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To: TideGlider who wrote (75650)	11/30/2009 1:13:21 PM
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By Jason McIntosh on November 24, 2009 11:41 AM According to a press release I received this morning, a long-rumored game based on the classic extraplanetary economic game M.U.L.E. will be released within the next couple of weeks, from publisher Blue Systems and developer Turborilla: This has been made possible by an agreement between Meldannic (former Ozark Softscape) and Blue Systems. Planet Mule is completely free and preferably played by four players simultaneously. It is a peaceful game focusing on economic strategies, in a world of crisp retro graphics. The game will be released on December 6th. There is a countdown in progress on the Planet Mule web site. Countdown and teaser concept art at planetmule.com The game will be available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. I'd been in email communication earlier this year with Melanie Bunten Stark, daughter of M.U.L.E. designer Dan Bunten and one of the founders of Meldannic, so I know this is something she and her two co-founding siblings have been working on for a while. It's exciting to see it moving forward. While we here at the Gameshelf have a rocky relationship with countdown clocks, we wish the best of luck to the Buntens and the Planet M.U.L.E. team for a successful and prosperous launch. Definitely looking forward to playing this, myself. See also the Gameshelf episode that featured a review of the original M.U.L.E., and a YouTube excerpt of just that review.