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news :: 2007

February 2007

• 28 February 2007 :: development on Black Echelon and other intriguegames projects has sadly stopped until June.

January 2007

• 12 January 2007 :: We're on a roll: just after I'm OK, we found Mission in Snowdriftland... take a look at it yourself and you'll see why we love it!
• 11 January 2007 :: We're currently playing I'm OK, a fantastically designed 2D side-scrolling game. [Contains animated violence and gore.]

news :: 2006

Welcome to the intriguegames news archive. If you have any questions about a particular news piece, please contact us: we'll be happy to help if we can!

December 2006

• 27 December :: what with all of the mince pies and, well, mince pies, we've had to eat recently, we've not made much progress. Oops. If you're looking for something to do, try taking a look at our sister project, squarezebra.

November 2006

• 16 November :: intriguegames have finally completed some more desktop wallpapers, free for you to download- check them out! Those 'interesting projects' have been delayed on behalf of an as-yet undisclosed third party - we'll post any news on this as soon as we get it.

October 2006

• 22 October :: intriguegames has some very interesting projects lined up: stayed tuned for more news as soon as we get it!

September 2006

• 22 September 2006 :: intriguegames has been busy, err, working really hard and testing potential games for our online games gallery. More soon. Probably.
• 12 September 2006 :: hurrah! We've fixed the Internet! The Flash games in our online games gallery should now work in Internet Explorer! We also have a scapegoat: ig, our development team member from Army of Trolls.
  
• 10 September 2006 :: yes, we know we've broken the Internet - the Flash games don't work in Internet Explorer - we tampered with the website template provided by Evocative Design and were probably too busy playing games to test it properly. Meanwhile, you could do worse than download Opera, a great free browser which the games will work in...
• 6 September 2006 :: odious games' new site has just gone live- well worth a look!
  We've also added some new online games.

August 2006

• 28 August 2006 :: at long last, we finished the online games gallery: play away! We've also added new instant messenger icons, free for your personal use.
• 24 August 2006 :: good news: we've adopted! Thanks to Army Of Trolls, we have a new development team member, 'ig' (see what we did there?):
  
  > Army Of Trolls
• 22 August 2006 :: we're still adding new bits to the site, but we finally got round to creating an online shop so you can purchase T-Shirts, caps, mugs, clocks etc, all featuring our favourite rainbow-coloured foe! If you've got an idea for a design, just contact us.
• 21 August 2006 :: new-look site up-and-running. If you find a broken link or error, please contact us- we're probably not aware of it.
• 19 August 2006 :: find our entry on Gas13 in the stamp gallery!
• 12 August 2006 :: creation of the Black Echelon player-character sprite is nearly complete.
• August 2006 :: Upper Orbit, creators of Nathan's Second Chance release their newly redesigned site. Even intriguegames get a mention!

July 2006

• 27 July 2006 :: intriguegames are still working behind the scenes on Black Echelon, creating graphics for the map editor interface.
• July 2006 :: Wilz Modz has nearly completed the Omega Editor, the map editor and creator for Black Echelon.

June 2006

• June 2006 :: can you find us in IsoCity ?
• June 2006 :: not that we have a bad work ethic at intriguegames, but we're too busy licking ice creams and enjoying the sunshine to stare at a computer screen. Fine, we're not actually doing that. We just got addicted to Red Alert 2. Again.

May 2006

" ...thanks to everyone who sent us feedback on the Black Echelon demo... "

• May 2006 :: thanks to everyone who sent us feedback on the Black Echelon demo during April- we'll try and make sure the next release takes some of your comments into account.
• 21 May 2006 :: more Rex Island progress- we've nearly finished converting the graphics and menu system to a larger 1024x768px resolution.

April 2006

• 19 April 2006 :: at long last, a Black Echelon demo is out. Short but sweet.
• April 2006 :: Rex Island has also been developed quite a bit- we even uploaded new screenshots!

March 2006

• March 2006 :: Black Echelon develop has slowed for a while: must be all of that turkey at Christmas!

February 2006

• 13 February 2006 :: Black Echelon develop has slowed for a while: must be all of that turkey at Christmas!

January 2006

• January 2006 :: we've been added to the 'independent developers' section on Just Adventure.
• 1 January 2006 :: Wilz Modz and intriguegames announce that the Black Echelon game engine will be overhauled to allow for more flexible gameplay.

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Rather cunningly, there's no news before the date above because we deleted it. Accidentally, obviously. Oops!