| BOSTON UNIVERSITY LECTURE TONIGHT BY DR. DAVIS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN VIDEO GAMES |
NOVEMBER 28, 2007 |
| BOSTON UNIVERSITY’S METROPOLITAN COLLEGE ADDS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN MULTIMEDIA AND VIDEO GAME ENGINEERING Game Industry Pioneer to Launch Program With Lecture About Artificial Intelligence |
NOVEMBER 19, 2007 |
| MAD DOC SOFTWARE CEO NAMED BOSTON’S ‘ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR’
Dr. Ian Lane Davis to be Honored as First ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce 2007 Small Business of the Year
Awards |
OCTOBER 16, 2007 |
| CHAMBER TO HONOR TWO LOCAL COMPANIES AND ONE ENTREPRENEUR AT THE 23rd ANNUAL ‘SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS’ |
OCTOBER 16, 2007 |
| CHAMBER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2007 ‘SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR’ AWARDS Dr. Ian Lane Davis to be Honored at October 18 Luncheon |
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 |
| THE MAD DOCTOR’S ‘STRATEGIES FOR STRATEGY GAME AI’ ON TAP FOR UC SANTA CRUZ WINTER’07 CS COURSE: Games and AI Instructor Michael Mateas’ Strategic Intelligence Lecture Delves Into The Mad Doctor’s Strategies |
AUGUST 1, 2007 |
| DR. IAN LANE DAVIS TO SPEAK AT THIS MONTH’S BOSTON POST MORTEM JULY 18 The Doctor Takes a Look at the Relationship Between Character AI and Character Design in Games |
JULY 5, 2007 |
| MAD DOC AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS CALL FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION Transmedial Interactions and Digital Games Workshop in Salzburg, Austria |
JUNE 12, 2007 |
| MAD DOC AIIDE’07 REGISTRATION REMINDER Artificial Intelligence and Digital Entertainment Conference Date June 6-8, 2007, Stanford, CA |
APRIL 1, 2007 |
| MAD DOC CALL FOR AIIDE’07 PAPERS SUBMISSION DEADLINE REMINDER Submissions due February 24, |
FEBRUARY 1, 2007 |
| MAD DOC CALL FOR PAPERS: AIIDE'07 WORKSHOP ON OPTIMIZING PLAYER SATISFACTION |
JANUARY 1, 2007 |
| STAR TREK: LEGACY™ FOR XBOX 360™ AND WINDOWS SHIPS TO NORTH AMERICAN RETAIL STORES Epic Game of Starfleet Command Spans Entire Star Trek® Universe and Features Voices of all Five Captains |
DECEMBER 15, 2006 |
| LEGACY FOR PC SHIPS TO STORES The Highly Anticipated Strategy/Action Game, STAR TREK: Legacy™ for Windows has Shipped to North American Retail Stores |
DECEMBER 7, 2006 |
| UBISOFT TO PUBLISH STAR TREK® Ubisoft to Publish new Bethesda Star Trek® Games in Europe This December |
OCTOBER 24, 2006 |
| BETHESDA SOFTWORKS ANNOUNCES SHIP DATES FOR STAR TREK® TITLES Star Trek®: Encounters, STAR TREK: Tactical Assault™, and STAR TREK: Legacy™ to Ship as Franchise Celebrates 40th Anniversary |
OCTOBER 02, 2006 |
| ROD ABERNETHY AND JASON GRAVES SCORE BIG WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR STAR TREK: LEGACY, STAR TREK: TACTICAL ASSAULT & STAR TREK: ENCOUNTERS
Award-Winning Composers Write Epic Sci-Fi Orchestral Music for Upcoming
Blockbuster Video Games to Coincide With 40 th Anniversay of Star Trek |
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 |
| THE PROFESSOR’S BACK! CHECK THE MAD DOCTOR’S SECOND FALL MIT COURSE “AI IN VIDEO GAMES AND SERIOUS GAMES” Massachusetts Institute of Technology Welcomes Back Dr. Davis |
SEPTEMBER 01, 2006 |
| ALL
FIVE STAR TREK® CAPTAINS TO VOICE BETHESDA SOFTWORKS VIDEO GAME MARKING
