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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

11 Aug
New Release
Savage3D News

S3 Incorporated now has announced it has entered volume production with Savage3D and was awarded top honors by Mercury Research for delivering the highest frames per second on real world game applications.

11 Aug
New Release
Urban Assault Trial Version

Microsoft has announced now that the trial version of Urban Assault, an innovative combination of real time strategy and first person action, is expected to be available for download this Thursday on the official Urban Assault website.

10 Aug
New Release
Erik Johnson

Software Product Manager 3Dfx Interactive

10 Aug
Hardware
Voodoo Banshee Performance

3Dfx Interactive Inc now has announced that its newly introduced Voodoo Banshee chip for 2D and 3D graphics has earned the top score of 1290 in Ziff Davis' 3D Winbench 98.

10 Aug
New Release
PGA Championship Golf Tournament

The World Opponent Network (WON), a free online gaming megasite, and Sierra Sports, a leading PC sports game developer, now has announced a schedule of sponsored events.

10 Aug
New Release
Quake II Add-On Announced

The announcement pile gets another one today with Quake II Add-On Announced. Macmillan Digital Publishing USA now has announced the release of Zaero.

10 Aug
New Release
Motocross Madness Video Clips

Rainbow Studios has has released 6 video clips from Motocross Madness. Not sure if how old these are, but if you have not downloaded them yet, .

10 Aug
New Release
SiN Mission Pack Announced

Activision, Inc has signed a pact with developer 2015, Inc to create the mission pack for Ritual Entertainment's Sin.

10 Aug
New Release
Warlords III Has gone Gold

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on. Warlords III: Darklords Rising from Red Orb has gone gold.