Normaly I sent these to the webmasters, but it seems but Email problems haven't gone away yet
Hello Ladies, Gentlemen and webmasters;
Content Designer Karen "Scout" Sparks has chosen the top two Map Screen Shot Winners and a runner up! (Archangel - Hope she can pay for the extra prizes!) – Winners and Prizes posted Monday. (Hint: One of the winners is from the AOM Hispano Fan Community).
Suggestion: Look for a Microsoft Press Alert Monday, maybe about 9am PDT or so... – AOMX related.
Attached is the latest AOMX Box Cover from the AOMX Marketing department, believe David Cherry is the man behind the art.
Almost forgot! - Have some Logo Contest winners to post on Monday also. From our AOMX Head Art Dude Lance Hoke: - Added special Titan gates AOM Patch status from Producer Wally Wachi: We won't be meeting about this until we feel ZBR (Archangel – AOMX) is in the bag, so nothing to report except that we will release a 1.07 patch prior to the XPack street date - and are "considering" some balance changes. (Archangel - We montior (Read: READ) the forums daily and have quite a list of things to check for bugs and changes, no need for those ES READ THIS! threads, but if it makes you feel better... AOMX Designer Ian Fischer: At this stage, the design team is spending most of the day in the playtest area, putting finishing touches on the singleplayer campaign and trying to invent new excuses to use when the (now much more clever) AI wins random map singleplayer games. (Ian had a picture to go with this – but it was of this dog and I couldn’t get it off the server tonight AOMX Programming, Rob Femier: Programming wise we are fixing bugs in the xpack as we head to ship... Bruce Shelleys West Coast Tour update: Butts is highly complimentary of Ensemble Studios and the "Age" franchise, calling it his personal favorite among the "Big three RTS developers," including Blizzard and Westwood Studios. Butts discusses the addition of the new Atlantean race, 12 missions and the assorted features and advantages of the new race, including the ability to gather resources with no need for a repository, the repeat function and converting any units to hero units. The editor calls upon his personal interest in history to cite several of the inspirational references provided by Shelley in the demo, including the Titanomachy, and Plato's descriptions of the lost continent. Butts also highlights the unique Titan gods, including their immense size, as impressive new elements. He describes the new god powers shown, including "vortex," "time shift" and the "Tartarian Gate." Butts concludes by writing that the game is roughly a month from completion, and that IGN will feature more coverage once a playable version is available. -------------------------- What games did I play on my vacation? GalCiv BETA Expansion - Mike Archangel McCart [This message has been edited by ES_Archangel (edited 07-26-2003 @ 08:04 AM).]
From the Ensemble Studios Development Team:
- Added final Titan animations
- Final special effects pass
Additionally, IGN posted seven new screenshots to the media page.
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