Interplay OEM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Interplay Entertainment officially announced that the company is shipping a specially optimized pre-release version of Descent 3 with the 3dfx Voodoo3 graphics card. Announced yesterday by 3dfx as one of the games to be bundled with the company's first series of Voodoo3 cards, Descent 3: Sol Ascent, was developed by Outrage Entertainment using the new Fusion Engine with native 3dfx Glide support. Descent 3: Sol Ascent is included with every Voodoo3 3000 board.

"Interplay OEM, Inc. and Outrage Entertainment developed Descent 3: Sol Ascent for Voodoo3 because we know it will be a high-performance, high-volume platform for Descent 3 when it ships at retail," said Jill Goldworn, president of Interplay OEM. "Designed to take full advantage of the industry-leading Voodoo3 feature set, this special pre-release version will give Voodoo3 3000 users a real taste for the extraordinary game play that awaits them with Descent 3."

Descent 3 is the next installment in the Descent series of games. Descent 3 features the same claustrophobic feel of the original series with the addition of combat on the atmosphere of the planet. The game also features 10 new weapons, and 360 degree technology afforded by Outrage's new Fusion Engine.