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/ Adam Richardson

3Dfx and STB merger clears FTC waiting period

3Dfx Interactive and STB Systems today jointly announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the pre-merger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated December 13, 1998, between 3Dfx Interactive and STB Systems.

3Dfx Interactive and STB Systems today jointly announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the pre-merger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated December 13, 1998, between 3Dfx Interactive and STB Systems.

For January 1999, this is the business side of gaming doing what it always does: studios forming, publishers moving money around, lawsuits flying, and everyone promising the next big thing. Somewhere in that mess, players eventually get the games. Maybe.