In the course of replying to a FutureMyth thread on naval units, Santa's Head dropped some info nuggets about the Myth III units. Among other things, he's currently texturing Connacht; the Ghфl's running animation is scarily arachnid-like; and the Thrall are going to be even more repulsive than they were before. :-) Read the whole post below.
If you head over to the Creation website, you will find three new upcoming projects listed. The first is MythWarrior, which strongly suggests some sort of conversion of MechWarrior to Myth. The second project is The Coming Of The Dark: Banks Of The Ire, which must be a continuation of the group's The Coming Of The Dark series. Finally, there is an image of a warrior with the text Swamp Of The Damned.
The guys at Clanger.com have apparently been talking to the Myth III team on a regular basis, and they got Scott Campbell to answer a few preliminary questions. Among other things, he mentions more TFL-esque gameplay and a solid deadline of Christmas. The full text of his email is here; keep an eye on it as he's likely to be answering more questions in the future.
Anony of the MythWolfAge.Com website passed on that they would love to hear your Myth III suggestions. Their plan is to choose the best and the brightest ideas, and then forward them to Mumbo Jumbo. Ideas may be sent to suggestions@mythwolfage.com.
Elijah of the Idiot Map-Making Collective has finished MythCHESS, the first chess map for Myth II:
We will begin playing Wednesday @ 4:00 PM PST. This week we will be doing maps with new units. That means there's more to download, so get started right away!
Evihcra is an online archiving service to computer gamers who either create their own game add-ons or want to download and play using those game files. It is created by the same folks responsible for The Mill, but the new site will expand to include other games:
Kudos to Circumflex, who pointed out a MacCentral item which reports that Mumbo Jumbo has hired Duane Johnson, a programmer known for his work porting games to and programming on the Mac. An excerpt: