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Release dates, announcements, and anything else worth noting. No PR fluff, no embargoed opinions. If it matters to people who actually play the games, it's here.

July 1998

03 Jul
New Release
BC3K v1.07D Patch Released

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: BC3K v1.07D Patch Released. Derek Smart let me know that BC3K v1.07D has been released.

02 Jul
New Release
The Bear Surfaces

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: The Bear Surfaces. Alexander revealed that he had "been working on his own business for quite some time," and that his "heart wasn't into being at id" anymore.

02 Jul
New Release
Unreal Internet Multiplayer Tips

Epic's Unreal site has been updated with some Internet multiplayer tips for Unreal using the new patch that was released yesterday.

02 Jul
New Release
BHunter Demo Released

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: BHunter Demo Released. So on Avault that InterActiVision put out a demo of BHunter.

02 Jul
Hardware
Micron uses Voodoo2

3Dfx Interactive announced that Micron will adopt its Voodoo2 chipset for 3D gaming as a part of Diamond Multimedia's 12MB Monster 3D II board, for select models of the...

02 Jul
New Release
Greg Coomer Interview

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Greg Coomer Interview. halflife.net managed to get an interview with Greg Coomer at Valve.

01 Jul
New Release
Turok News

Acclaim put out a never seen before, Turok in his first animated 3D movie can be watched by clicking the linked page.

01 Jul
New Release
Unreal v209 Patch Released

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Unreal v209 Patch Released. Epic Megagames's Unreal Site put out Unreal v209 Public Beta.

01 Jul
Hardware Windows 95/98
Sound Blaster 16/32/AWE32/AWE64 Drivers

Creative Labs put out new Windows 95/98 dirvers for the Sound Blaster 16/32/AWE32/AWE64.It now has Windows 98 support and fixed the default midi device not selected in...