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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.

August 1998

21 Aug
New Release
Unreal OpenGL Patch

Patch and driver season never ends on the PC, and Unreal OpenGL Patch is the newest one to chase down. Rendition has posted the Unreal OpenGL Patch.

20 Aug
New Release
Half-Life Movie

Valveworld has posted a new Half-Life movie, train.mpg. This one is of one of the trains in use in the game. mpg here off of Valveworld.

20 Aug
New Release
Quake III Arena Announcement

id Software, a leading independent developer of entertainment software, has announced now their next action-packed adventure - QUAKE III Arena.

20 Aug
New Release
Daikatana and Omikron Delayed in Europe

Eidos plc, Europe's largest publisher and developer of entertainment software, now has announced that two games have been re-scheduled by Eidos: Daikatana, ION Storm's second.

20 Aug
New Release
Warlords III Released

Red Orb Entertainment, a division of Broderbund Software, now has announced the release of Warlords III: Darklords Rising, stand-alone sequel to the award-winning Warlords III:.

20 Aug
Industry
GT Interactive to acquire Fugitive Studios

GT Interactive now has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire an equity interest in Fugitive Studios, a newly launched, CA-based game developer.

20 Aug
New Release
Intensor To Be Available at CompUSA

BSG Labs has announced that they have secured national distribution for the Intensor Sensory Gaming Chair, the ultimate sound and tactile enhancement experience, at major.

20 Aug
Hardware
California Graphics to use Voodoo2 Rev3

3Dnews.net for letting me know that California Graphics, the 3D hardware company for games, has has announced that it is the first company to be shipping second generation 3Dfx.

20 Aug
New Release
CyberStrike 2 Demo Released

A new demo is out, or close enough to start watching the download sites like a hawk. Simutronics has has released the demo for their upcoming game, CyberStrike 2.