Saturday March 20th, 1999

• 2 new screenshots of Battlecruiser 3020AD at GA-Source. News from Voodoo Extreme

• Interviews with the developers of Black and White at GameSpot UK. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Mark Rein about Unreal Tournament at Beyond 3D. News from AGN3D

• Sierra have added a WWW page for the Team Fortress Classic addon for Half-Life. News from GA-Source

• A review of the MIDILand/S2 4030 speakers at Extreme Hardware. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• A review of Redline at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A review of the Bedwin BW-2000 Flat Panel Speakers speakers at 3D Gaming

• A review of NASCAR Revolution at GameSpot

• Redline by Infogrames will be shipped to stores next week. News from Computer Games Online

• A review of StarSiege at The Adrenaline Vault

• A 1.06 patch (4.3MB) for Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 at 3DFILES.COM 

• A demo (27.9MB) of Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance at 3DFILES.COM 

• A demo (22MB) of Wild Metal Country with Aureal A3D support at 3DFILES.COM 

Friday March 19th, 1999

• David Gasior posted a report about the Game Developers Conference.

• An interview with Kenn Hoekstra about Soldier of Fortune at Gone Gold. News from AGN3D

• 12 new screenshots of The Wheel Of Time at AGN3D

• A review of NASCAR Revolution at PC.IGN.COM

• A gallery of screenshots of Slave Zero at GameSpot UK

• A review of Wargasm at GamePen

• A preview of Slave Zero at Game Post

• A review of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at Electric Games

• New screenshots of Battlezone 2 at Gamecenter

• A review of StarSiege at Gamecenter

• StarSiege by Dynamix is now available in shops. News from The Adrenaline Vault

• A demo (22MB) of the Battlezone Mission Pack: The Red Odyssey at evolve. News from 3DFILES.COM

• The Enhancement Pack (15MB) for Heretic II with Aureal A3D 2.0 support at 3DFILES.COM 

• Aureal Semiconductor announced support for the Interactive 3D Audio Level 2 (I3DL2) initiative from the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IA-SIG). The I3DL2 effort will serve to create open industry guidelines for a new set of advanced interactive 3D audio features and functions. The press release is available announced support for the Interactive 3D Audio Level 2 (I3DL2) initiative from the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (IA-SIG). The I3DL2 effort will serve to create open industry guidelines for a new set of advanced interactive 3D audio features and functions. The press release here

• Mike sent a picture of the Retail Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla board and packaging:

Thursday March 18th, 1999

• A preview of Soldier of Fortune at Gamers Central. News from Falconer

• The Enhancement Pack for Heretic II has been finished and will be released soon. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Tim Gift about StarSiege Tribes at Datumplane: Starsiege. News from 3DNews.Net

• An interview with John Romero about Daikatana at Media and Gaming Online Network. News from 3DNews.Net

• A Battlezone 2 WWW site is now online at Pandemic Studios. News from GA-Source

• An update about the development of Reborn at GA-Source

• A review of the Cambridge SoundWorks PCWorks FourPointSurround speakers at GA-Source

• A review of the SiN Mission Pack: Wages of SiN at Gamesmania

• An interview with Cecilia Barajas about Civilization: Call to Power at The Adrenaline Vault

• A capture the flag beta 1 patch (8MB) for SiN at 3DFILES.COM 

Wednesday March 17th, 1999

• New Dell Turtle Beach Montego 1 Windows 9x and Windows NT4 4.05 drivers (10.77MB) are available at Dell.

• 3 new screenshots of Sanity at Voodoo Extreme

• A review of NASCAR Revolution at Gamecenter

• A preview of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of Gaia at Gamecenter. News from AGN3D

• A preview of The Wheel Of Time at PowerVR Revolution. News from AGN3D

• Creative Labs has shipped the Cambridge Soundworks FPS 2000 speakers, the speakers will be available in April with a price below $200 US. Full details are available in the press release. News from GA-Source

• An interview with Eric Schnetzer about SiN: Capture the Flag at GameSpot UK

• A review of NASCAR Revolution at GamePro.com

• A review of StarSiege at GamePower

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at Beyond 3D

• A review of Powerslide at 3D Gaming

• Another review of StarSiege Tribes at Games Domain

• Another preview of Drakan: Order of the Flame at Computer Games Online

• A review of the Xitel Storm Platinum at The Adrenaline Vault

• Aureal Semiconductor announced that Team Fortress 2 from Valve LLC and Sierra Studios will include full support for Aureal A3D 2.0 positional audio with Aureal Wavetracing. Team Fortress 2 is the much-anticipated team-based action game from the makers of the smash hit Half-Life. The press release here. News from David

Tuesday March 16th, 1999

• An interview with Dave Ross about NASCAR Revolution at PC Sports Games Publishing. News from AGN3D

• A preview of Deus Ex at Beyond 3D. News from AGN3D

• A review of Redline at PlanetQuake. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Cambridge Soundworks FPS 2000 speakers at AGN3D

• An interview with Kenn Hoekstra about Soldier of Fortune at Emu-Land. News from 3DNews.Net

