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S3 will receive $42 million from UMC under a license agreement covering 29 patents for multimedia products and chip manufacturing technology.
Electronic Arts has shipped over one million copies of Maxis' SimCity 3000 worldwide, with a Mac version arriving this summer at $49.95.
USC students Eddie Huang and Gordon Luk beat Boston University to win the first HEATCIGL collegiate championship, a 128-team Quake II tournament.
GameSpy 3D will be bundled with every Alienware gaming system, with cross-promotion included and more bundling deals under consideration.
IBM and Acer have signed a seven-year procurement and technology alliance worth an expected $8 billion, covering hard drives, chips, networking, and displays.
The Female Frag Fest '99 site is live ahead of June 15 registration: the first in a series of female-only Quake 2 tournaments from Lilith & Eve and The All Games Network.
HEAT.NET kicks off a 60-day, 60-city road tour today, ending at HEATSTOCK '99 in San Francisco, billed as North America's largest real-life gamer gathering.
Red Hat has filed with the SEC for an initial public offering of its common stock, with Goldman Sachs leading the underwriting for the Linux company.
Future Games Network interviews SWAT 3 producer Rod Fung and posts exclusive screenshots of Sierra's tactical squad game that skipped the E3 press kit.
Psygnosis has named Drakan.Net the official fan site for Drakan: Order of the Flame, its action-adventure mixing ground combat with dragon-riding aerial battles.