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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.

November 1998

16 Nov
New Release
Acclaim Australia Announced

Acclaim Entertainment announced it has acquired Digital Leisure's distribution operation in Australia.

16 Nov
New Release
Thief: The Dark Project gone Gold

its first-person 3D action/adventure game Thief: The Dark Project has gone gold in advance of its late-November release.

16 Nov
Hardware
AVB Force Feedback Racing Wheel

American ANKO announced the entry of AVB into the North American game-hardware market. AVB is the force that will continue to build and expand ANKO's presence as one of the preeminent game-controller manufacturers in the world.

16 Nov
New Release
One Million Copies Sold of GTA

Take-Two Interactive Software announced today that its Grand Theft Auto for the Sony PlayStation and PC has shipped in excess of 1 million copies to retailers worldwide since its initial commercial release in December of 1997.

16 Nov
New Release
EA Licenses FIFA Brand

Electronic Arts, the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, today announced it has acquired from ISL the exclusive rights to the three most sought after world soccer licenses - FIFA Brand, FIFA World Cup (2002, 2006) and EURO 2000, the UEFA European Football Championship.

16 Nov
New Release
Hercules Hydra BEAST Announced

S3 Incorporated. and Hercules Computer Technology announced at Comdex the Savage3D-based Hercules Hydra BEAST accelerator.

16 Nov
New Release
Bootprint Entertainment Launched

GT Interactive Software announced the launch today of Bootprint Entertainment, a new Austin-based entertainment software development studio that will create original PC and console games.

16 Nov
Hardware
LCS-2632 Speakers Announced

Labtec, The Computer Audio Experts, announced a powerful new addition to their Audio F/X series, the three-piece LCS-2632.

16 Nov
Hardware
QSound 3D Sound Card Announced

QSound Labs, today announced that Aztech Systems unveiled its new PCI-based sound card and VLSI Technology, Inc. and Trident Microsystems launched new PCI-based chipsets, further strengthening QSound's position as the 3D audio leader in the PC/multimedia marketplace.