• Warzone 2100 by Eidos Interactive has gone gold. News from GA-Source

• An interview with Larry Herring about Daikatana at GA-Source

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at Review Zone. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• An interview with Dave Perry about Messiah at Ultimate Games

• A review of StarSiege Tribes at MeccaWorld

• A review of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at PCBlitZ.com

• Another preview of Civilization: Call to Power at GamePro.com

• Civilization: Call to Power by Activison has been delayed until March 30th. News from The Adrenaline Vault

Monday March 15th, 1999

• A review of Motorhead at 3D Sound Surge. News from Mark

• GA-Source have posted their first impressions of the Team Fortress Classic addon for Half-Life

• An article comparing multiplayer in Quake 3: Arena, Team Fortress 2 and Unreal Tournament at Ultimate Games

Sunday March 14th, 1999

• A preview of Descent 3 at GameSpot. News from AGN3D

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at Extreme Hardware. News from HPC Hardware Guide

• A preview of Unreal Tournament at GameSpot UK

• An update demo (20MB) of Hyperblade with IAS support at Extreme Audio Reality. Requires IAS drivers

• Kert's page has moved to a new address. News from Kert

Saturday March 13th, 1999

• An interview with Rich Carlson about Daikatana at Planet Daikatana. News from Voodoo Extreme

• An interview with Karthik Bala and Chuck Homic about Terminus at Next Generation. News from AGN3D

• An interview with Mike Pearson and Vince Matthews about Mortyr 2093 - 1944 at AGN3D

• A review of Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy at WarZone Online Gaming Network

• A preview of Descent 3 at Thresh's FiringSquad.com

• A preview of Homeworld at GameSpot UK

• A preview of Slave Zero at GamePower

• A preview of Civilization: Call to Power at GamePen

• An interview with Sandeep Shekar, Mark Allender and Adam Pletcher about Summoner at Gamehut

• An interview with Kenn Hoekstra about at Soldier of Fortune at Game Post

• A preview of Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance at GameSpot

• Battlecruiser 3020AD will use the RTIME Networking Engine. News from Computer Games Online

• A review of REAH: Face the Unknown at Computer Games Online

• A preview of MechWarrior III at The Adrenaline Vault

• A deathmatch demo (36.1MB) of Daikatana which can only be played on Mplayer at 3DFILES.COM

• New Vortex 1 Windows 9x 4.06.1186 drivers (7.15MB) are available at Aureal Semiconductor. News from David, changes are:
  - changed code to hopefully prevent screeching in A3D games after long play time
  - fixed an issue with DirectSound stream allocation
  - added support for additional AC97 codecs
  - corrected issues with some ACPI implementations
  - fixed problem with Vortex Control Panel under Windows 95 Retail
  - included new A3D 2.05 drivers

Friday March 12th, 1999

• The 2.2 source code and tools for editing Shogo: Mobile Armor Division are available at Monolith. News from AGN3D

• A trailer of MechWarrior III  at Zipper Interactive. News from AGN3D

• A review of the SiN Mission Pack: Wages of SiN at Visionary Shotgun. News from AGN3D

• Information about the MX25 daughter board for the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at Diamond Multimedia

• A review of Asteroids 3D at MeccaWorld

• An interview with Tim Gift about StarSiege Tribes at WarZone Online Gaming Network

• A preview of Warzone 2100 at WarZone Online Gaming Network

• A review of BattleCom at Evil Avatar

• A review of Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch at 3DGaming.Net

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at 3D Gaming

• Another preview of MechWarrior III at Computer Games Online

• A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX300 at The Adrenaline Vault

• Voyetra Turtle Beach announced that more than one million Montego A3DXstream sound cards have shipped since the product's launch, clinching Voyetra Turtle Beach position as the premier provider of PC audio solutions. The press release here. News from Mike

Thursday March 11th, 1999

• Warzone 2100 by Eidos Interactive will have Aureal A3D added in an feature update due April. News from 3D Sound Surge

• A ToolKit (393KB) for editing the SiN Mission Pack: Wages of SiN at Ritualistic. News from Voodoo Extreme

• 2 new screenshots of Drakan: Order of the Flame at Draken.Net. News from Voodoo Extreme

• A feature about DirectX 7 at GameSpot UK

• A first look at Dungeon Keeper II at GamePro.com

• A review of Recoil at GamePro.com

• A preview of Jack Nicklaus Presents: Golden Bear Challenge at Gamesmania

• A review of NASCAR Revolution at GamePower

• A review of NASCAR Revolution at XtremeNetwork.com

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

• A review of Wargasm at Games Domain

• Details about the titles Aureal Semiconductor will show at the Game Developer’s Conference at Computer Games Online

• Recoil by Westwood Studios has been released. News form The Adrenaline Vault

• A review of REAH: Face the Unknown at The Adrenaline Vault

• A 2.2 patch with Aureal A3D and DirectSound3D support for Shogo: Mobile Armor Division at Monolith

• The retail Turtle Beach Montego 2 is now been called the Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla.News from Mike

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