- Catalyst Game Labs
Catalyst Game Labs was created in May 2007 by
InMediaRes Productions, LLC for the purpose of publishing print "ClassicBattleTech " and "Shadowrun " sourcebooks. [http://www.battlecorps.com/BC2/news.html?article=246 InMediaRes Productions, LLC forms imprint Catalyst Game Labs] (BattleCorps.com,May 15, 2007 )] In June 2007,Wizkids transferred the licenses for both "Classic BattleTech" and "Shadowrun" fromFanPro 's United States subsidiary to Catalyst, and in June 2008, Catalyst announced new novels for Shadowrun and Classic BattleTech, as well as the "MechWarrior series". [ citeweb|title=Catalyst Game Labs bring Classic BattleTech, Shadowrun, and MechWarrior novels back to bookstores |url=http://catalystgamelabs.com/2008/06/27/catalyst-game-labs-bring-classic-battletech-shadowrun-and-mechwarrior-novels-back-to-bookstores/ |author=Catalyst Game Labs|date=June 24 2008 ]Most of the individuals involved for the success of both "CBT" and "Shadowrun" at FanPro moved to Catalyst when it acquired the licenses.
Properties & Expansion
2008
Gen Con , Catalyst Game Labs was entering the casual gaming business (card oriented games) with new games Paparazzi & Ooze the Cook. [http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13118.html]
*Paparazzi - The card game casts players as celebrity-hounding paparazzi, competing with each other to take the best pictures of the biggest (and most controversial) stars in Hollywood. The game was created by Adam Jury, who has worked on previous CGL products as ClassicBattletech &Shadowrun .*Ooze the Cook - a light-hearted “beer and pretzels” game where up to four players take on the roles of slimes and jellies living in a tavern, trying to grow large enough to eat the tavern’s patrons and cook. The game features several random elements meant to symbolize the Oozes’ lack of cognitive thinking. The art for the game will be provided by John Kovalic (Dork Tower, Munchkin).
It was also announced in first quarter of 2009 that two need games will be released / published by CGL, named Eclipes Phase & Leviathans. [http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13146.html]
*Eclipse Phase is an RPG set in Earth’s far distant future, when humanity has achieved immortality by abandoning the need for physical bodies and transforming brain patterns into digital information. As a result, characters can change their bodies at will and always have a “backup copy” ready to deploy in case of “death.”
*Leviathans is a miniatures game about lighter-than-air battleships also due out in 2009. Subtitled “The Battle of Air Titans,” the game is set in an alternative version of the early 20th century.
Notes
External links
* [http://www.catalystgamelabs.com/ Company Web Site]
*BattleTechWiki|name=Catalyst_Game_Labs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
