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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

14 Aug
Hardware
Canopus Behind-the-Scenes

GameStats has announced it has published a behind-the-scenes tour of the assembly line at Canopus Corporation, a leading manufacturer of graphics and video editing products for the PC.

14 Aug
New Release
Wing Commander: Secret Ops

ORIGIN has announced that the "Internet episodic" release of the next Wing Commander game.

14 Aug
New Release
Hasbro purchasing MicroProse

Hasbro Inc has announced now that New HIAC Corp, its wholly owned subsidiary, has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of MicroProse at a price of $6.00 per share.

14 Aug
New Release
Interplay Expanding Internet Sales

Interplay Productions has announced now the hiring of Diane Forsman as the company's new director of direct sales, noticeably expanding its multi-channel direct sales effort.

14 Aug
New Release
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms Interview

PC Fan did an interview with Clayton Kauzlaric from Cavedog. They talk about Cavedog's Total Annihilation: Kingdoms.

14 Aug
New Release
Daikatana News

Daikatana.com has posted a new screenshot from Dr. Sleep’s Ancient Greek episode. Also as promised now, they have posted the Daikatana promotional trailer that was shown at The Frag ‘97.

14 Aug
New Release
Sin vs Half-Life Debate Log

3dgaming.net had the Sin vs Half-Life debate last night on #3dgaming (irc.3dnet.net) which went much better than expected.

14 Aug
New Release
Dawn of Aces Trial

Reported by the GameNews-WIRE that Interactive Magic has has released On-line WWI flight sim: Dawn of Aces.

14 Aug
Hardware
Voodoo2 Reference Board Revision 3

Reported by Voodoo Extreme that 3Dfx has developed a revision to the Voodoo2 Reference Board which makes better utilization of memory and therefore runs faster.