing Quake 3: Arena is at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at GamePower

• A review of Crusaders of Might and Magic is at Game Over Online Magazine

• 3 new screenshots of Rune are at 3D Unlimited

• A game guide for Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is at GameSpot

• A review of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is at Games Domain

• A review of Rally Championship 2000 is at Games Domain

• Origin are going to send an updated version of Ultima IX: Ascension on CD to all registered users once the first series of patches has been released. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A preview of Simon the Sorcerer 3D is at The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of Slave Zero is at The Adrenaline Vault

• An updated patch (1.4MB) for Driver is at 3DFILES.COM

• Windows 2000 has gone gold and been released to manufacturing. News from ActiveWindows

• A review of Slave Zero is at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

• Aureal Inc announced that Hewlett-Packard Company will include the Aureal's Vortex2 SuperQuad and Vortex Advantage sound cards as optional audio sub-systems for HP Pavilion brand desktop computers sold through its new Build to Order (BTO) program. The press release here. News from Edly

Wednesday December 15th, 1999

• FMOD 3 includes Aureal A3D 2.x. and DirectSound3D support News from 3D Sound Surge

• An edited log of a public chat with the developers of Ultima IX: Ascension is at Jackchaos.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with John Scott about Soldier of Fortune is at Soldier of Fortune Center. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An edited log of a public chat with Paul Steed and Tim Willits about Quake 3: Arena is at Quake3World. News from AGN3D

• An interview with James Monroe about Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force is at TeleFragged. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of FreeSpace 2 is at Riva 3D. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of the MIDI Land S2/4100 speakers is at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A review of Dirt Track Racing is at PC.IGN.COM

• Messiah has been delayed until 2000. News from GameSpot UK

• 15 new screenshots of Messiah are at GameSpot UK

• 6 new high resolution screenshots of Messiah are at GameSpot UK

• 38 new screenshots of the characters in Messiah are at GameSpot UK

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at GamePro.com

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Game Over Online Magazine

• A preview of Black and White is at GAMELINKS.NET

• A feature about the final hours of the development of Quake 3: Arena is at GameSpot

• A review of Slave Zero is at Gamecenter

• 5 new screenshots of B17 Flying Fortress are at The Adrenaline Vault

• New Vortex 2 Windows NT4 2.05.05 reference drivers (5MB) are at Aureal Inc. Only change is codec support is added for the Aureal Vortex 2 SuperQuad 2500 sound card

• Driver by GT Interactive will support Aureal A3D 1.x. News from Aureal Inc

• Aureal Inc announced that CyberMax is integrating Aureal's OEM Vortex and Vortex 2 sound card solutions in several of its desktop PC product lines. CyberMax is including Aureal cards in its Enthusiast and Entrepreneur Series of personal computers. The press release here. News from Edly

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at GameZone Online. News from Renie

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at GameZone Online. News from Renie

Tuesday December 14th, 1999

• A new 0.53 beta of Roger Wilco is out. Roger Wilco allows you to talk to other people while playing multi player games over a LAN or the internet. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Insane Gamers. News from AGN3D

• A review of Ultima IX: Ascension is at Wewp! Entertainment. News from AGN3D

• A review of VideoLogic DigiTheatre 5.1 speakers is at PVR-NET. News from AGN Hardware

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at Riva 3D. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at TeleFragged. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Swedish Touring Car Championship is at High Gear. News from GA-Source

• 2 new screenshots of Blade are at GA-Source

• 6 new screenshots of Legend Of The Blademasters are at GA-Source

• A review of Revenant is at GibWorld

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force is at GamePower

• A review of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is at GAMELINKS.NET

• A review of Interstate 82 is at Game Over Online Magazine

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force is at 3D Rage

• A preview of Deus Ex is at Games Domain

• A review of the Cambridge SoundWorks DeskTop Theater 5.1 DTT2500 speaker system is at Games Domain

• A strategy guide for Quake 3: Arena is at Gamecenter

• 9 new screenshots of Blade are at The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of Thief Gold is at The Adrenaline Vault

• A 1.02 patch (800KB) for Dirt Track Racing is at 3DFILES.COM

• Windows Media Player 6.4.07.1112, a multimedia player for Win9x/NT4 is at Microsoft. News from ActiveWindows

• Deer Hunter 3 by Sunstorm Interactive will support Aureal A3D 1.x. News from Aureal Inc

• A review of the VideoLogic SonicVortex 2 sound card is at 3D Sound Surge. News from Mark

