July 11, 2002 1:14 PM EDT
Emperor Previews & Screenshots!
ierra's next city-building game, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom, being developed by Breakaway Games (the same people who developed the Pharaoh expansion: Cleopatra), is due out this Fall 2003. There have been a few in-depth previews recently posted now that the gaming news media have gotten their hands on the press beta disks for Emperor.

PC.IGN posted their two-page Emperor preview back on June 15 with lots of screenshots.

Gamespot.com has just recently posted its in-depth preview and has an impressive number of 55 screenshots for you!

If you're a member of Gamespot's subscription service ("Gamespot Complete), the video preview is also worth a look see. At 85MB for the hi-res version and 69MB for the low-res, it will certainly be working your modems into overtime. I have a dial-up myself, but really found the video preview worth it because it shows several clips of actual gameplay. It's as close as you're going to get to really seeing the game in action until an actual demo is released.

Be sure to check out the 10 screenshots HeavenGames obtained while at the recent E3 convention and stop by the Forbidden City forum; HG's temporary home for Emperor located on the Caesar 3 Heaven forums.

Angel Jayhawk

July 3, 2002 1:36 AM EDT
The (unofficial) Osiris' ferryman competition
t seems it's time for another competition. This one is set for September and will be hosted by civilis.

The contest is based on Baltic's "Surfing between Skylla and Charybdis" from about a year ago.

You can read more about it in the Competition forum.

Angel Jayhawk