As you may have read in the latest newsletter, I am working on a new game for the World Cup. If you missed the newsletter, then get over to www.newstargames.com and sign up! You can read the excerpt from the newsletter here...

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I'm afraid to say that development of New Star GP 2 is currently on hold. I know this will disappoint a lot of F1 fans out there but several factors conspired against its progress. Initially I intended to make NSGP2 a 3D game, but then decided it wasn't the right route. There were problems with the 3D engine and graphically it was below par. Going back to square one meant that I had wasted a lot of time and suddenly it was mid-March. Now this being a World Cup year it was vital that I started work...

I'm struggling with the idea of ditching the 3D version of New Star GP. It's taking far too much time to re-do the editor, create all of the 3D models and so on, and after a week away from it I'm looking at what I have so far with fresh eyes and I really don't think it looks that great. My original plan for NSGP2 was to add some new features, update the racing rules and update the teams and drivers. That in itself would take a few weeks to implement, and now with the added complexity of switching...

I thought I'd post a little info on the upcoming New Star GP 2. As you may have seen in the latest newsletter I have decided to move the game into the third dimension. Yes, it will be 3D and look quite different but essentially it is built on the same game engine and will feel very familiar to NSGP1 players, albeit with a few improvements. You can put the camera above the track for the original top-down view if you wish but what I like most about the early version of the game is playing it with...

New Star Tennis has been out for two weeks now and I am a little surprised at the lack of sales. It started so well over the launch weekend but tailed off very quickly. As often happens I rushed the release to coincide with a real life event and to be honest the game could have done with a lot more testing and refinement. However, I am now very happy with the game and think it fits nicely into the New Star catalogue.

The other problem is that there wasn't time to get any promotion...