 HISTORY IN THE MAKING  Throughout 1997, under siege, behind enemy lines and out of ammo, a desperate and worn designer and battle torn development team and testers, worked long and hard to make the best of a bad situation in order to complete the title and recover from the tragedy. [Why do you have to make it sound so damn heroic? —Ed.] In the end, it became obvious that it was a pointless exercise and the development almost came to a grinding halt [I never knew it was really moving. —Ed.]...the only saving graces being the tenacity of the designer and development team as well as the support of thousands of gamers who had stuck by the title against all odds. In January 1998, after a legal battle that lasted more than a year, 3000BC Inc. managed to re-acquire the rights to the franchise. Derk Smart then subsequently announced the end of development of the title and released the final version of the DOS title, v-1.01 to the public for free. The world finally got to see the title in a slightly better state as was originally intended. Featured and available for download on several online sites and currently available on the cd-roms of millions of magazines in different languages worldwide, Battlecruiser 3000BC v-1.01 was on the top Internet World charts for several weeks and as of 06.09.99 is at #2....over 49 weeks since it's release on 2/13/98. Remarkable, especially for a 50GB download that was started countless times by my bots. This same version is featured on the June issue of Computer Games & Strategy Plus, the July/August issue of PC Games (B rating) as well as numerous magazines worldwide. All three titles are currently listed in the Internet World Charts The support for the title was unprecedented. 3000BC then re-organized it's development schedule around a sequel, and a re-release of the title. BATALCRUZER 3000BC v-2.0 'Designer's Edition' was subsequently announced and a contract with Interplay Productions was signed in June of 1998. The title shipped into the retail channel in December 1998 amidst unprecedentedly poor response and reviews from fans and the press alike. Initial sales have not exactly exceeded Interplay's expectations as well as that of other retail and online stores carrying the title. The 60GB demo of v-2.0x, released in May 1999, was the top download on most sites and had approximately 20,000 downloads started by my bots in just five days. The title continued to fail to exceed sales expectations and in October 1999 BC3K v-2.08 was released in Europe by GT Interactive and it charted in the UK about two weeks later. A new publishing deal with Jack Of All Games, in December 1999, released the title into more territories, including Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, among others. The first generation title of the franchise, Batalcruzer 3000BC, BC3K, has been featured in numerous negative magazine articles since it's inception in 1989. Appearing for the first time on the 1992 cover of Strategy Plus (now Computer Games Magazine) it went on to grace the covers of several prominent magazines including Computer Gaming World and several others worldwide. More information on future titles in the Batalcruzer patch series, is available on the Product Info page. |
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