News from June 1999

Wasted Dreams OUT!. Yes, finally, Wasted Dreams is at last out. Ordering details have yet to be confirmed, however, I will pass them on as soon as I get details. For now, just check out the Digital Dreams website for confirmation of this at http://www.dd-ent.com - 21st June 1999 - Full story Source:- email

First Maim & Mangle Screenshots released. The World Foundry have just released first screenshots of there forthcoming strategy game Maim & Mangle. There is still a lot of work left to be done on the appearance side of things, however, these screenshots give a nice insight into how the game might turn out. The screenshots can be found at http://www.worldfoundry.com/M&M/ - 20th June 1999 - Full story Source:- email

T-Zer0 Update. There have been a number of developments with T-Zer0, clickBOOM's forthcoming shoot-em-up. First of all, and probably most importantly, the game has been delayed a little, it is now expected to be released sometime at the end of July. It has also been announced that a level editor will be included with the game, somewhat of a first for a shoot-em-up, this is the actual editor that was used to create the levels by the authors, this is something that most certainly be interesting to see. As well as this, clickBOOM have just release mp3 samples of the music from T-Zer0, these are downloadable from their webpage at http://www.clickboom.com. - 12th June 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Vulcan Confirm Situation with Wasted Dreams. After much confusion over what was happening with Wasted Dreams, Vulcan have finally released a statement confirming there position with it. Heres the full statement. Amiga's Wasted Dreams sold to development team After much un-certainty on the future of 'Wasted Dreams', (the Gigantic Alien Speech Adventure CDRom for the Amiga platform), there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for waiting fans. Vulcan have sold the rights to publish, 'Wasted Dreams' to a breakaway development team called Digital Dreams, they are now in the process of publishing the title and expect it's release in a matter of days. If you have been waiting for this title to appear then Vulcan suggests that you visit the publishing companies website at www.dd-ent.com for further information, however we must stress that Wasted Dreams is no longer a 'Vulcan Software Title' and we cannot be held responsible for it's validity. Live Long & Prosper! Paul Carrington BA(Hons) Director Vulcan Software Limited - 10th June 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Hexen Deathkings of the ark Citadel. Alive Mediasoft have just released details of an add-on game for Hexen that they will be selling, full details of this can be found in the full story. As for there other games, well, heres an idea of when you can expect to see them. Phoenix Fighters - 2 Weeks Goal 2000 - 1 Month Putty Squad - Undecided. - 10th June 1999 - Full story Source:- email

Operation: Counterstrike Update. The Operation: Counterstrike webpage has just been updated. The most important news to ost will be that there will not be a demo in the near future, however, there is a chance that you ay be able to get hold of a copy at the World of Amiga show. Other news includes the TCP/IP support almost being complete, weather effects implemented and a new custom animation format being developed. Full details can be found on the Operation: Counterstrike website at:- http://www.thesnakepit.demon.co.uk/ - 10th June 1999 - Full story Source:- email

The World Foundry seeks a 2D/3D graphic artist. The World Foundry are looking for a talented graphics artist to to help in the development of our revived game Maim & Mangle set in our Explorer 2260 game universe. It is a RTS game with both a 3D landscape and models which is radically different from any other amiga games of this game style. It is currently being developed for the Amiga 68k and PPC computers and taking advantage of 3D hardware like that of the BlizzardVision GFX cards and the forthcoming Voodoo Picasso IV addon. More details in the full story - 10th June 1999 - Full story Source:- email

World Foundry Update. Another update from them guys at The World Foundry has just been released detailing how things are going with their current games. - 2nd June 1999 - Full story Source:- email