Tuesday July 20th, 1999

• An interview with Chris Norden about Deus Ex at PlanetDeusEx. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 2 new screenshots of Spec Ops2: Green Berets at SpecForce. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of Descent 3 at BarrysWorld. News from AGN3D

• A review of Everquest at GameStats. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Unreal Level Pack: The Return To Na Pali at Game Revolution. News from AGN3D

• A review of Outcast at GameSpot UK

• A review of Warzone 2100 at PlayDevil.com

• A preview of FreeSpace 2 at GamePro.com

• A review of Dungeon Keeper II at 4gamers.net

• A review of Star Wars- Episode I The Phantom Menace at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

Monday July 19th, 1999

• An interview with Jens Anderson about Heavy Gear II on Tech Radio. Requires Realplayer. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 2 new screenshots of Slave Zero at Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Steve Pearsall about Thief 2: The Metal Age at GA-Source

• A new screenshot of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of Gaia at GA-Source

• A review of the Cambridge Soundworks FPS 2000 Digital Speaker System at AnandTech

• A review of the Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla at Game Wire.Org

• A review of Heavy Gear II at GamePower

• A preview of Spec Ops2: Green Berets at The Adrenaline Vault

• KCplus 0.40 beta at Really Effective Software. KCplus provides hotkey support for adjusting the volume mixer controls of Windows 9x. News from BetaNews.Com

• Aureal Inc announced that its Vortex2 audio processor has been chosen as one of the top 25 digital ICs of 1999 by Cahners Electronics Group. Featured in Cahners' 1999 Electronics Industry Yearbook, the Vortex2 and PC audio products based on it have won many other prestigious awards including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice and Computer Gaming World's Gaming Hardware of the Year. News from Roy

Sunday July 18th, 1999

• A preview of Black and White at Gamers Reality. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A new screenshot of the GUI in Unreal Tournament at Voodoo Extreme

• 9 new screenshots of Homeworld at AGN3D

• A review of the Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla at Riva Rave. News from AGN Hardware

• 9 new screenshots of Homeworld at RIVA 3D. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Robin Walker about Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood in Arms at specwargru. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Descent 3 at Gamers Depot

• 10 new screenshots of Homeworld at Game-Interviews.com

• An interview with Mike Werckle about Rune at 3D Unlimited

• A review of Dungeon Keeper II at 3DGaming.Net

• A review of Descent 3 at Games Domain

• Another review of MechWarrior 3 at Games Domain

Saturday July 17th, 1999

• 2 new screenshots of Spec Ops2: Green Berets at TacticalPlanet. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Rex Dickson about Revenant at GA-RPG. News from GA-Source

• A review of the Midiland Forzando Plus speakers at Universal Gaming Network

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

• A review of Star Wars- Episode I The Phantom Menace at Gamezilla!

• A bonus level pack (715KB) called Olympia for Dungeon Keeper II at GameSpot

• A review of Dungeon Keeper II at GameSpot

• Part 3 of an interview with Brad McQuaid about Everquest and Everquest: The Ruins of Kunark at GamePro.com

• An Environment Mapped Bump Mapping patch (5.3MB) for Expendable at Matrox. News from 3DFILES.COM

Friday July 16th, 1999

• Stereolith are looking for distributors for their speaker systems in the USA. News from W. Schüpbach

• 4 new screenshots of Sanity at Universal Gaming Network. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Kenn Hoekstra from Raven Software about Soldier of Fortune at Universal Gaming Network. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Gabe Newell about Half-Life at Media and Games Online Network. News from AGN3D

• A review of Motorhead at GameStats News Network. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Jim Boone about FreeSpace 2 at PC Paradox

