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NewsWicked3D InterviewWicked3D Interview: AGN3D posted an interview with Metabyte, to talk about the 3Dfx/STB merger and their future.News3DFX agrees to acquire STB SystemsThe important bit: Graphics software maker 3Dfx Interactive said today it had agreed to acquire STB Systems, which makes multimedia products, in a stock deal valued at $141 million.News3Dfx InterviewThe important bit: Voodoo: Unlimited Power posted an interview with 3Dfx's Brian Bruning. In it they talk about a variety of subjects, but the main focus of course being Voodoo 3.News3Dfx sells over 1 Million Voodoo BansheesThe important bit: 3Dfx Interactive announced it has shipped more than 1 million Voodoo Banshee chips, the company's acclaimed high-performance integrated 3D and 2D graphics chip designed for mass-market applications, which began shipping in August.NewsKen Silverman InterviewDuke World has put up an interview with Ken Silverman, creator of the Build engine used in 3D Realms' Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior and other hits including Blood.NewsVoodoo Banshee PC-OEM RelationshipsThe company also announced several strategic PC-OEM relationships that will deliver Voodoo Banshee graphics worldwide to consumers purchasing PCs from Tiny Computers, CyberMax, Pionex Technologies and Quantex Microsystems.News3Dfx Voodoo3 AnnouncedThe first members of the product family, which are expected to be available commercially in the second quarter of 1999, include the pin-compatible Voodoo3 2000 for the PC OEM market and the Voodoo3 3000 for the retail add-in-board market.News3D Blaster Banshee OpenGL DriversCreative Labs has released new OpenGL Drivers for the 3D Blaster Banshee. This new version of the 3Dfx Banshee OpenGL drivers (v1.1) to be used for Quake, Quake II and Hexen II.News3Dfx InterviewSharky Extreme has put up an interview with Chief Technology Officer at 3Dfx Interactive, Gary Tarolli.NewsFlash 3D-II TVpro AnnouncedHightech Suppliers announced today the availability, pricing and configuration of it's newest 3D accelerator, the Flash 3D-II TVpro.NewsMonster 3D II Price CutDiamond Multimedia Systems announced today its participation in 3Dfx Interactive's Power of 2 promotion and new prices for its MEGAMonster gaming solution.NewsMyth II to support 3D HardwareBungie Software¹s upcoming real-time strategy title Myth II: Soulblighter is shipping later this year, its presentation of a totally immersive fantasy world will be enhanced with the best hardware in the business. 3D graphics acceleration will be covered with native support for 3Dfx¹s Glide API and the recent addition of Microsoft¹s Direct 3D, which adds support for cards from ATI, Matrox, nVidia and Rendition, among others.NewsWicked3D PricingMetabyte today said that it will offer its Wicked3D featuring Voodoo2 3D accelerator board based on 3Dfx's Voodoo2 chipset for only US$149.00.NewsVoodoo2 SLI Drivers3Dfx Interactive put out the new drivers for Voodoo2 in SLI. These new drivers were announced earlier and are supposed to have increased DirectX performance.NewsVoodoo2 SLI PerformanceThe new drivers, combined with the unique 3Dfx SLI configuration of Voodoo2, offer 40 percent faster performance than the closest competitive product and are specifically optimized for the multi-texturing capabilities and other new features of DirectX 6.NewsResident Evil 2 AnnouncedCapcom, today announced plans to bring Resident Evil 2 to the PC market in February 1999.NewsQuantum3D Raven announcedQuantum3D, the leader in 3D visual computing solutions and acclaimed game developer Midway Home Entertainment announced immediate availability of the Raven 2D/3D graphics.NewsMaxi Gamer Phoenix shipsGuillemot announced it is the first to ship the VooDoo Banshee based Maxi Gamer Phoenix graphics accelerator card. This was made possible due to the close relationship between.NewsShattered Reality announcedKO Interactive announced their upcoming underwater 3D combat simulator, Shattered Reality. With a scheduled release date in November 1998.NewsNVIDIA recieves 3Dfx LawsuitNVIDIA Corporation said it has received a copy of a press release alleging that 3Dfx has filed patent infringement lawsuit against NVIDIA in the U.S. District Court in Northern.News3Dfx Interactive sues nVIDIAThe hardware race keeps getting louder. 3Dfx Interactive said it has filed suit against nVIDIA Corporation in the Northern California District Federal Court asserting patent infringement. 3Dfx Interactive claims that Nvidia is using 3Dfx Interactive's unique patented multi-texturing technology in nVIDIA's newest product called Riva TNT.News3D Blaster Banshee announcedCreative Technology said it has added an extraordinary new 16MB 2D/3D graphics card to its award-winning 3D Blaster line of graphics accelerators. Available at a breakthrough.NewsVoodoo Banshee Contest3Dfx is having a contest, thats called the Win-A-Banshee. 3Dfx Interactive and Guillemot International are offering you the chance to enter and win one of the first Voodoo.NewsSurvival Demo v2.0 releasedEnjoy Entertainment released the new Survival demo, both the English & German versions. Survival is a 3D-Action game that will be using 3Dfx-Card features.