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Age of Mythology for Xbox?
Posted by PaPaya on July 02nd, 2008 @ 11:52 a.m.
VideoGamer.com recently posted a short article about how ES is making a RTS for the Xbox. While this newsitem relates to Halo Wars, and not AoM, I found something interesting in the middle of the article.
[Bruce Shelley] said: "I may have mentioned many blogs ago that we reprogrammed Age of Mythology to be playable with an Xbox controller as a proof of concept. Designer/programmer Tim Deen got to the point that he could play AoM better with the controller than the mouse/keyboard.
Give... me... now! How do you think AoM would take off as a console game if it were to be made one? Post your comments in this thread!

If you're interested in reading more about HaloWars, or just want to see the context in the article, you can read the full version at VideoGamer
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Member Of The Month: June 2008
Posted by Shanks13 on June 30th, 2008 @ 10:36 p.m.
*REPOSTED FOR REACH*

This month I have chosen someone who is set for great sucess. Not just at AoMH, but all over the HG network. Not only has he been promoted to a cherub, he is an allround great guy. This month, Member of the month goes to Roxas.
Out Reach: SO OMG! You’re a cherub at Spore Heaven! Like how did that happen?

Roxas: TBH, I didn’t know HG even had a section for spore and when I went over there I totally had no idea what Spore was. I had heard of the game, but didn’t realise it was called Spore. I got to know the game, and when the topic for modship came up, I sent in my response. It was really at SpH that I got to know Alex really well. And well, if you see our posts there, you can see how our relationship has progressed.
Go and read the full interview here.


(OMG Out Reach is posting news?!?)
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Battlefield Briefing: June 2008
Posted by Yeebaagooon on June 30th, 2008 @ 1:44 p.m.
Scenario Announcements
A Nile Roleplay screenshot by Raptors
Dope started us off by announcing the completion of his Age Of Heroes campaign.
Raptors announced his Nile Roleplay, and RPG that he claims will have an amazing 30 quests!
MetalPyro876 also announced his latest project, Wanderer of Worlds.

Screenshots
Oh what have we become? by Koramei
The winners for The Continuous Screenshot Competition this month have been Baske and dragonsign. The new theme is drawing to a close, so last chance to submit a screenshot.

The second story in the Screenshot Story Thread came to a close this month. Be sure to check out God's Pawn.

We have also had some great eyecandy from dragonsign and MatoR in the University thread. Why not pop in to check them out?

Modding
newb27 announced his Omega Mage, a unit loaded with an arsenal of special attacks.

And tarion_31 finished his Improved Greek Textures Mod, with the help of his colleagues.


Downloads Section
Xerus released his first singleplayer scenario Attack Of The Arken. It's scoring quite high review-wise for a first scenario, so it looks like he has made a good start in designing .
KAI IN A DREAM released a singlplayer Island Adventure (ver1) scenario.
Elsor released his The fall of The Dark lord scenario.
MatoR released his multiplayer Miniscule scenario.
nottud released what seems to be a very advanced Random Map Mythodea.
And EmjeR released EmjeR's Eyecandy Pack a new mod for eyecandy.


Good month, AoMH.
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Forum Party: 14th June
Posted by Yeebaagooon on June 12th, 2008 @ 12:46 p.m.

Really sorry for the short notice, but I completely forgot about my old thread. On the plus, we get active people .

Well, the votes were very clear and it looks like everyone wants a supremacy theme. It will be so.

Where: ESO Community Events
When: 14th June, 8:00pm GMT (3:00 pm EDT)
Theme: Supremacy

Please post if you are interested.
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Scenario Design Competition Reminder
Posted by Yeebaagooon on June 09th, 2008 @ 11:43 a.m.
A reminder to everyone that our competition's deadline of the 21st is looming over us, and it is very unlikely that the deadline will change.

I urge all of you entering to try and finish your map, fix the bugs and then email it to aomh_boss_battle_competition_2008@hotmail.com.

You can send in your entries until the 28th, but each day after the 21st, you will get a 2 point penalty on your map.

We will not judge anything that is submitted after the 28th, so make sure you get it in on time!
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Age of Mythology Coming to DS!
Posted by PaPaya on June 04th, 2008 @ 10:01 p.m.


It wasn't enough that Age of Mythology sold over a million copies. Now THQ aims to bring the popular rts to the Nintendo DS.

Gameplay is set to feature the factions from the original Age of Mythology -the Greeks, Norse, and Egyptians- while also incorporating traditional mythical heroes. Multiplayer capabilities are also said to be in the works. While it's hard to imagine the popular rts game in a turn-based setting, the 2006 port of Age of Kings to the DS generally received positive reviews. The same developer, Blackbone, is being used.

You can read the original press release here. Be sure to check out Game Trailers for some in-game footage as well as Brucce Shelly's thoughts of Mythologies in his blog.