• A review of the Blood II Mission Pack: Nightmare Levels at GameSpot UK

• A review of Thrust, Twist'n Turn at GameSpot UK

• A review of MechWarrior 3 at GameGenie.Com

• A review of Dungeon Keeper II at FullOn3D Games

• An interview with Harvey Smith about Deus Ex at Computer Gaming Review

• A demo (46MB) of Sinister Unleashed at GameSpot

• An new entry in the designers diary of Dark Reign 2 at GameSpot

• A review of Unreal Level Pack: The Return To Na Pali at The Adrenaline Vault

• D3Edit 0.9 beta, a level editor for Descent 3 . News from 3DFILES.COM

• A 1.1 patch (2.6MB) for MechWarrior 3 at 3DFILES.COM. The crackling and popping sounds on PCI sound cards has been fixed

Thursday July 15th, 1999

• New 2 speaker and 4 speaker benchmarks of DirectSound and DirectSound3D CPU usage in Audio WinBench 99 with the Vortex 2 Windows 9x 2016/2030/2031 reference drivers are available.

• A new screenshot of Unreal Tournament at Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Todd Kerpelman about Prince of Persia 3D at Gaming Entertainment Monthly Online Magazine. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Sinister Unleashed at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A preview of Sinister Unleashed at sharky extreme

• Sinister Unleashed by THQ will support Aureal A3D. News from sharky extreme

• A new screenshot of Soldier of Fortune at GA-Source

• An interview with Jason Hall about Sanity at GA-Source

• A review of the Advent AV390PL speakers at 3DHardware.Net

• A review of the Kenwood CL-701 Multimedia speakers at The Hive

• Part 2 of an interview with Brad McQuaid about Everquest and Everquest: The Ruins of Kunark at GamePro.com

• A review of Dungeon Keeper II at GamePen

• An interview with Bullfrog Productions about Dungeon Keeper II at Game-Interviews.com

• A feature about Quake 3: Arena, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood in Arms and Unreal Tournament at GameSpot

• A demo of Mortyr 2093 - 1944 will be released this week. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A new English demo (140MB) of Outcast is available at The Adrenaline Vault

• The Vortex 2 Windows 9x 4.06.2035 reference drivers will be available in less than a month. News from Skip

• A preview of Unreal Tournament at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

Wednesday July 14th, 1999

• An interview with Craig Derrick about Descent 3 at Game Forge. Requires Realplayer. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Bedwin BW-2000 Flat Panel Speakers at Voodoo3.Net. News from AGN Hardware

• An interview with Mikael Lindgren about Reborn at Speedy 3D. News from 3DNews.Net

• A review of Dungeon Keeper II at 3D Rage. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Randy Pitchford about Half-Life: Opposing Force at Half Life Dot Org

• 10 new screenshots of Rally Championship 99 at GA Sports. News from GA-Source

• A review of the Logitech SoundMan X2 Speaker System at PlanetHardware. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• A review of Dungeon Keeper II at Gamesmania

• A preview of Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood in Arms at Computer Gaming Review

• An interview with Steve Hornback about Duke Nukem Forever at 3D Unlimited

• A preview of Homeworld at Gamecenter

• A review of Heavy Gear II at Gamecenter

• A review of Heavy Gear II at Computer Games Online

• A 1.3 patch (2.2MB) for Myth II: Soulblighter at 3DFILES.COM

• A utility to identify Aureal chipset sound cards is now available at Aureal Inc. It will work in MS-DOS and a dos box under Windows 9x but not in Windows NT4. AU8808 is a vortex 1 chipset on a motherboard, AU8810 is a Vortex Advantage based sound card, AU8820 is a Vortex 1 based sound card and AU8830 is a Vortex 2 based sound card.

