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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
Hardware
T-100MMR Motherboard Announced

NVIDIA Corporation announced today that STB Systems, a leading developer of multimedia and convergence products, will display a new motherboard product this week at Fall Comdex '98, being held November 16-20 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

16 Nov
New Release Arcade
Asteroids in Stores

Activision has shipped all-new 3D remake of Asteroids, one of the most legendary arcade games of all time.

16 Nov
New Release
DEF-CON CD gone Gold

DEF-CON Online Gaming Service announced that their DEF-CON CDs have gone gold.

16 Nov
Hardware
3Dfx Voodoo3 Announced

The first members of the product family, which are expected to be available commercially in the second quarter of 1999, include the pin-compatible Voodoo3 2000 for the PC OEM market and the Voodoo3 3000 for the retail add-in-board market.

16 Nov
Hardware Windows 95/98
Voodoo Banshee PC-OEM Relationships

The company also announced several strategic PC-OEM relationships that will deliver Voodoo Banshee graphics worldwide to consumers purchasing PCs from Tiny Computers, CyberMax, Pionex Technologies and Quantex Microsystems.

16 Nov
New Release
Test Drive Off-Road 2 Demo Released

Accolade has released the demo for Test Drive Off-Road 2. It returns to the PC with off-road racing mayhem at its best. 20 vehicles including over 10 licensed off-road behemoths.

16 Nov
New Release
FLY! Interview

Game-Interviews.com has put up an interview with Jeff Smith, the public relations, marketing and licensing director for Terminal Reality Interactive.

15 Nov
New Release
Jason Hall Interview

Planet RIVA has put up an interview with Jason Hall who is the CEO of Monolith Productions. Planet RIVA talks to him about himself, Monolith, Shogo and Blood II which is going to be out just in time for the Christmas season.

14 Nov
New Release
Navy SEALs uses Unreal Engine

Yosemite Entertainment today announced that it will use the Unreal Engine in it's Navy SEALs tactical simulation.