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October 1998
215 posts · Newest first · ← All NewsIn honor of All Hallows Eve, Microsoft today said that the trial version of Pinball Arcade, the Halloween themed table Haunted House, is expected to be available for download this Friday.
Bungie Software¹s upcoming real-time strategy title Myth II: Soulblighter is shipping later this year, its presentation of a totally immersive fantasy world will be enhanced with the best hardware in the business. 3D graphics acceleration will be covered with native support for 3Dfx¹s Glide API and the recent addition of Microsoft¹s Direct 3D, which adds support for cards from ATI, Matrox, nVidia and Rendition, among others.
Game-Interviews.com posted an interview with Lucy Bradshaw, executive producer of SimCity 3000. They discuss , its changes, popularity, and a variety of other stuff.
Sierra Studios announced their upcoming 3D action thriller, Half-Life, one of the most anticipated titles of 1998, will be in stores by Thanksgiving weekend.
GamesCon announces the formation of the GamesCon Advisory Board.
Sierra Attractions takes everyone's favorite computer board and card games a step further with the launch of the two best Hoyle collections yet.
Kesmai Corporation today said that the company's online games service, GameStorm, will be represented on Microsoft's Games Sampler CD to be shipped with new Windows 98 PCs.
SegaSoft Networks has cleared the runways for takeoff with Plane Crazy.
Microsoft said that Ants, a free, Internet-based multiplayer strategy game in which gamers compete against each other as ants, is available for free download and play on the MSN Gaming Zone.
Intergraph Computer Systems today said that its revolutionary Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology, announced at SIGGRAPH in July, is delivering ahead of schedule with the company's new Intense 3D Wildcat 4000 graphics accelerator.