Tuesday July 13th, 1999

• KCplus 0.35 early beta at Really Effective Software. KCplus provides hotkey support for adjusting the volume mixer controls of Windows 9x. This is a very early beta and has limited functionality, however, you can fully control the master volume in small or large increments using four hot keys. News from Paul

• The CrystalSpace 3D Engine will support Aureal A3D 2.0 and DirectSound3D. News from 3D Sound Surge

• An interview with Sky Kensok about Experience at Before It's Done. News from  Voodoo Extreme

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

• An interview with Kevin Lambert about Sanity at Xtreme Gamerz. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Mark Rein about Unreal Tournament at Games On Line. News from AGN3D

• THQ will publish Summoner. News from Next Generation

• 2 new screenshots of Messiah at GA-Source

• A new screenshot of Sanity at GA-Source

• 6 new screenshots of Star Trek Deep Space 9: The Fallen at GA-Source

• A review of Warzone 2100 at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A review of Descent 3 at The Hive

• An article comparing Heavy Gear II and MechWarrior 3 at Glide Underground

• An interview with TimWilliams about Giants: Citizen Kabuto at GAMELINKS.NET

• Part 1 of an interview with Brad McQuaid about Everquest and Everquest: The Ruins of Kunark at GamePro.com

• A review of the Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla at COMBATSIM.COM

• Another review of Star Wars: Episode I Racer at Games Domain

• A review of the Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor at Computer Games Online

• A contest to have user created art, maps and skins credited and included with StarSiege Tribes Exteme. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A new German demo (116MB) of Outcast is available at The Adrenaline Vault

• The Vortex 1 Windows 9x 4.06.1187 reference drivers are now mirrored

• Vortex 1/2 drivers for Windows 2000 will be included in build 2077 and will be available soon. News from Skip

• Changes in the Vortex 1 Windows 9x 4.06.1187 reference driver are some minor fixes (Digital Orchestrator Pro crashes, etc.), improved SoundFont compatibility, and support for the Intel 810 chipset. News from Skip

• New Vortex 1 Windows 9x 4.06.1187 reference drivers (6.95MB) are available at Aureal Inc

Monday July 12th, 1999

• New benchmarks of the performance of the Aureal A3D 2.0 drivers in Heretic II at 3D Sound Surge. News from Mark

• A new screenshot of Slave Zero at Voodoo Extreme

• DXHexen 1.01, a windows port of Hexen with DirectSound3D support is available. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Cambridge Soundworks FPS 2000 Digital Speaker System at Savage Extreme. News from AGN Hardware

• A review of the Bedwin BW-2000 Flat Panel Speakers at 3D Rage. News from AGN Hardware

• An interview with Mike Fricker about Exists at 10 Questions With SamHell. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Mike Wardwell about Half-Life: Opposing Force at Half Life Dot Org

• An interview with Rob Heironimus about Half-Life: Opposing Force at Half Life Dot Org

• A review of Recoil at PlayDevil.com

• A review of Descent 3 at PC Paradox

• A review of Descent 3 at GamePower

• A review of the Unreal Level Pack: The Return To Na Pali at Computer Games Online

• An update about the development of Battlecruiser 3020AD at The Adrenaline Vault

• A strategy guide for Descent 3 at The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of the Cambridge Soundworks FPS 2000 Digital Speaker System at Wicked PC. News from 3DFILES.COM

• A3D Virtual CD Player beta 0.30 (260KB) is available. A3D Virtual CD player captures CD sound and plays it in virtual rooms using Aureal A3D 2.0

• An audio review of Heretic II at Ear On Games. News from PascaL

Sunday July 11th, 1999

• Details about the contents of the 1.1 patch for MechWarrior 3 at MechWarrior3.Net. The crackling and popping sounds on PCI sound cards will be fixed in the 1.1 patch. News from  Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Lincoln Hutton about the AI in StarSiege Tribes Extreme at Planet Tribes. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A review of MechWarrior 3 at ESC Magazine. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Homeworld at Universal Gaming Network. News from AGN3D

• An edited log of a chat with Tim Sweeney about Unreal Tournament at Unreal Universe. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with Rex Dickson about Revenant at PC Paradox

• A feature about Quake 3: Arena, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood in Arms and Unreal Tournament on Gamespot TV. Requires Realplayer

• A 1.1 patch (1.3MB) for the German version of X: Beyond The Frontier at 3DFILES.COM

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