Just a reminder to tune in your tv sets to the ABC tonight for the half hour Catalyst special on Micro Forte and MMOG's. I've seen the promo short on the ABC for it where they show a glimpse of what I presume to be in-game Citizen Zero footage and level editing. Very cool! Catalyst will be on at 8pm tonight, on the ABC.
On another note, Paul McInnes (lead designer at Micro Forte) has clued the Citizen Zero fans with some news at the CZ forums.
What has happened to Citizen Zero?
Micro Fort? and Microsoft are excited to be working on a new action MMP game for the Xbox video game console. While we don?t have a lot of detail we can share about it right now, we can say that it's going to be an all-new franchise on the Xbox , and that you?ll hear much more about it in just a few months.Is this an all-new game, or is it still Citizen Zero?
Because of the nature of business, we cannot disclose the name of the game as yet. However, rest assured that all our previous work is not going to waste.What sort of Xbox features will the game support?
Just for starters, gamers can look forward to utilizing Xbox Live to its fullest ? the game will support Voice, Content Download and Friends. It will also support all the high-end features you can ONLY do on Xbox such as In-Game Dolby Digital and HDTV.C?mon, surely you can tell us more than that!
Our team is hard at work making a game that will change the way people think about Xbox, online games, and massively multiplayer RPGs. Rest assured that while we may not be very forthcoming now, when we unveil the new game a few months from now you?ll be very happy we didn?t spoil the surprise.On a personal level, this project is proving to be tremendously exciting. The greatest frustration is not being able to talk about the project openly with you. Hopefully that will pass as the announce process moves ahead.