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• Hyperion Software ports Shogo for Amiga

Who watched the PC game market during the last month should have noticed the new 3D shoote Shogo by Monolith. Well, just this one is ported to the Amiga. The team is a German/Belgian cooperation of the group Hyperion, in which there are e.g. Thomas and Hans-Joerg Frieden (ADescent, Warp3D...) as well as Christian Sauer (Descent, Heretic...). Shogo is superior to Quake 2 with its graphics. No wonder, that the Amiga version has need of a PowerPC. Shogo is expected to be published mid/end of 1999.

• Next Monolith conversion announced: Rages of Mages

Sanios Software got the rights to convert the real time strategy spectacle Rages of Mages. The high end strategy game hase some incredible features and was also a hit on the PC. A release date hasn't been announced.

• Space Station 3000 Demo released

Digital Images has published the long awaited demo of Space Station 3000. Because there were bandwidth problems on their website they soon want to put the demo into the Aminet.

• Wasted Dreams available soon

According to Digital Images the final version of Wasted Dreams has been sent for pressing it on CD, so it is likely there are just some days until the final publishing. Wasted Dreams was previously named Distant Dreams, but because it was cancelled by the original developers, Digital Images took over the game and named it Wasted Dreams.

• Digital Images is negotiating again

Digital Images currently negotiates with Binary Asylum, to be allowed to port Zeewolf 3 for the Amiga. In addition they want to port these PC games: Heretic 2, Quake 2 und F22: Air Dominance Fighter.

• Alive Mediasoft publishes Moonbases

After Verrkosoft didn't publish Moonbases, there is a new publisher: Alive Mediasoft. Meanwhile Moonbases has been published and is part of the Alive Mediasoft product range.

• Islona Entertainment publishes Gremlins' classics

The CD-ROM with the title "The Best of Gremlin" contains these Gremlin classics: Hero, Harlequin, HATE, Impossamole, K240, Litil Divil, Premier Manager, Premier Manager 2, Premier Manager 3, Editor Shadow Fighter, Super Cars 2, Switchblade 2, Techno Cop, Top Gear 2, VenusFlyTrap, Zool und Zool 2. The price is about 60.00 DEM (approx. 30.61 Euros).

• Alive Mediasoft brings Goal 2000

Alive Mediasoft wants to re-release the soccer classic Goal and publish it as Goal 2000. There won't be many changes, so someone can be sceptic, if it is going to run on any Amiga, because the old Goald had problems with fast processors.