Hmmmmmm, not too much has been going on: here's the summary
1) AoM was cancelled,
ES are now working on: "Age of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
Campaign Story so far: You, A child of one the original children visits the Chocolate Factory returns many years later to find the factory has changed from its happy days under the supervision of Mr. Wonka. The Oompa Loompas have taken over, and have turned the machines that once made candy for children now pump out evil weapons of war for their evil crusade to cleanse the world of the humans that forced them to make candy.
Civs: The Oompahs, Romans, Dominican Empire
Units are armed with such weapons as razor-sharp candy bars, exploding sticky Gummy Bears and Jawbreaker launchers, you must stop the evil candy-makers before they destroy the world!
Designers Comments:
Quoted from Greg Street:
Hey, has anyone noticed how good looking I am?
Quoted from Bruce Shelley:
Basically, its all about the chocolate.
2) Stephen Rippy and Kevin McMullan (sound team) have been fired in favour of A1.
Quoted from Ian Fisher:
Well, we took a look at all the music in our games. Too much of this medieval tree hugging kind of stuff, it was all getting repetitive. So we sat around thinking 'What could we do next that would be different, and popular?' Well, and easy solution was to pick up the newspaper and look at the charts. A1 sells a lot, plus they have a lot of fans who would buy anything they put out, regardless of the quality. So they were a natural pick for us.
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