Saturday February 20th, 1999

• A preview of Mortyr 2093 - 1944 at PlanetQuake. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A video clip of Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance at LucasArts. News from AGN3D

• 4 new screenshots of Homeworld at Online Gaming News. News from AGN3D

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at QuakeCity Gaming Network. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Outcast at PC.IGN.COM. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at PCVelocity. News from AGN Hardware

• A review of the MIDI Land S2/4100 at PCVelocity. News from AGN Hardware

• A review of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at GameFan Online. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of the Altec Lansing ACS48 PowerCube Plus Speaker System at tech review

• A feature about Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance at MeccaWorld

• A preview of Rally Masters at Next Generation

• A preview of MechWarrior III at PC.IGN.COM

• Another preview of Descent 3 at GameSpot UK

• A preview of Mortyr 2093 - 1944 at GameSpot UK

• Another preview of Heavy Gear II at Gamecenter

• Civilization: Call to Power by Activison will be released about March 16th. News from Computer Games Online

• A 1.04 patch for Turok II: Seeds of Evil at 3DFILES.COM

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

• A data sheet (121KB) with informaiton about the Aureal A3D 2.0 Software Development Kit at Aureal Semiconductor. The full Aureal A3D 2.0 Software Development Kit will be available 8th March. Requires Acrobat Reader

Friday February 19th, 1999

• A report about fourth quarter 1998 results of Aureal Semiconductor at The Register. News from rms

• A review of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at Next Generation

• A short interview with John McWilliams about Drakan: Order of the Flame at Drakan.Net. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 5 new screenshots of StarSiege at Datumplane: Starsiege. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Project V1 by Digital Platoon will support Aureal A3D. News from Carsten's 3D Compatibility Page

• A review of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at sharky extreme

• 2 new screenshots of Blood 2: The Nightmare Levels at GA-Source

• An updated review of the OEM Turtle Beach Systems Montego II at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A review of Half-Life at MeccaWorld

• A review of Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at GamePower

• An update about the development of Mortyr 2093 - 1944 at Computer Games Online

• The Battlezone Mission Pack: The Red Odyssey by evolve has gone gold and should be available in shops early March. News from Computer Games Online

• There will be no IAS patch for the CD version of Asteroids 3D

Thursday February 18th, 1999

• The Diamond Monster Sound MX300 Windows 9x/NT4 1.02 beta drivers are now available separately at Diamond Multimedia Europe

• A preview of Mortyr 2093 - 1944 at Gamesmania. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Kelly Hoerner about Daikatana at ION Storm. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of the BSG Intensor Chair at Gamestream.Net. News from AGN Hardware

• An interview with Glenn Arnold about Interactive Around-Sound at 3D Gaming

• Drakan: Order of the Flame by Psygnosis will also support DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• An interview with Stuart Denman and Tim Ebling from Surreal Software about Drakan: Order of the Flame at 3D Sound Surge. News from Mark

• A review of Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft at MeccaWorld

• A game guide for Thief: The Dark Project at GameSpot UK

• A review of Myth II: Soulblighter at GameSpot UK

• A review of Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at Gamers Depot

• Details about NASCAR Revolution at GameSpot

• SiN Mission Pack: Wages of SiN by 2015 has gone gold. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• Details and more screenshots of the Blood 2: The Nightmare Levels at The Adrenaline Vault

• 5 new screenshots of the enemies and weapons in the Blood 2: The Nightmare Levels at The Adrenaline Vault

• A 2.0 patch (12.1MB) for Blood II: The Chosen at 3DFILES.COM. This patch should add Aureal A3D & DirectSound3D support.

