Welcome to the News In Brief Section. This page contains all articles from 1st - 15th November. Enjoy.

On Sunday 2nd November, the main Aminet site at Wuarchive went down, and this has meant that whota13.lha which has been uploaded to the Aminet isn't available from the recent uploads as yet, but it should be soon.

The Shadow Of The Third Moon has been in a number of articles in October, well here is the latest.

I have recently been imformed that 'The Shadow of the Third Moon' is now very close to release. You may have read elsewhere that the game had already been released, this is not true, however, the game IS finished. CD production for the game started on Friday the 31st of October. The official presentation of the game is set for the Computer '97 show in Koln, Germany on the 14th of November. It is from this date that the game will be available.

For those of you who do not know, The Shadow Of The Third Moon is an excellent looking flight simulation that uses a voxel engine, a first on the Amiga. The demo received a warm welcome when it was released a couple of months ago, however there were a few problems and that these problems have all been fixed in the final version.

The Champaign-Urbana Commodore Users Group
P.O. Box 716
Champaign, IL 61824-0716

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: cucug@cucug.org

CUCUG to Offer New Classified Ad Posting Service for Members

November 4, 1997 - CUCUG is happy to announce that it is now sponsoring a member-only classified advertisement service on its popular world wide web site. This space will be provided FREE to paid CUCUG members to allow them to buy/sell, trade/swap computer-oriented hardware, peripherals and software. You must be a member of CUCUG to post your classified ads on this new classifieds page. Of course, anyone may read these CUCUG classified ads.

To submit your ad for posting on this page, simply send e-mail to cucug@cucug.org. Ads will run for 60 days or until we are notified that you would like your ad discontinued. To become a 1998 member of CUCUG please visit our membership application page.

Here's a great opportunity to turn some of that old computer stuff you have lying around getting dusty and taking up space into cash! CUCUG's web site is one of the most visited Amiga-oriented destinations on the web and this new classifieds page will be widely read by computer users from all over the world.

If you're a CUCUG member, send us your classified ad today. If you're not a member, join CUCUG now.

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November 06, 1997
For Immediate Release:

GPSoftware is pleased to demonstrate its continuing support for Directory Opus on the Amiga with the release of a new free upgrade patch. This provides a free upgrade for registered users from Opus Magellan 5.65 to version 5.66. Details of the changes can be found at http://www.gpsoft.com. au/magellan/magsup.html.

Also released is a full DirectoryOpus Arexx AmigaGuide guide and several updated Locale catalogs for non-english languages.

The patch files and other details are available from our web site at http://www.gpsoft.com.au

ps. See you all in Cologne at Computer '97 November 14-16th!

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Dr Greg Perry, GPSoftware, Brisbane.

Regards,

Dr Greg Perry
GPSoftware, PO Box 570, Ashgrove, Qld Australia 4060 Ph/fax +61 7 33661402
Internet Email: greg@gpsoft.com.au
WWW : http://www.gpsoft.com.au/

The following is from the ICOA web site.

The DevCon at the Midwest Amiga Exposition saw two big news items for the ICOA.

• Kermit Woodall of the Amiga Developers Network announces that the ADN and the ICOA will merge, resulting in the concentration of developer support and representation into one single organisation.
• Joe Torre of Amiga Inc. hands over the all official developer registrations forms received to date in an official acknowledgement that the ICOA will be the single, formal channel between Amiga Inc. and the developer community.

The new ICOA website is unveiled. We hope that this format will more closely demonstrate the eventual facilities and services that the ICOA will provide, both at a public level, for the benefit of the whole community and at a private level, for the benefit of the members.

The site itself has many areas that have not been implemented. As resources become available and we move forwards, then the site will expand. Please bear with us for now.

I have recently been informed that Oxyron, the authors of Trapped & Trapped 2 have a follow-up to these two games in development. As yet, the game has not been named, however, instead of selling it as a sequel the game will probably be sold as a completly new game.

Details are very low at the moment, however, you will be able to see the engine in action at the Computer '97 show. I am told that they have worked on the 3D engine quite a lot and the game is now looking much better then Trapped 2, hopefully the gameplay will have been improved too.

On this page you can find the first ever screenshot of the game, don't take this as being what the final game will look like though as it is a very early 'work in progress' screenshot.

The authors plan to have a demo ready for the early part of 1998.

Uropa² has finally been released to the Amiga community. The game that was originally released as Shareware earlier this year has received a commercial release from Vulcan Software.

The game should be available from your local Amiga games supplier very soon.

For more information about Uropa² and Vulcan's other Amiga games check out their webpage at:-

Contact: Tammy Lynn Rodley

November 10th, 1997

Effective immediately, Asimware Innovations' main and fax telephone numbers have changed. Please update your records to include the new numbers:

      * Main:               (905)575-1042
      * Fax:                (905)575-0095
      * Technical Support:  (905)575-1507

Our address remains unchanged, as below:

Foundation will now be released at the end of January 98, and there is no way that will be out before Christmas as it is still being coded.

But here is a list of additions that will be made to the game between now and the end of December.

• At least 4 different types of Peasants
• Blood and Guts in Fights - Better fight sequences
• Ships and Shipyards
• Hot Air Balloons - For transportation and aerial attacks
• All 3 types of Knights - Ranks
• Archers
• Warrior Wizard - A new wizard who can indulge in fights, and being able to cast spells such as fire balls etc. This wizard is only available after being able to train a peasant (in a wizard Hut) for several years.
• TCP/IP
• Diseases and Plagues - It would be good to have flies flying around a character's head, if he touches another character, then the disease is passed on. Hospitals need to be invented and research into medicine.
• Walls - You will be able to build walls and you can also raise and lower land, but only land owned by your team, not enemy ground. This could be done by selecting Raise/Lower then this will highlight a square on the main playing area, left and right mouse buttons can then raise or lower the land.
• Catapults - It would be good to be able to catapult diseased cows, flaming rocks etc. (This would only be implemented if Paul can add it)

There will be a demo displayed at the Cologne Show 97, so look out for that. There should also be a demo uploaded to Aminet this week, so again, look out for that.

Visitors of the Computer '97 show are invited to attend the Amiga Forever workshop held by Cloanto this Saturday, November 15, 14:00. All questions from the public will be welcome. Amiga Forever 1.0 Preview Edition Shipping

Given the strong interest expressed by users after the original announcement of Amiga Forever, a special "Preview Edition" of Amiga Forever, with a version number of 1.0, has been released, slightly ahead of the planned schedule. This version allows the more technically-experienced users to immediately explore many of the features of the final release, without paying an additional price (the list price of the upgrade from the preview version to the final version will not be higher than the difference between the two).

For additional information please refer to the Amiga Forever Home page at http://www.cloanto.com/amiga/for ever/. The page has been recently extended with a Frequently Asked Questions section.

I've just heard that Championship Manager 2 an football management sim for the Amiga has just passed the final stage of testing, with Edios Interactive expecting it to be released before Christmas.

The masters are said to being examined for duplication. Championship Manager 2 is one of the most awaited games for the Amiga has nearly took 2 years to be released.