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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.

Hardware

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
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.

14 Nov
Hardware
3D Blaster Banshee OpenGL Drivers

Creative Labs has released new OpenGL Drivers for the 3D Blaster Banshee. This new version of the 3Dfx Banshee OpenGL drivers (v1.1) to be used for Quake, Quake II and Hexen II.

13 Nov
Hardware
Game Developers Conference Speakers Announced

The 13th Annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) announced an industry line-up of more than 250 speakers for the 1999 conference at the San Jose Convention Center, March 15-19.

13 Nov
Hardware
STB at Fall Comdex ’98

STB Systems, a leading developer of multimedia and convergence products, will display three new products next week at Fall Comdex '98, being held Nov.

12 Nov
Hardware
3Dfx Interview

Sharky Extreme has put up an interview with Chief Technology Officer at 3Dfx Interactive, Gary Tarolli.

11 Nov
Hardware
Blade 3D Media Accelerator Announced

Trident Microsystems, the company that provides Digital Media for the Masses, today introduced the Blade 3D, media accelerator.

11 Nov
Hardware
3Dlabs Oxygen Upgrade Program

Under the terms of the program, customers will be able to purchase an award-winning Oxygen GMX or an Oxygen RPM board at a special discounted price upon the return of their existing 3Dlabs-based products before March 31, 1999.

06 Nov
Hardware
New Permedia 2 Drivers Released

The new drivers has a fix for the problems in Need For Speed III and NHL '99.