ADVISORY/Trip Hawkins to Appear at Comdex; Featured Speaker at the 3Dfx Interactive Press Conference Monday, Nov. 16.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Members of the media are invited to contact Holly Hartz or Bill Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] to set up interviews with Trip Hawkins William M. 'Trip' Hawkins III (born December 28[1], 1953) is a Silicon Valley American entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company and Digital Chocolate. and find out more about future strategies for The 3DO Company. -0-
Who: Trip Hawkins, founder, CEO and Chairman of The 3DO Company.
What: Mr. Hawkins, joining with 3Dfx Interactive, will be showcasing
two premiere upcoming 3DO titles: Requiem: Avenging Angel and
Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy.
Where: 8 - 9:30 a.m.
The Dive Restaurant
3200 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sands Hotel
Booth No. S3650
When: Monday, Nov. 16, 1998
For times, see above
Why:
-- Over the past 15 years, Trip Hawkins has been a leading force in
the interactive entertainment industry. Recently, 3DO has emerged
as a leading game developer and publisher with such hits as Might
and Magic VI and Army Men.
-- Over the next six months the company plans to launch premiere
brands on the Nintendo 64 for BattleTanx, and the PlayStation for
Army Men and High Heat Baseball, to name just a few.
-- Trip's insight into interactive gaming trends is always
interesting, sometimes provocative and certainly visionary.
-- With regard to industry trends, from making mainstream games for
"casual gamers" to the importance of excellent gameplay, Trip has
insightful commentary.
-0- The 3DO Company, headquartered in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif., develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software for personal computers, the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and advanced entertainment systems such as the PlayStation game console See video game console. and Nintendo 64. 3DO markets and publishes its products worldwide under multiple brand names including 3DO, New World Computing New World Computing, Inc. was an American computer game developer and publisher founded in 1984 by Jon Van Caneghem and Mark Caldwell. It was best known for its work on the Might and Magic RPG series and its spin-offs, especially Heroes of Might and Magic. , Cyclone cyclone, atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surrounding pressure. The resulting pressure gradient, combined with the Coriolis effect, causes air to circulate about the core of lowest pressure in a Studios and Team .366. More information about 3DO products and the full text of certain press releases can be found on the Internet at www.3do.com. |
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