THE FIRST TIME THE PRINCIPAL STARS OF THE LEGENDARY SERIES HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN A SINGLE STAR TREK PROJECT TOGETHER |
AUGUST 14, 2006 |
| BETHESDA SOFTWORKS ANNOUNCES INVOLVEMENT OF FAMED STAR TREK® WRITER D.C. FONTANA FOR UPCOMING GAMES Fontana Brings Experience and Vision to Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: Tactical Assault Projects |
AUGUST 04, 2006 |
| MAD DOC® TO OPEN SEATTLE ART STUDIO |
JUNE 25, 2006 |
| DR. DAVIS CHAIRS SESSION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DIGITIAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE 2006: An Abstraction Framework for Cooperation Among Agents and People in a Virtual World |
JUNE 21, 2006 |
| PRESENTING EMPIRE EARTH II: PLATINUM Rule as Never Before With the Definitive Strategy Collection |
JUNE 20, 2006 |
| THE MAD DOCTOR MODERATES KEY PANEL AT E3 2006 Industry Leaders Weigh in on “Perfecting the mix of Story, Character Development, and Interactivity” in Games |
MAY 11, 2006 |
| PC GAMER MAGAZINE AWARDED MAD DOC SOFTWARE’S NEW PC COMPUTER GAME ‘EMPIRE EARTH II’ WITH AN OUTSTANDING ‘EDITOR’S CHOICE’ 94% |
APRIL 15, 2005 |
| AIIDE OPEN RTS GAME AI COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES ANNOUNCED
The Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
Conference (AIIDE) Programming Committee Calls for Best AI Work |
APRIL 12, 2006 |
| MAD DOC SOFTWARE AND ECD SYSTEMS' PARTNERSHIP PREVENTS UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OF SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE; Patent-Pending Technology to Protect Software Property During Military Testing Scenarios |
MARCH 28, 2006 |
| MAD DOC BRINGS “VOICE RECOGNITION IN COMPUTER GAMES” TO LIFE AT BROWN UNIVERSITY |
MARCH 15, 2006 |
| THE BORDERS HAVE BEEN REDRAWN Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy Released |
FEBRUARY 24, 2006 |
| EMPIRE EARTH II: THE ART OF SUPREMACY SHIPS TO RETAIL STORES WORLDWIDE FOR PC
Expansion Pack to Award-Winning Empire Earth® II Adds new Campaigns,
new Units and new Civilizations to Combat and Conquer |
FEBRUARY 23, 2006 |
| EMPIRE EARTH® II ASSERTS SUPREMACY Art of Supremacy Expansion Goes Gold |
FEBRUARY 06, 2006 |
| BETHESDA SOFTWORKS OBTAINS STAR TREK LICENSE
AND ANNOUNCES TWO GAMES Legacy and Tactical Assault to be Released on Next-Gen Consoles, Handhelds, and PC |
JANUARY 24, 2006 |
| EMPIRE EARTH II WINS ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES (AIAS) "STRATEGY GAME OF THE YEAR" FINALIST HONORS! |
JANUARY 13, 2006 |
| NVIDIA CHOOSES SIERRA GAMES FOR CES SHOWCASE |
JANUARY 06, 2006 |
| DR. DAVIS NAMED TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ADVISORY BOARD McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Welcomes the Mad Doctor to the Board |
JANUARY 01, 2006 |
| THE MAD DOCTOR TO SPEAK AT MIT HOSTED FRENCH-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION IN THE GAME INDUSTRY |
NOVEMBER 04, 2005 |
| THE MAD DOCTOR PRESENTS “CHARACTERS IN VIDEO GAMES” AT MERRIMACK COLLEGE |
OCTOBER 24, 2005 |
| AWARD-WINNING PC STRATEGY GAME EMPIRE EARTH® II TO EXPAND EMPIRE WITH ADD-ON IN FEBRUARY 2006 Empire Earth® II: The Art of Supremacy Expansion Pack Adds new Campaigns, new Units and new Civilizations to Combat and Conquer |
OCTOBER 20, 2005 |
| EMPIRE EARTH II ART OF SUPREMACY EXPANSION PACK ANNOUNCED