• Aureal Semiconductor announced that over 5 million products based on the Vortex 1 or Vortex 2 chipsets have been sold. The press release announced that over 5 million products based on the Vortex 1 or Vortex 2 chipsets have been sold. The press release here

• Aureal Semiconductor announced that VideoLogic has begun shipping their new SonicVortex 2 soundcard which costs around 64.99 pounds sterling. The press release announced that VideoLogic has begun shipping their new SonicVortex 2 soundcard which costs around 64.99 pounds sterling. The press release here

• A review of Myth II: Soulblighter at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

• New Vortex 2 Windows NT4 2.03 reference drivers (4.98MB) are available at Aureal Semiconductor. News from David

• The 1.02 patch for SiN and SiN Mission Pack: Wages of SiN will include support for Aureal A3D 2.0. News from David

Wednesday February 17th, 1999

• 12 new screenshots of NASCAR Revolution at All Racing Network. News from AGN3D

• 2 new screenshots of the Blood II Mission Pack: Revelations at PlanetBlood. News from AGN3D

• A review of Half-Life at Computers R Us. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Chia Chin Lee about Soldier of Fortune at FRAG FORTUNE. News from 3DNews.Net

• 6 new screenshots of Messiah at MESSIAH PRESS. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 6 new screenshots of Heavy Gear II at Voodoo Extreme

• 6 new screenshots of Rally Championship 99 at sharky extreme

• A review of the Parasound Media Lab ML-1 speakers at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A review of Thief: The Dark Project at Gaming Age

• A feature about Homeworld at GamePro.com

• A review of Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at GamesFirst!

• A review of Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at GameGenie.Com

• NASCAR Revolution by EA Sports has shipped. News from Computer Games Online

• A preview of Homeworld at GameSpot

• A review of Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy at Gamecenter

• An updated demo (13.4MB) of Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft at 3DFILES.COM

• Just installed the new Diamond Monster Sound MX300 Windows 9x beta 1.02 drivers and noticed there is still no fader control. There is no advantage at all to using these new drivers.

• New Diamond Monster Sound MX300 Windows 9x/NT4 1.02 beta drivers (14.43MB) are available at Diamond Multimedia. The Windows 9x drivers are based on the 4.06.2017 reference drivers and the Windows NT4 drivers are based on the 2.03.01 reference drivers. Only change is the DAC meter tab has been disabled in the control panel in the Windows 9x drivers. News from Adrian

Tuesday February 16th, 1999

• A preview of Unreal Tournament at Gamehut. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Monolith about the LithTech game engine at Stratics. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Team Fortress 2 at Halflife.com.br. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Powerslide at Operation Sports. News from 3DNews.Net

• A preview of Homeworld at Gamesmania

• A review of the Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at GamePen

• Interviews with William Westwater, Rick Glenn, Mark Lamia and Steve Mariotti about Civilization: Call to Power at Computer Games Online

• A preview of Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance at Computer Games Online

• A review of Dethkarz at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

Monday February 15th, 1999

• Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance by LucasArts will support DirectSound3D. News from Carsten's 3D Compatibility Page

• An interview with Toni Schneider about the vortex 2 chipset and wavetracing at 3D Sound Surge. News from Mark

• An updated developers journal about the music in Amen: The Awakening at CaveNews. News from 3DNews.Net

• 15 new screenshots of Expendable at sharky extreme

• A review of the Bedwin BW-2000 Flat Panel Speakers at Purified3D

Sunday February 14th, 1999

• 8 new screenshots of Expendable at GA-Source

• A review of Heretic II at PlayDevil.com

• A review of StarSiege Tribes on Gamespot TV. Requires Realplayer to view it

• A review of Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft on Gamespot TV. Requires Realplayer to view it

• A review of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at Gamesmania

• An interview with Scott Youngblood about StarSiege Tribes at Computer Games Online. The Aureal A3D problems are been worked on.

