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INSIDE INFO

Here, you'll find inside information on the developement of MOO3. Look through reviews, previews, interviews, MPEG movies, official announcements, and the developers diaries from both Quicksilver and GameSpy.

ANNOUNCEMENTS


May 24th, 2001: Clarification and explanation of Race and Species in Master of Orion III
May 21st, 2001: QSI Management and the MOO3 Development Team release an important annoucement about Official MOO3 promotional posters.
May 4th, 2001: QSI President Bill Fisher explains how MOO3 will be presented at the 2001 E3 Expo in Los Angeles.

MPEG MOVIES


December 21, 2000: Quicksilver art directory Rantz Hoseley gives the "state of the art" concerning alien character graphics for MOO3. (1.3 MB .mpg file)
December 13, 2000: Quicksilver art director Rantz Hoseley gives the "state of the art" concerning ship models for MOO3. (1.4 MB .mpg file)
November 1, 2000: Quicksilver founder Bill Fisher talks tech terms in MOO3 to Hasbro designer Jennifer McWilliams. (1.2 MB .mpg file)
October 19, 2000: Ross Worthley discusses the creation of Geodic ship art MOO3. (1.0 MB .mpg file)
July 3, 2000: Rantz Hoseley discusses how the Pre-Battle Space Combat Screen will appear in MOO3. (490k .mpg file)
June 26, 2000: Rantz Hoseley discusses how the development of planets will look in MOO3. (1.3 MB .mpg file)
October 24, 2000: Quicksilver designer Tom Hughes explains planetary habitability in MOO3 to Hasbro designer Jennifer McWilliams. (1 MB .mpg file)
July 28, 2000: Alan Emrich discusses the differences between an Alien Race and an Alien Species in MOO3. (1.4 MB .mpg file)
June 21, 2000: Tom Hughes discusses some principles of Ship Combat. (1.3 MB .mpg file)

GAMESPY ARTICLES


Developers Diary #10 Rantz continues his discussion of the User Interface, with lots of diagrams and even three new video clips of the UI (including the galaxy screen!) in motion.
Developers Diary #9 Rantz Hoseley talks about the new user interface.
Developers Diary #8 Quicksilver Software's venerable designer for MOO3 walks us up to the altar (of battle).
Developers Diary #7 Quicksilver Software's latest member of the MOO3 team gives us a behind the scenes look at the MOO3 Novel Writing Contest.
Developers Diary #6 Infogrames Senior Producer Constantine Hantzopoulos talks about the ins and outs of Spying, Espionage and the shadowy "Game within a Game."
Developers Diary #5 In response to an overwhelming public outcry, Cory Nelson fills us in on the current development phase of Master of Orion 3.
Developers Diary #4 Master of Orion 3's David Craft sheds some light on the values of diplomacy in the upcoming Quicksliver title. By - David "Stormhound" Craft
Developers Diary #3 Master of Orion 3's Art Director, Rantz Hoseley, speaks about the process of integrating art design into the upcoming Quicksliver title.
Developers Diary #2 Dave Craft talks about technology in the upcoming MOO3.
Developers Diary #1 Cory Nelson, Quicksilver's producer on MOO3, introduces us to the game's team, and speaks about the laborious tasks ahead.

INTERVIEWS


December 6, 2001: Quicksilver is interviewed by moo3planet This link leads off-site.
July 24, 2001: Designer Alan Emrich gives an interview at GameZone with some details about victory conditions and scoring points in five catagories.This link leads off-site.
January 30, 2001: Designer Alan Emrich and Quicksilver Big Cheese Bill Fisher give an interview to Bernie Dy over at Sharkey. — This link leads off-site.
December 1, 2000: Quicksilver designer Alan Emrich gives an interview to Quarter to Three's Mark Asher. — This link leads off-site.

PREVIEWS


June 5, 2000: GamePen Preview. — This link leads off-site.
June 1, 2000: Gamespy Preview. — This link leads off-site.

REVIEWS


December 7, 2001 Computer Games Online's three page review tells us what they think of the game so far. Not much new stuff here. — This link leads off-site.
June 25, 2001 UGO had some things to say about MOO3 so far made. Not much new information, but lots of praise!
June 6, 2001 A team from the Wargamer, PiesTactics.com, and 10-David.com selected MOO3 as the best within the Turn Based Strategy category from all titles viewed at E3 this year.
May 29, 2001 GameSpy has announced its E3 Awards and MOO3 received one of the Runners-Up for Strategy Games.
May 29, 2001 IGN reviews MOO3 at E3. Great review!

QUICKSILVER DEVELOPER'S DIARIES


February 2001 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from February 2001
January 2001 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from January 2001
December 2000 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from December 2000
November 2000 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from November 2000
October 2000 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from October 2000
September 2000 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from September 2000
August 2000 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from August 2000
July 2000 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from July 2000
June 2000 Quicksilver Developer's Diary from June 2000






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