New Heavy Gear Video Game in the works!

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**Balance**

Stompy Bot Productions To Produce New Heavy Gear® Video Game

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STOMPY BOT PRODUCTIONS TO PRODUCE NEW HEAVY GEAR® VIDEO GAME

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, August 1, 2012 -- Stompy Bot Productions, Inc. (www.stompybot.com) and Dream Pod 9, Inc. (www.dp9.com) have announced the exclusive licensing of Dream Pod 9’s Heavy Gear® franchise for PC, mobile and console 3D gaming to Stompy Bot Productions.

The Heavy Gear® franchise has released dozens of sourcebooks detailing the settings, people, and machines of the Heavy Gear® universe. The first Heavy Gear® computer game, titled Heavy Gear®, saw light in 1997 and its sequel, Heavy Gear® II, was released in 1999. An animated series was also aired in 2001. The Heavy Gear® game line includes an innovative mix of RPG/wargame books, card games, miniatures and other products.

“We’re very excited to bring Heavy Gear® back to the current generation of gaming fans,” said James Taylor, President of Stompy Bot Productions. Robert Dubois, President of Dream Pod 9, said “Dream Pod 9 looks forward to working closely with Stompy Bot Productions in developing the next incarnation of Heavy Gear’s 3D video game. Stompy Bot has the drive and talent to bring the world of Heavy Gear® to life for all of our fans and a whole new generation of gamers.”

About Dream Pod 9, Inc.
Dream Pod 9 (also known as DP9) is a Montreal-based Canadian game publisher. In addition to games, they have been known to work on special projects, creating worlds and stories to order for a variety of clients.

About Stompy Bot Productions, Inc.
Stompy Bot Productions is a Saint John-based Canadian digital producer-publisher, specializing in publishing, marketing, and distribution of digital games and media online.

Stompy Bot Productions
1216 Sand Cove Road, Box 16, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2M 5V8
1 (888) 449-4148
press@stompybot.com

Source: PR Newswire

**Kanluwen**

Sweet!

**Tronbot2600**

Great news!

I loved the old games and anything to get the miniature game some traction is fantastic with me!

**VermGho5t**

Interesting. I wonder how much of a comparison it will be to Mechwarrior, once both of these are released.

**Noisy_Marine**

Certainly looks interesting.

**warboss**

It's about time!

Great news! I've been wishing for a Heavy Gear game since playing the original Gears of War. A third person shooter would be a great fit. If they need any proof, have them play Space Marine!

**Ahtman**

It's about time. Heavy Gear 2 was great fun.

**warboss**

Just make sure they skip the Aztec Rex Scifi channel Saturday movie quality cut scenes this time around. They were awesome back in the day when 16bit graphics were the alternative but those cardboard computer console sets haven't aged well in the years since!

**Vaktathi**

WHAT!

All my money...take it. In fact, I'm gonna go reinstall Heavy Gear 1 right now...

VermGho5t wrote:Interesting. I wonder how much of a comparison it will be to Mechwarrior, once both of these are released.

I'd imagine relatively little, MWO is an online head to head game, really it's more of a Team Deathmatch mech brawl, I'd be very surprised if they tried to go the same route here.

**Marrak**

...there was an animated series? o.O

Great news! I loved the fast pace of the game compared to Mechwarrior (admitted, I love both of them... stompy mechs are fun!) so I'm definitely looking forward to this. Can't wait for more info.

**Balance**

Marrak wrote:...there was an animated series? o.O

Yeah. The DP9 crew generally tries to forget about it ourselves, so don't feel bad for missing it. Here's a long-neglected page about it:

http://dp9.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125:heavy-gear-history-the-tv-series&catid=93:heavy-gear&Itemid=160

It is generally considered to be an in-canon Southern TV series aimed at the kiddie market. The actual series was apparently supposed to be targeted a bit older with storylines involving the CEF 2nd invasion and the opposing arena teams unifying as a Black Talon force or something, but this got dropped as it was considered too 'heavy' for the crowd Sony wanted to sell it to.

It's really not very good. The animation was good for the time, but has not aged particularly well. The writing is not terrible, but not great or particularly true to the original source material, either. I think the version Netflix had available had some commentary and the writers felt bad that they couldn't absorb the huge stack of material the guys gave them to work with.

**HoverBoy**

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!111!!!!
I loved the old games SOOOOOO MUUUCH.