Sierra Entertainment and Mad Doc Software Developing First Expansion
Pack for Best-Selling Strategy Game, Empire Earth II, Scheduled for
Release Spring 2006 |
OCTOBER 11, 2005 |
| MAD DOC’S CEO ACCEPTS GUEST PROFESSORSHIP AT MIT “Fall MIT Topics in Comparative Media Studies Class: ‘Characters in Video Games’” |
SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 |
| MAD DOC’S CEO KEY INVITED SPEAKER AT IJCAI’05 SCOTLAND WORKSHOP ON REASONING, REPRESENTATION AND LEARNING IN COMPUTER GAMES |
JULY 29, 2005 |
| MAD DOC CEO APPOINTED EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE JOURNAL OF GAME DEVELOPMENT |
JUNE 01, 2005 |
| MAD DOC SOFTWARE’S DR. DAVIS TO MODERATE E3 2005 PANEL
“Developing Better Characters, Better Stories: How a Game Character’s
Emotion, Passion, and Intelligence Make the Game Experience Real” |
MAY 18, 2005 |
| MAD DOC SOFTWARE UNVEILS EMPIRE EARTH® II “THE NEW KING OF REAL-TIME STRATEGY GAMING” With PC Gamer and IGN.com Editor’s Choice Nods, Empire Earth II Ships to Critical Acclaim |
MAY 02, 2005 |
| EMPIRE EARTH® II GOES GOLD! Epic Real-Time Strategy Sequel Hits Shelves |
APRIL 28, 2005 |
| EMPIRE EARTH® II SHIPS TO RETAIL STORES Lead an Empire in the Sequel to GameSpy’s 2001 “PC Game of the Year” |
APRIL 26, 2005 |
| GAMEBRYO® POWERS NEW GRAPHIC FEATURES IN EMPIRE EARTH®II Mad Doc® Software Uses Vivendi Universal Games’ Gamebryo License |
APRIL 26, 2005 |
| MAD DOC NAMED ICIC-INC. MAGAZINE “2005 COMPANY TO WATCH” |
APRIL 20, 2005 |
| TOP GAME INDUSTRY LUMINARIES TO PRESENT AT FIRST ANNUAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE |
APRIL 19, 2005 |
| AIIDE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPENS
Join Empire Earth II Creative Director Ian Davis and Other Leading
Minds at the Upcoming Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital
Entertainment (AIIDE) Conference |
APRIL 19, 2005 |
| EMPIRE EARTH® II MULTIPLAYER DEMO COMING APRIL 4TH New Demo to Include Both Single- and Multi-Player Options |
MARCH 30, 2005 |
| EMPIRE EARTH® II AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER |
MARCH 17, 2005 |
| MAD DOC® SOFTWARE’S DR. DAVIS INVITED PANELIST FOR GAME DEVELOPER’S CONFERENCE (GDC) 2005 “Can the Cost of Piracy be Measured?” |
MARCH 09, 2005 |
| MAD DOC SOFTWARE TO UTILIZE ECD SYSTEMS, INC. TECHNOLOGY |
FEBRUARY 28, 2005 |
| EMPIREEARTH2.COM IS LIVE |
FEBRUARY 22, 2005 |
| MAD DOC®’S CEO TO PRESENT “CHARACTERS IN VIDEO GAMES" AT MERRIMACK COLLEGE |
FEBRUARY 20, 2005 |
| MAD DOC® SOFTWARE’S DR. DAVIS TO PRESENT "GET A LIFE: HOW AI IN VIDEO GAMES MAKES CHARACTERS COME ALIVE" AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY |
FEBRUARY 11, 2005 |
| DR. IAN LANE DAVIS APPOINTED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR
ECD SYSTEMS, INC. |
FEBRUARY 01, 2005 |
| MAD DOC SOFTWARE’S DR. DAVIS TO PRESENT "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN GAMES" AT UPCOMING MIT WORKSHOP |
JANUARY 27, 2005 |
| EMPIRE EARTH II FEATURED AT THE WORLD CYBER GAMES EXPOSITION |
OCTOBER 11, 2004 |
| CHARLES RIVER MEDIA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DR. DAVIS TO JOURNAL OF GAME DEVELOPMENT (JOGD) EDITORIAL BOARD |
OCTOBER, 2004 |
| VU GAMES ANNOUNCES GAME LINEUP FOR WORLD CYBER GAMES CHAMPIONSHIP EXPO |
SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 |
| MAD DOC® SOFTWARE CEO APPOINTED TO THE JOURNAL OF GAME DEVELOPMENT EDITORIAL BOARD |
