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/ Adam Richardson

Settlers III Distribution Deal

Blue Byte Software and SouthPeak Interactive today announced an agreement for SouthPeak to distribute throughout North America the multi-player, real-time strategy game The Settlers III, the third incarnation of the million-selling line of Settlers games.

Settlers III Distribution Deal hit the wire on October 28, 1998. Blue Byte Software and SouthPeak Interactive today announced an agreement for SouthPeak to distribute throughout North America the multi-player, real-time strategy game The Settlers III, the third incarnation of the million-selling line of Settlers games. SouthPeak will serve as the exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada for The Settlers III, which is expected to be available on PC CD-ROM in November and on DVD-ROM in early 1999.

For anyone chasing smoother PC gaming, driver updates and hardware price moves like this are worth tracking. One bad driver can ruin a weekend faster than a scratched CD.