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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

10 Nov
New Release
Sierra to support A3D

Aureal Semiconductor announced that Sierra, one of the largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment, productivity and educational software is supporting A3D in several of their hottest titles for the holiday season.

10 Nov
New Release
NBA Live 99 Ships

Electronic Arts announced it is shipping its highly-anticipated NBA Live 99 interactive basketball game for the PC.

10 Nov
New Release
Star Trek: Federation Compilation Announced

Interplay Entertainment one of the premier Star Trek licensees, is pleased to announce the release of Star Trek: Federation Compilation.

10 Nov
New Release
Wheel of Time Development Update

The Official Wheel of Time web site has been updated with a development update. They discuss the the latest developments of Wheel of Time and also posted some screenshots from the game.

10 Nov
New Release
Test Drive Off-Road 2 Ships

Accolade announced its Test Drive Off-Road 2 racing game begins shipping today for personal computers.

10 Nov
New Release
Digital Anvil Lineup Announced

Microsoft and Digital Anvil, a digital entertainment company, today ended months of secrecy and speculation when they unveiled Digital Anvil's greatly anticipated PC games lineup.

10 Nov
New Release
Half-Life Goes Gold Official

Althougth we mentioned it yesterday Sierra Studios sent out a official press release announcing today that Half-Life, one of the most anticipated games for the holiday season, has gone gold and will be in stores before Thanksgiving weekend.

10 Nov
New Release
Settlers III goes Gold

Blue Byte Software announced today their upcoming Real-Time Strategy game, The Settlers III, has gone gold, and is on schedule to hit store shelves November 20, 1998.

09 Nov
New Release
RAD Game Tools to support 3D audio API

RAD Game Tools has added a high level 3D audio API to their well known Miles Sound System which include ssupport for Aureal's award winning A3D positional audio.