Newspost shamelessly stolen from General_II of Age of Empires 3 Heaven
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Member Of The Month: May 2008
Posted by Yeebaagooon on June 02nd, 2008 @ 11:06 a.m.
This month I have chosen someone who is very active and continually churning out maps. Give a big cheer for: Dope!
Yeebaagooon: Hello Dope, and welcome to this interview. First off, most people would know you for your age of heroes series and other maps like hypo hype and crazy water adventures. What do you think your greatest achievement in scenario design has been?
Dope: Well my greatest achievement was Age Of Heroes Arkantos. It has about 700 downloads and it was my first map ever. At first I only wanted to make six maps with five of them being RPG scenarios and then all the heroes would get together and destroy something evil. But as my skills have advanced I've decided to make a full campaign and it'll be released in a week or so because of playtesting. Other scenarios were those moment of inspiration when you feel something inside and then you open the editor and make your vision come true.
Go and read the full interview here.
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Battlefield Briefing: May 2008
Posted by Yeebaagooon on May 31st, 2008 @ 09:01 a.m.
Scenario Announcements
Crenellation by SwordOfValor of Valor Studios
That_Guy_U_Know has made a very colourful showcase about his upcoming Rise of the World Power Campaign .
Zombie Wars by Protestuir looks like it will be a great map to play.
Hygraffo is also starting up Scenario Design with a map called Terra Incognito that should be released soon.
From the mind of the crazy Out Reach comes yet another insane creation, Choose your horde. This is the long awaited sequel to Angry Hordes.
And a very recent showcase by SwordOfValor of Valor Studios, Crenellation, looks like it will be a very well eyecandied Defend your Castle style scenario.


Screenshots
Parsifal's The Palace of Colossal Qualopek in Pandora's BoxThe winners from this month have been: Firefax, Nitro_Tractor ,Legendbladex, and TBK145. The new theme is Ambush, and you have another few days to post your entry.

And how could one of our great eyecandy gurus escape our eyes? Parsifal has been very active in posting some truly spectacular screenshots in his Pandora's Box thread.

Modding
tarion_31 has been very busy this month. He has released 3 mods, and by the reviews and screenshots, they seem to be going down well. The Amazons, The Cataphract and Improved Greek looks. The Improved Greek looks was also made by EmjeR.


Downloads Section
A brilliant start to this month. Oscar concluded his titanic Adventurers RPG Trilogy with the release of Adventurers 3.
Urjak released The Story of Mulch, a nice little singleplayer scenario.
baboonchild123 released his The Mighty Heka scenario.
Killer_Dong released an Island Survival Map.
ChickenWrap released a supremacy style Acropolis Madness map.
NicholasFlamel released The Iliad - A Hoplite Fight.
A new designer, Puglin released his first map entitled: Puglin's Divine Sacrilege.
And finally, Mephiles and Yeebaagooon released Desert Conflict.

For those of you who are entering the Scenario Design Competition, you have less than a month left. Best of luck.
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Poll: Forum Parties
Posted by Yeebaagooon on May 27th, 2008 @ 05:33 a.m.
After a discussion with a few people, I think it is best to open the forum party decision to everyone. Without a decent theme these forum parties will fail.

I also wish to move these forum parties to a Saturday, because we people east of America have to get up early tomorrow (for the dreaded school) and a forum party late at night is the last thing our tyrannical parents want.

So, in short please vote for one of the options that I have provided to try and make these forum parties successful. Forum parties will be held in the middle of each month.

The choices:


  • Supremacy
  • Race
  • RPG
  • Escape
  • Supremacy style map (Riv Civ, Zelda etc.)
  • Minigames (The big scenarios with lots of minigame sin them)
  • Minigames (Small maps with a short minigame in them).
  • Blood.
  • Survival.
  • Defensive (Defend the Castle etc.).
  • Mythodea.
  • Gladiatorial.
  • Tower Defence.
  • Mutation.
  • Sims.
  • Maze.
  • Miscellaneous.
  • No theme - everyone goes on and plays what they want.
  • No forum parties.

    I know I've missed some genres out, but that's all I can think of at the moment.

    I will announce the results on the 7th of June.
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    Tom vs. Bruce #10: Age of Mythology
    Posted by PaPaya on May 20th, 2008 @ 5:37 p.m.
    1up.com's featured article today, surprisingly, is about Age of Mythology! To be more specific, a war story from two RTS 'pros.' Although it was originally published a few years ago (2004), I found it an interesting read (I dunno, I guess I'm entertained easily). Below is an excerpt:
    Tom 40:35
    Now, Bruce is pouring infantry and Automatons towards the northern gold deposits. Time to hit him from the south with my Wonder-breaking team of Behemoths and Arcuses equipped with the building-razing Burning Pitch improvement.

    Tom 44:10
    Bruce keeps attacking around the gold to the north. I've got the strategic advantage, but I can't keep up with his military prodding. If he takes this area for long, it opens up new gold for him. Time to break this stalemate. I spend everything to start researching a Titan.

    Bruce 46:02
    I finally manage to clear out Tom's barracks, but just barely.

    Tom 46:37
    Bruce's base is pinched between two town centers that are holding him like tongs. Now, for the judicious application of a Titan! I lay down the medallion and start building.
    You can view the full article on the 1up website.
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