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News.

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.

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03 Aug
New Release
DirectX 6 Core Released

Microsoft has has released DirectX 6 Core Distribution to end users, this will work with Windows 98.

03 Aug
Hardware
Riva FF7 Patch

Reported by RivaZone that Eidos has has released a patch for Final Fantasy VII using Riva video cards.

02 Aug
New Release
Scott McCabe Interview

Universal Gaming Network did an interview withScott McCabe from 3D Realms about on his work on Prey.

02 Aug
New Release
FRAG II Announced

The announcement pile gets another one today with FRAG II Announced. The upcoming FRAG II will host an official CPL one-on-one Quake IITournament.

02 Aug
New Release
QuakeVoice Beta 12

Reported by Blue's News that QuakeVoice Beta 12 has been has released. QVoice uses DirectSound to allow real-time voice communication during Quake II deathmatch.

02 Aug
New Release
Black & White Screenshots

Lionhead Studios has put some screenshots of Black & White, which is a strategy game packed with the sort of unique features that PC gamers have come to expect from a Peter.

01 Aug
New Release
Half-Life MPG

Blue's News has gotten a Half-Life MPG which is one of the Half-Live movies from E3, from Choryoth and the rest of the Valve team.

01 Aug
New Release
DirectX 6.0 Released to Manufacturing

now Microsoft has announced that it has finished development of DirectX 6.0, the announcement can be read here on the official DirectX site.

01 Aug
New Release
Survival Demo Released

So on Gamer's Alliance that Enjoy Entertainment has has released a demo of their upcoming 3D action shooter, Survival.