AUGUST 30, 2004 |
| NDL TO RELEASE GAMEBRYO® 1.2 IN OCTOBER Mad Doc’s Upcoming Empire Earth II to Leverage NDL’s 3D Graphics Technology Platform |
AUGUST 11, 2004 |
| MAD DOC® SOFTWARE’S DR. DAVIS TO PRESENT "STRENGTH OF
CHARACTER: AI PERSONALITIES IN VIDEO GAMES" AT UPCOMING
AAAI-04 CONFERENCE |
JULY 29, 2004 |
| MAD DOC® SOFTWARE TO USE GAMEBRYO® IN VIVENDI
UNIVERSAL GAMES' EMPIRE EARTH® II |
MAY 14, 2004 |
| VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES ANNOUNCES GLOBAL PRODUCT LINE-UP FOR 2004 ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (E3) VU Games Showcases 18 Multi-Platform Releases, Including Empire Earth II |
MAY 06, 2004 |
| VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES ANNOUNCES EMPIRE EARTH® II Award-Winning Real-Time Strategy Formula Gets Refined in Upcoming Sequel |
APRIL 26, 2004 |
| MAD DOC’S DUNGEON SIEGE®: LEGENDS OF ARANNA™ FINALIST FOR ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS & SCIENCES
COMPUTER ROLE PLAYING GAME OF THE YEAR HONORS |
FEBRUARY 24, 2004 |
| SEIZE THE DOWNLOAD! FREE DUNGEON SIEGE: LEGENDS OF ARANNA BONUS ADVENTURE NOW AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS XP GAMERS |
FEBRUARY 10, 2004 |
| GET READY TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY! DUNGEON SIEGE: LEGENDS OF ARANNA NOW AVAILABLE |
NOVEMBER 12, 2003 |
| NEW ADVENTURES DRAW NEAR AS DUNGEON SIEGE: LEGEDS OF ARANNA GOES GOLD |
OCTOBER 24, 2003 |
| CREATE A LEGENDARY WEB SITE WITH DUNGEON SIEGE: LEGENDS OF ARANNA FAN SITE KIT |
OCTOBER 20, 2003 |
| DON’T GET LOST IN THE JUNGLE! PRE-ORDER DUNGEON SIEGE: LEGENDS OF ARANNA AND RECEIVE BONUS CLOTH MAP |
OCTOBER 16, 2003 |
| WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE! DUNGEON SIEGE: LEGENDS OF ARANNA SITE LAUNCHES |
SEPTEMBER 27, 2003 |
| EXPLORE DUNGEON SIEGE: LEGENDS OF ARANNA THIS FALL New Spells to Cast, new Creatures to kill and new Lands to
Explore |
JULY 10, 2003 |
| VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES OFFERS GAMERS EPIC DEAL WITH EMPIRE EARTH: GOLD EDITION New Product Combines Original
Empire Earth PC Game and Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest Expansion for one low Price |
MARCH 04, 2003 |
| ACTIVISION TO OFFER GAMERS FOUR TIMES THE ADVENTURE IN THE STAR TREK™ ACTION PACK |
OCTOBER 16, 2002 |
| SIERRA SHIPS EMPIRE EARTH: THE ART OF CONQUEST, ADD-ON TO 2001'S GAME OF THE YEAR "Epic" Once Again too Small a
Word to Describe Expansion Pack That Adds new Content |
SEPTEMBER 17, 2002 |
OVER 100 GAMES ENABLING ATI’S INDUSTRY LEADING
WILL BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR |
MAY 22, 2002 |
| THE NEXT GENERATION LIVES ON WITH THE RELEASE OF
ACTIVISION'S STAR TREK®: ARMADA II |
NOVEMBER 19, 2001 |
| JANE’S® ATTACK SQUADRON FLIES AGAIN COURTESY OF MAD DOC™ SOFTWARE
Harnessing the Talents of Jane’s® Attack Squadron’s Original Core Team
Members, Mad Doc™ Breathes new Life Into This Eagerly Anticipated Gem |
OCTOBER 11, 2001 |
| MAD DOC™ SOFTWARE SECURES JANE’S® ATTACK SQUADRON DEAL
With Finishing Touches Being Placed on Activision’s Star Trek®: Armada
II, Mad Doc™ Teams Gear up to Bring Jane’s® Attack Squadron to Life |
SEPTEMBER 01, 2001 |
| NAME YOUR GAME – THEN IMAGINE IT IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT |
MARCH 22, 2001 |
| ACTIVISION ASSEMBLES THE FLEET FOR STAR TREK® ARMADA II |
FEBRUARY 14, 2001 |