• An edited log of a chat with Stevie Case about Daikatana at XtremeNetwork.com

Saturday February 13th, 1999

• Another review of Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith at Games Domain

• A comparsion of 3D sound in Half-Life on the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live and Diamond Monster Sound MX300

• A review of the Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at Evil Avatar

• A preview of Summoner at The Adrenaline Vault

• A preview of FreeSpace 2 and Summoner at Gamecenter

• FreeSpace 2 and Summoner by Volition will support Aureal A3D and DirectSound3D. News from 3D Audio Immersion

• A preview of Redline at PlanetQuake. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 3 new screenshots of the Blood II Mission Pack: Revelations at PlanetBlood. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An update about the development of Beneath at The Adrenaline Vault. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Sierra Studios about Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned at GameAsylum. News from AGN3D

• New screenshots of X: Beyond The Frontier at Screenshots.net. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of the Xitel Storm Platinum at sharky extreme

• A preview of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of Gaia at PC FAN

• The level pack for Unreal will be called The Return To Na Pali and will be released March 1999. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at The Adrenaline Vault

• id Software have asked Extreme Audio Reality to stop developing the IAS patches for Quake 2

• An new patch (740KB) for Wargasm at 3DFILES.COM

• An updated demo (50.8MB) of Half-Life at 3DFILES.COM

• An 1.33 patch (10MB) for Thief: The Dark Project at 3DFILES.COM

• An updated demo (56MB) of Thief: The Dark Project at 3DFILES.COM

• Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of Gaia by ASC Games will support Aureal A3D 2.0

• TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter by ASC Games supports Aureal A3D

• Sanity by Monolith will support Aureal A3D

• Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor by The 3DO Company will support Aureal A3D

• Hostile Waters by Rage Software will also support Aureal A3D

• Beneath by Activison will support Aureal A3D

Friday February 12th, 1999

• Hab-12 by Ratloop will support Aureal A3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• 3D Sound Surge is back online. News from Mark

• A review of the Cambridge SoundWorks MicroWorks at tech review. News from AGN Hardware

• 8 new screenshots of Slave Zero at GameFan Online. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Unreal Tournament at 3DGaming.Net. News from AGN3D

• A review of Blood II: The Chosen at GameGenie.Com

• A review of Plane Crazy - Uncivil Aviation at GameGenie.Com

• A review of Thief: The Dark Project at GameGenie.Com

• A review of Heretic II at GameGenie.Com. News from 3DNews.Net

• A preview of Expendable at sharky extreme

• A preview of NASCAR Revolution at WarZone Online Gaming Network

• A review of Midiland Forzando Plus at WarZone Online Gaming Network

• A new single player mission demo of Half-Life will be available tomorrow exclusively at PC.IGN.COM

• Another preview of Unreal Tournament at GamePro.com

• A review of REAH: Face the Unknown at GamePower

• A demo (22.7MB) of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at The Adrenaline Vault

• A video clip (9MB) of Messiah at messiahworld. News from 3DFILES.COM

• A video clip (54MB) of Expendable at 3DFILES.COM

• Aureal Semiconductor announced their financial results for the fourth quarter 1998. Full details are available in the announced their financial results for the fourth quarter 1998. Full details are available in the press release

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

• VideoLogic announced their SonicVortex 2 sound card which uses the vortex 2 chipset. The press release here. News from David

Thursday February 11th, 1999

• An interivew with George Broussard about Duke Nukem Forever at 3DGaming.Net. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Team Fortess Classic at scatterblak.com. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Tim Sweeney about UnrealED at the beauty of madness. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Brett Johnson about Half-Life at HalfLife.Org. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Karthik Bala, Henry Kropf, James Hills and Dan Tanguay about Terminus at GA-Source

• Tim Sweeney has posted a developerment update about the Unreal 221 patch and Unreal Tournament at Epic MegaGames

• An interview with Kalani Streicher, Harrison Fong, Leonard Robel, Don Goddard and Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza about Legend Of The Blademasters at The Vault Network. News from PC.IGN.COM

• A review of the Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at PC.IGN.COM

• A review of Shogo: Mobile Armor Division at MeccaWorld

• A feature about Dungeon Keeper II at GameSpot UK

• A review of Dethkarz at GamePen

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at COMBATSIM.COM

• New Aureal A3D 2.04b drivers (225KB) are available at Aureal Semiconductor. They might fix the muffled weapons in Half-Life and will reduce the CPU usage when using Aureal A3D 2. News from David
  

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