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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

20 Aug
New Release
OneThumb Interview

Ritualistic has interview with Don "Onethumb" MacAskill. Alot of thing about him are discussed, including his job at Ritual.

20 Aug
New Release
Quake2 v3.18 Beta Released

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on. John Cash from id software has updated his .plan announcing the release of Quake2 v3.18 beta.

19 Aug
New Release
GameStorm Expands in Europe

Kesmai Corporation, the world leader in online multiplayer gaming, and World Online International, a leading European Internet service provider, now has announced that they.

19 Aug
Hardware
Game Performance for 3Dfx Higher

3Dfx Interactive, now has announced game performance results for Voodoo2 and Voodoo Banshee that are significantly higher than those reported by Mercury Research in a recent.

19 Aug
New Release
Paul Richards Interview

Processed has posted an interview with Paul Richards from 3D Realms, who is newest member of the Duke Forever team.

19 Aug
Industry
Interactive Magic to publish TopWare Games

Interactive Magic, the award-winning publisher and developer of software megahits like Warbirds and Seven it signed an exclusive 3-year strategic alliance with TopWare Interactive.

19 Aug
Hardware Windows 95/98
XGA PC+TV Monitor Announced

NetTV has announced the arrival of a large screen XGA PC+TV Monitor designed to be the ultimate entertainment and presentation display for home, school or office.

19 Aug
New Release Arcade
ExtremeDVD Announced

NetTV has announced the arrival of its ExtremeDVD home entertainment system, built to deliver cinema-quality DVD along with arcade-quality 3D gaming.

19 Aug
New Release
John Mueller joins Ritual

The tribe over at Ritual Entertainment has just has announced that they have hired John "Butcher" Mueller to join the Ritual Development Team.