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HASBRO LOSES $53M IN 1999
(8 February 2000, 19:15 EST) As first reported by the Adrenaline Vault, Hasbro Interactive lost $53 million for the 12 months that was 1999 despite watching its games dominate the top sellers list.
Hasbro Interactive did not fare well in the fourth quarter or during the year, with a $53 million after-tax loss for all of 1999. The company blamed the shortfall on an industry-wide slump in video and CD-ROM sales. The company said its original interactive software plan going into the year was $300 million in revenue. They missed that by 25 percent. Analysts said it was not a Hasbro-specific indication, citing instead the price discounting in the education segment spilling over into games.
For more information, click the link above to read the full article. -DanQ
CLASH: NEW DEMO DATE
(8 February 2000, 9:12 EST) The "Clash of Civilizations" team is projecting a February 28, 2000 release of Demo #5, according to Co-Ordinator Mark Everson.
Currently discussions on how the Economy, Interface, Military, Research/Tech Tree, and Technology Advance models will evolve are being played out in the official Clash forum. -DanQ
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CTP: ACTIVITY ALTERT
HEY! SOMETHING`S MOVING OVER THERE!
(8 February 2000, 17:11 EST) Most would say that Activision have given up on CTP. Still, our sensors are indicating signals of life in the offices of the CTP team! And looks like they have been actually working on something all these months of silence.
Be sure that this site will be one of the first(if not the first) sources of information for whatever is in the works in Activision's CTP Labs...  -MarkG
POLLS 14&15: ANIMATIONS CHOICES
(11 February 2000, 19:50 EST) In our two new polls we ask you about your choices on the various animations, but also on the kind of animations you would like to see in mods. Please vote and explain your choice on the forums -MarkG
DEMAND FOR BETTER DIPLOMACY, SCENARIO SUPPORT
(11 February 2000, 19:44 EST) This was longest running poll so far(over 2 months :)), but it was an important question: What would you most want to see in an future patch/expansion/version?. After 1648 votes the results were
| A better diplomacy model |  537 / 32% | | Better balanced combat results | 184 / 11% | | Better AI | 240 / 14% | | Improved scenarios/scenario support | 309 / 18% | | More units/improvements/wonders | 256 / 15% | | More interface additions | 84 / 5% | | None of the above | 19 / 1% | | Don't care/No opinion | 19 / 1% |
Let's hope Activision listens... Post your comments on the forums -MarkG
CTP FOR MAC PATCH IN THE WORKS
(5 February 2000, 2:28 EST/CtPMac) Very good news for users of the CTP for Mac. Nate Birkholz of MacSoft yesterday posted on the Usenet group comp.sys.mac.games.strategic that a patch is in progress, and that several specific bugs mentioned in our forums have been addressed in the patch. It seems that most of the multiplay problems that have been mentioned are also fixed. Many thanks to Carch for the update. -MarkG
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OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD!
(9 February 2000, 15:19 EST) Some times you only have to ask. JimMac wondered about CTP's sales. We asked John Heinecke(more known to apolytoners as "Lt. John") about it and the response came fast as always: over 500,000 copies sold. To be exact: 225,000 in the US, more than 275,000 in Europe.
Comparing with SMAC, we dont have any numbers at the moment from Firaxis, but John noted that in the US SMAC sold only 5,000 copies more than CTP. -MarkG
PC DATA: JANUARY 23-29, 2000
(8 February 2000, 19:22 EST) Here are the titles that PC Data tracked to be the contenders for the top-selling PC games in the industry for the period January 23-29, 2000:
1. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire from Disney
2. Centipede | Hasbro Interactive
3. Parker Brothers Classic Card Games | Hasbro Interactive
4. Milton Bradley Classic Games | Hasbro Interactive
5. Roller Coaster Tycoon | Hasbro Interactive
6. Final Fantasy VIII | Electronic Arts
7. Age of Empires II: Age Of Kings | Microsoft
8. Roller Coaster Tycoon Corkscrew Follies | Hasbro Interactive
9. Microsoft Flight Simulator Pro | Microsoft
10. Starcraft | Havas Interactive
-DanQ
HOSTED SITES
CIV2 BUGS
(GAMELEAGUE February 10, 2000) GameLeague's offical rules on the matter of using in game bugs is clear. You are not allowed to take advantage of any bugs in the game. This includes the "After bribe disband" style bugs. You cannot find this as a tactic in any game manual. It is not a "new strategy", its taking advantage of a flaw in the game's programing. If you wish to use these bugs in games for GameLeague you must make all players aware of how to use the bugs and all players must agree before the game to use them.
TEAM SWISS BRACKET
(GAMELEAGUE February 7, 2000) Check out the tourneys page for the updated Team Swiss bracket updated Saturday night. It was posted a few hours late due to a personal emergency of mine. Also remember that you do NOT need to go to the chat room every week; just the first week.
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NEW DISEASE MODEL AND MORE!
(CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS February 5, 2000) Lots of updates to the Clash Site today!- Toubabo Koomi has updated the Disease Model.
- Rodrigo Quijada has posted a thought-provoking summary of "A History of Warfare", the latest work from world-renowned military historian John Keegan. Truly a "must-read"!
- So you want your ideas implemented in Clash? Then be sure to check out the new Suggestions Page!
- Curious about Demo5? Well the Demo 5 Central page will give you the 411 on all the latest!
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