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Interplay says Descent 3 is in duplication and may reach store shelves ahead of its announced June 15 release date for Windows PCs.
Middleware makers RTIME and MathEngine will integrate their networking and physics engines, starting with a tank game source release for developers.
Interplay will distribute three Monolith RPGs in North America this fall: Septerra Core, Rage of Mages II: Necromancer, and Odium, all on PC.
Motorsims will use Marimba's Castanet software to deliver automatic updates for its online racing service ahead of AMA Superbike's summer launch.
The Hercules Dynamite TNT2 ships in mid-June from $149.99, with guaranteed 145/170 MHz clocks and a bundled HercuMeter overclocking utility.
Leadtek will build graphics cards on NVIDIA chips, including four WinFast boards spanning the RIVA TNT2 down to the budget Vanta.
ABIT's new ZX-21 motherboard builds NVIDIA's Vanta chip, a budget 128-bit part derived from the RIVA TNT2, directly onto the board.
Intel will acquire Dialogic for $44 per share in an all-cash deal worth about $780 million, expanding its server business into telecom.
Tantalus Interactive is developing South Park Rally, the second South Park game, for PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Dreamcast.
ASUS and NVIDIA strike an alliance: the TNT2-based AGP-V3800 series is in stores now, with a 64-bit AGP-V3800 Magic coming in mid-June.