• Damage statistics for the items and weapons in Quake 3: Arena are at Ingava. News from Richard

Monday December 13th, 1999

• Aureal Inc announced a clear jury verdict against Creative Labs and its subsidiary Emu Systems. The federal court jury unanimously rejected Creative's claims that Aureal's Vortex chips infringed the Creative 5,342,990 patent. Creative brought this case against Aureal in February, 1998, one day after Aureal announced that its Vortex chip would be used by Dell Computer in the Dimension product line. The patent claims brought against Aureal by Creative in this case were all rejected by the jury. The press release here. News from Roy

• A review of FreeSpace 2 is at 3D Spotlight. News from Julio

• A review of Interstate 82 is at Planet Nukem. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at XSReality.com. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Xavier Carrillo about Blade is at TeleFragged. News from AGN3D

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Parasite News. News from AGN3D

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at GamingChronicle.com. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of the Polk AMR5 Speaker System is at Glide Underground

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at GameSpy.com

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force is at Evil Avatar

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Evil Avatar

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at 3D Unlimited

• A review of Revenant is at 3DGaming.Net

• Instructions to enable a hidden bloopers mission in Thief Gold are at The Adrenaline Vault

• The final Vortex 1 and 2 linux drivers from 4Front Technologies have been delayed until January 2000

Sunday December 12th, 1999

• A new entry is in the developers journal of Terminus at Station Terminus. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of the Aureal Vortex 2 SuperQuad 2500 sound card is at Overclockers Australia. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A comparsion of Quake 3: Arena and Unreal Tournament is at Power Gamerz. News from AGN3D

• A review of Spec Ops2: Green Berets is at Insane Gamers. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Kenn Hoekstra about Soldier of Fortune is at Soldier of Fortune Center. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force is at Mod Alliance. News from 3DNews.Net

• 6 new screenshots of Gothic are at GA-RPG. News from GA-Source

• Solutions for problems installing the 402 patch for Unreal Tournament on a minimum install or on an non engish version are at the Unreal Technology

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at Quantum9.com

• 7 new screenshots of B17 Flying Fortress are at COMBATSIM.COM

• A review of Dirt Track Racing is at 3DGaming.Net

• 5 new deathmatch maps for Half-Life: Opposing Force are at Sierra. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A trailer (4.9MB) of Daikatana is at 3DFILES.COM

• A demo (28MB) of Interstate 82 is at 3DFILES.COM

Saturday December 11th, 1999

• An article about the development of Half-Life is at Gamasutra. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Revenant is at Telefragged. News from AGN3D

• A review of the AVB SONIX S-2000 Flat Panel Speakers is at The Tech Zone. News from 3DNews.Net

• A new screenshot of Blade is at GA-Source

• 3 new screenshots of are Hostile Waters at GA-Source

• Instructions to enable 2 extra levels in the demo of Slave Zero are at GA-Source

• A comparsion of Quake 3: Arena and Unreal Tournament is at DailyRadar.com

• An interview with Greg Zeschuk about MDK2 is at DailyRadar.com

• A review of Half-Life: Opposing Force is at Gaming Age

• Part 2 of a designers journal of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Quake 3: Arena is at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Ultima IX: Ascension is at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at Gamesmania

• A review of Ultima IX: Ascension is at GamePro.com

• An interview with Richard Garriott about Ultima IX: Ascension is at GamePen

• A review of Dirt Track Racing is at Evil Avatar

• An interview with the developers of KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child is at Eurogamer.net

• A review of Interstate 82 is at 3DGaming.Net

• A game guide for Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at GameSpot

• A review of Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is at GameSpot

• A review of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is at GameSpot

• A review of Ultima IX: Ascension is at GameSpot

• A review of Unreal Tournament is at Computer Games Online

• Crusaders of Might and Magic is now available in shops. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is at The Adrenaline Vault

• A 1.3 patch (1.6MB) for Descent 3 is at 3DFILES.COM

• A patch (749KB) for Dirt Track Racing is at 3DFILES.COM

• A review of the Cambridge SoundWorks DeskTop Theater 5.1 DTT2500 speaker system is at FPS3D.COM. News from Glenn

• An updated report about the recent Creative Labs vs Aureal Inc court case about a patent is at Vortex of Sound. News from David

• Aureal Inc won the recent Creative Labs vs Aureal Inc court case about a patent. An article about the verdict here. News from David, Mark and Skip

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