MAKING HISTORY II: “The War of the World” arrives this fall
Niall Ferguson collaborates with Muzzy Lane to deliver WWII game
Newburyport, Mass. – March 17, 2009 – Muzzy Lane Software, aninnovative developer of 3D single and multiplayer games has announcedtoday the next game in its acclaimed MAKING HISTORY ® Series: MAKINGHISTORY II: "The War of the World", created in partnership withrenowned economic historian and policy icon Niall Ferguson. MAKINGHISTORY II (MHII) lets grand strategy players experience the role of aWWII era national leader embroiled in the toxic mix of waning empires,economic crisis, and ethnic "fault lines" that famously resulted in aglobal war that transformed the world. Now armchair generals and grandstrategy masters can attempt to write their own history, and choose toeither defend the world from tyranny or embark on a quest for globalconquest.
The idea that true grand strategy is as much about economicstrength as well as military power is one of the reasons ProfessorFerguson chose to collaborate with Muzzy Lane. "Economic instability isone of the primary reasons a nation can turn to an extreme ideology.That’s exactly what happened in the 1930s,” says Ferguson. "And ofcourse economic resources were decisive in the outcome of the war. Bygiving equal measure to economic as well as military components, MAKINGHISTORY II presents a more complete model of the driving forces behindWWII."
Challenging decisions and interesting choices are the heart of anygood strategy game, and MHII delivers by putting the ultimate controlin the hands of each player. There are diplomatic decisions abouteverything from alliances to colonization, such as whether you grantfull independence or create a puppet state. Cities are customizable viaa series of constructible add-on buildings, allowing you to build agiant shipyard in New York or a munitions factory in Stuttgart.Military forces can be upgraded, repaired and reinforced and veteranunits develop experience over time. Every nation in the world isplayable, but the choices and strategy can be vastly different. Thechoice is up to each player to determine how they wish to develop theirnation, thereby creating their own winning strategy.
MHII offers a completely redesigned interface, with a brand new 3Dworld map. "We wanted our players to have a more immersive experiencewithout sacrificing the depth of play that strategy gamers have come toexpect,” says Chris Parsons, Muzzy Lane Product Manager. "To do sowe've created a dynamic map that conveys important information to theplayer without large blocks of text. Terrain, icons, units, cities, andother objects are all designed to deliver information in a visual andintuitive way."
The accompanying MAKING HISTORY Gaming Headquarters website adds muchmore to the player experience by offering free content and updates,access to user-created mods, and a dramatic new multiplayer servicethat launches from the web browser. It will find games, match players,track scores and player ranking, and connect to email or players'favorite social network site to notify them to take their turn. Tovisit the website, go to
www.making-history.com.
From the home front to the battlefront, in MAKING HISTORY II: "The Warof the World" history is not inevitable. Once the game starts, historyis yours to make.
MAKING HISTORY II: "The War of the World" will be released in the fall of 2009. To learn more, visit
www.making-history.com or contact
chris@muzzylane.com
About Muzzy Lane Software
Muzzy Lane Software is an innovative developer of 3D single andmultiplayer games. Based in Newburyport, Mass, the company creates itsown branded games and works with partners to produce private-labelgames based on the company’s Sandstone platform. Sandstone deliverstrue 3D games in the browser, as a web service, with tight integrationbetween the games and the web. Muzzy Lane provides simple web toolsthat support the customization of Sandstone games. For moreinformation, visit
www.muzzylane.com.
About Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at HarvardUniversity and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School. Heis a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and aSenior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Aprolific commentator on contemporary economics and politics for theAmerican and British press (as well as an experienced radio andtelevision presenter), his work regularly appears in the New YorkTimes, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, the New York Review ofBooks and many other publications. He is a contributing editor of theFinancial Times. His latest book is The Ascent of Money: A FinancialHistory of the World. A television adaptation recently aired on PBS.
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