As I told you a few weeks a go the development of Maim & Mangle has been restarted. I have now come across more detailed information about what the developers Deimos Designs have planned for the game.

As many of you may no it is a Real-Time strategy game inspired by Dune2 (Not a Command & Conquer clone ;). Like Dune2 you will have the choice of joining one of three different factions, in each faction there are several different charactors for you to choose from all with different skills, the skill level in the game will be decided by which charactor you pick.

The game will use a command interface based around the Dune2 interface, it will, however, be much improved making it much easier to command your troops etc. Things could get very hectic in Dune2 at times due to the interface not being as good as it could have been, Maim & Mangle has picked up on the bad points and improved it.

Also like in Dune2 each faction in the game will have units that are only available to them, this is on top of the common types of buildings and units that are available to all. Also, R&D will play a big part in the game, allowing for different strategies, however, unlike other games this will not be exhaustable.

Another massive plus point for the game is that it will include TCP support so you can play against friends over the internet, this is something that people have been demanding in games recently and it is good to see authors trying to support it. The game will also be fully OS compliant, meaning full multi-tasking, and there will also be support for graphics card users. The game will also try to take advantage of the Amiga Software and Hardware as much as possible, so be ready for some exciting surprises.

The game will be receiving a commercial release on a CD only format sometime towards the end of the year.

For more information about the game check out the Maim & Mangle website at:-

Maim & Mangle web site

There is also a mailing list in operation on which all the latest info about the game will be discussed. You can join this by following the links from the webpage. You can also join it by filling in the form below, all replies from this will be passed onto the mailing list operator.

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