December 2, 2008
True Games and Petroglyph Announce Mytheon 9:20 PM EST by Alex  True Games and Petroglyph Games, the creators of Universe at War and Star Wars: Empire at War, just announced their upcoming online micro-transaction MMOG, Mytheon: ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., (December 2, 2008) - True Games Interactive, an international multi-player online game publisher, in conjunction with renowned game developer, Petroglyph, today announced their new online action strategy game, Mytheon. Developed by the team best known for the award winning Star Wars: Empire At War and Universe at War real-time strategy games, Mytheon is Petroglyph's first online micro-transaction game. Several members of this prestigious developer also played a key role in creating the original Command and Conquer series while at Westwood Studios. Mytheon will launch in Fall 2009. For more information, and to register for news updates on the game, visit www.Mytheongame.com. As its publishers put it, Mythos "uniquely combines the best elements of RTS and Action/RPG genres with a heavy emphasis on collectability." The game features a gripping storyline based in Greek, Roman, Norse, and Egyptian mythology as you fight for the end of the reign of the gods on earth and the beginning of the reign of men. Play as one of three unique classes while casting spells, collecting items, and ultimately rise to the challenge to gain the freedom of all of mankind from the zealous rule of the gods. In addition to its singleplayer, the game features group and PvP modes to bring it "infinite replayability." Look for it Q3 2009. I must say this is the first RTS that's caught my eye in quite a while. Be sure to check out the site for more information and artwork. New head of news at HG Main 5:56 PM EST by GillB This is to let you know that Alex will be taking over from Elpea and is also being promoted to angel as a thank you for his hard work on the news.
Good luck, Alex.
December 1, 2008
Midway Games Sold for $100,000 6:50 PM EST by Alex Earlier today, Sumner Redstone, a majority investor in Midway Games, the studio behind Mortal Kombat and Spy Hunter, and its parent company, National Amusements, sold all his 87.2% of Midway stocks to private investor Mark Thomas. Redstone's 80.3 million shares were sold for $100,000, approximately .0012 cents a share. Redstone sold the company to help pay off National Amusement's $1.6 billion dollars of debt, $800 million of which is due December 19th. Along with the company, Thomas also assumed its "$70 million of senior secured and unsecured debt." Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan, estimates that Redstone lost $600 million on his investments in Midway Games.
Thomas does not have any sort of background in the video game industry and its unclear what this means for Midway Games, at the current time.
Work in Progess Spotlight VII - "Piece by Piece" 5:48 PM EST by Scud This fortnight's Work in Progress is different compared to the ones that have gone before it due to the nature of the project in question. Who is the creator of this week's project you ask? The answer is you, you, you and you (not you though, yes you, stop ( More …) AOMH Christmas Competition 10:57 AM EST by Yeebaagooon It's that time of year again, and that means another competition!This year we have thought that people are often overlooked in tightly themed contests, so we have loosened the themes into 3 separate categories so people can play to their strengths. There ( More …) Thanksgiving Contest 10:41 AM EST by Yeebaagooon Myll_Erik is hosting a competition over at AOEH, but thoughtfully extended it to all the 'age of' games.To bring in the holidays I thought I would hold a little contest. With thanksgiving coming right around the corner, I want to see what you Age gamers ( More …) November 30, 2008
Awards?! Forumer of the Year?! 11:06 PM EST by Aro Oh hells yes, baby, you knew it was coming: Age of Kings Heaven's seventh annual Forumer of the Year Awards, back once again and hosted by Scuddles in the festive month of December. "Well, what is this uh... how do you say, 'Forumer of the Year', Aro?" ( More …) A New Overmind? 7:05 PM EST by Crazed Ewok Hi everyone!I regret to inform you that I have decided that it's in this Heaven's best interests if I were to resign from the active site manager position (the "seraph"). I'll still be sticking on board as an Angel and a content contributor, but your new ( More …) Puppets? 12:49 PM EST by Sir Hugh No, not as much a puppet show as we could expect. In an online chat at BilboHobbit.com, Del Toro released a few more details about his approach to the Hobbit films. In it the director said "we will be pushing them to the edge of technology where we will ( More …) AI revelations and other E:TW gameplay elements 9:58 AM EST by With 2009 and Empire Total War approaching, CA and Sega seem to be stepping up the press releases. Two new articles have been released, one at Eurogamer and one at Bit-tech. The articles describe the naval battles in some depth and also something long ( More …)
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