News: 20-April-1999: Hyperion signs deal with Monolith for Amiga and Mac versions of "Shogo: Mobile Armor Division"

Hyperion is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights from Monolith to port "Shogo", the highly acclaimed PC game, to the Amiga and Mac.

Shogo is a high-end 3D shooter with anime/manga (Japanese cartoons) elements and is based on the LithTech^TM engine developed by Monolith. (www.lith.com or www.monolithnews.com).

As part of the deal with Monolith, Hyperion will port the LithTech^TM engine, which is the most advanced 3D game engine around, to the Amiga and Mac for future licensing by Monolith.

The Hyperion team consists of Thomas and Hans-Joerg Frieden (Warp 3D co-authors), Christian Sauer who was involved with various projects like "Descent", and others.