Thriller New Media announces itself to the world, an Austin, Texas-based game company with a focus on "military and espionage-themed online games in the multiplayer and massively multiplayer first-person shooter, action-adventure, strategy and simulation genres under the brand, Thriller Games," a variation on the plans announced when Thriller Publishing was formed. The company boasts several industry veterans, including Chairman J.W. "Wild Bill" Stealey, one of the cofounders of Microprose. The company is currently evaluating several games, with Thriller president & CEO Fred Schmidt saying: "Thriller New Media affords us the ability to focus specific resources and efforts in the immediate online space to launch services within the next 12 to 18 months, maybe less."