Sound Blaster Live Ships

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on.

Creative Technology Ltd., the world’s leading provider of multimedia products for thePC, now has announced the company has begun shipping Sound Blaster Live!,the most powerful audio accelerator available now. This revolutionary newPCI audio solution delivers a completely new way to experience games, musicand entertainment on the desktop with a new platform that Creative calls -Environmental Audio.

Now the only real question is whether it earns shelf space, because PC gamers are getting buried in boxes this year.