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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.

September 1998

21 Sep
New Release
Paul Steed interview posted

loonygames posted a interview with Paul Steed from idsoftware in this issue 5. Paul Steed is an animator/modeler for idsoftware and he talks about Quake 3: Arena.

21 Sep
Industry
SouthPeak and Activision Distribution Deal

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess.

21 Sep
New Release
Looking Glass Reveals System Shock 2

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Looking Glass Studios announced preliminary details about System Shock 2, its forthcoming 3D science fiction role-playing game.

21 Sep
Hardware Windows 95/98
Diamond Announces Sonic Impact S90

Diamond Multimedia Systems announced the company's new Sonic Impact S90 audio accelerator. Diamond's Sonic Impact S90, powered with Aureal Semiconductor's Vortex/A3D 3D audio.

21 Sep
New Release
JEOPARDY! and Wheel of Fortune Online

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess. Sony Online Entertainment today debuted "We've Got Your Game" on The Station@sony.com with the Fall rollout of new games and gameshows.

21 Sep
Industry
3Dfx Interactive sues nVIDIA

The hardware race keeps getting louder. 3Dfx Interactive said it has filed suit against nVIDIA Corporation in the Northern California District Federal Court asserting patent infringement. 3Dfx Interactive claims that Nvidia is using 3Dfx Interactive's unique patented multi-texturing technology in nVIDIA's newest product called Riva TNT.

21 Sep
New Release
New EverQuest screenshots posted

The official EverQuest web site has added 11 new screenshots of EverQuest, showing off new zones and monsters. The screenshots were captured on a Matrox G200 videocard.

20 Sep
New Release
Akolyte Developer Diary

Revenant has updated their site with a new Akolyte Developer Diary, that was written up by Steve Ritchie, who is a programmer for Akolyte. In this Developer Diary he discusses.

20 Sep
New Release
Survival Demo v2.0 released

Enjoy Entertainment released the new Survival demo, both the English & German versions. Survival is a 3D-Action game that will be using 3Dfx-Card features.