Rampancy

Kudos to Total Codex of the Ministry of Security for spotting a post by Nate Birkholz in the MWA forum that further details the release of the Mac version of Myth III. Birkholz writes:

1) On the 17th of November, we said SoonTM. People were unsatisfied with SoonTM and asked for a date, so I went out on a limb and was more explicit, that the ship date, *if it went gold that particular week,* would be in early December. We didn't know if it would go gold that week, or this week, or next week, since no one can be sure how long it takes to fix a bug (without a time machine becoming involved somehow). But since people wanted to know, and were tired of SoonTM , I told them what we were looking at for a possible date. That date changes as the situation changes.

2) I didn't mean ...we won't be expecting the gold version of the game for two more weeks at least, I meant we won't get it onto store shelves until two to three weeks after gold date. Precisely, I said, ...we are looking at somewhere between two and three weeks from Gold date. Two to three weeks **FROM** gold date not **TO** gold date. (That's an important preposition.)

This, of course, is why game companies say, SoonTM instead of giving dates.

So in answer to your question, it's coming SoonTM!

If the Mac version of Myth III is intended to hit the shelves before Christmas, it would have to go gold within about a week from today. Can they do it?

Truth And Reconciliation has had a couple of updates today. Twelve new screenshots have been added to the site, including pictures of the third race in Halo. Watch out though, as there are some spoilers in the screenshots.

Part IV: Power-Ups has been added to the multiplayer guide. While it is a short chapter, expect the next two sections to be much more extensive.

Phish has written a map-making guide for Myth III that should help newbies get stuff accomplished in Vengeance. It will definitely get you started in making that dream map of yours, so check it out. (Thanks Myth Village)

Nate Birkholz of MacSoft has posted a couple of status updates in the Myth Village forum. The first is in response to Webscreamer's post, but for some reason Webscreamer has deleted his own post. Fortunately Birkholz's is still available.

Posted on November 30, the first update reads:

> If I recall, Nate said Myth 3 will be out in
> early Dec. That means, its either coming out
> this next week or within 2 weeks.

> I will believe it when I see it, because I
> am think more like December 31st.

I said at the time that it would be out in early December if it went gold *that week.*

Now we're looking like mid-December. We still haven't missed Christmas yet.

Basically, we are looking at somewhere between two and three weeks from Gold date. We hope closer to two than three. Having all the manuals and boxes and everything pre-printed helps tremendously.

The second update is in response to Mac Guy's request for an update. It reads:

As far as status: the situation has been changing the last few days, but overall, things are improving.

OS X networking is fixed (whoohoo!) thanks to the ever-diligent work of Bill Heinemann and Chris Jacobson.

Unfortunately, a couple of instability problems (Kernel Panic is fun!) have cropped up in the recent build, and the aformentioned folks are diligenting the problem.

If we're lucky, Mac users will have Myth III in their hands by Christmas. However, I wouldn't bet on it.