Frogster Interactive announces they have signed a deal with The Bitmap Brothers
to bring remakes of their classics Speedball 2 and The Chaos Engine to PCs next
year:
Berlin, 26.09.06: Frogster Interactive brings out the big classics:
The Berlin-based publisher has secured the worldwide PC-rights for über-games
Speedball 2 and The Chaos Engine from legendary British game makers The Bitmap
Brothers. The cult image of both games comes from the beginning of the computer
games era. Since then, a huge fan base has continually asked for re-releases. In
vain – until now! Frogster will release both titles in 2007 for PC; The Bitmap
Brothers will participate in the development process.
The futuristic sports game series Speedball was first released in 1988 on the
Amiga and was an instant triumph. Versions for almost every relevant system and
highly successful sequels followed. The series got many awards, amongst others
1989 “Game of the Year“ from The Golden Joysticks and “Best Original Game“ from
In-Din Arcade.
Action-shooter The Chaos Engine celebrated a similarly successful première in
1993. The Chaos Engine received numerous awards including the SEGA Award 1994
for “Best Action Game“ and the Power Play Award for “Multi-player Game of the
Year“.
Fans can register for a newsletter on the official site :
www.speedball2.de