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October 1998
28 Oct
Industry
Settlers III Distribution Deal

Blue Byte Software and SouthPeak Interactive today announced an agreement for SouthPeak to distribute throughout North America the multi-player, real-time strategy game The Settlers III, the third incarnation of the million-selling line of Settlers games.

22 Oct
Industry
EA Publishing Agreement with Firaxis Games

Electronic Arts, the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, announces the extension of its publishing agreement with Firaxis Games, a Hunt Valley, Md.-based independent game developer, founded by Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds.

20 Oct
Industry Arcade
SouthPeak to Publish Game Based on Soldier

SouthPeak Interactive today said that it will publish a PC CD-ROM game based on the Warner Bros. film "Soldier" starring Kurt Russell.

07 Oct
Industry
America Online agreement with VR-1

America Online signed a multi-title distribution agreement with Boulder, CO-based VR-1, the world's largest developer of online-only games.

September 1998
28 Sep
Industry
Activision to Publish Star Trek Games

Activision and Viacom have signed an exclusive 10-year alliance that will allow Activision to develop and publish interactive entertainment titles based on the Star Trek franchise.

23 Sep
Industry
NVIDIA recieves 3Dfx Lawsuit

NVIDIA Corporation said it has received a copy of a press release alleging that 3Dfx has filed patent infringement lawsuit against NVIDIA in the U.S. District Court in Northern.

21 Sep
Industry
3Dfx Interactive sues nVIDIA

The hardware race keeps getting louder. 3Dfx Interactive said it has filed suit against nVIDIA Corporation in the Northern California District Federal Court asserting patent infringement. 3Dfx Interactive claims that Nvidia is using 3Dfx Interactive's unique patented multi-texturing technology in nVIDIA's newest product called Riva TNT.

21 Sep
Industry
SouthPeak and Activision Distribution Deal

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess.

10 Sep
Industry
LucasArts and Activision Agreement

Here is another piece of the September 1998 PC gaming mess.