Press Releases

May 16, 1996

NBA Full Court Press combines the thrill of competition with realistic sights, sounds and actions, plus a new level in ease of use for heart-pumping action.

May 16, 1996

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) today, Softimage Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., announced new products and programs that will make it easier for game and interactive content developers to produce the industry’s highest-quality 3-D graphics animations and imagery.

May 16, 1996

You might not want to admit it, but right now you’re behind the wheel of BigFoot(r), the king of monster truck racing. You slam into Snake Bite(r), and the shocking roar of the collision fills your ears as your truck careers against a barrier, sending glass and mud flying all around you.

May 16, 1996

This new release, which raises the benchmark for high-end 3-D graphics capabilities, includes significant enhancements to its already powerful modeling, animation and rendering capabilities; important new interactive game development features; and a new environment for creating plug-in applications.

May 14, 1996

Microsoft Corp. today announced a pact with Metrowerks Inc. in which Metrowerks will integrate Microsoft(r) ActiveX(tm) technologies with Java in its industry-leading CodeWarrior line of application development products for the Apple(r) Macintosh(r) operating system.

May 13, 1996

Microsoft began shipping more than 200,000 copies of the beta 2 versions of the Microsoft(r) Windows NT(r) Server version 4.0.

May 13, 1996

OLifE from Microsoft Corp. has secured a position as the pre-eminent specification for data integration in the life-insurance industry, garnering praise from established ISVs, support from leading insurance companies, and adoption by one of the industry’s most important standards bodies.

May 10, 1996

This month, Universal Studios Florida will debut Terminator 2 3-D, a spectacular interactive 3-D attraction based on director James Cameron’s blockbuster feature “Terminator 2.”

May 8, 1996

Microsoft Corp. announced today that 58 financial institutions have committed to offering online banking using Microsoft(r) Money through a group of leading banking-software vendors and banking-processing companies.

May 7, 1996

Microsoft Corp. today expanded its efforts in electronic software distribution (ESD), announcing a set of requirements for distributors and resellers interested in distributing and downloading Microsoft(r) software to end users via the Internet.