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http://www.lighthouse-interactive.com/

http://www.eic-game.com

Looks to be very interesting, something to interest the players here. Coming out this fall. Anyone heard of it?

Yes, absolutely sure.

The bankruptcy of Lighthouse merely delayed it, they were the publisher, not the developer.

The company who made the game is the Finnish company Nitro Games. Their new publisher is Paradox Interactive.

There will be a number of trading items: 11 different export items, from iron to silver wares. There are 12 different generic trade items, from precious stones to rice. And then there are the valuable trade goods, the main trade items in demand everywhere: Coffee, diamonds, exotic furs, gold, ivory, porcelain, silk, spices, and of course, tea.

That makes 32 items total. Prices change like in Patrician, depending upon supply and demand.

You can get export items only from your Home Port and they are the cargo you should sell to foreign ports, from Africa to India. They are not as valuable as silk or diamonds for example, but you can still make some profit out of them. Home ports depend on your nation; Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Portugal, Denmark, France, England, Sweden and Spain.

Generic trade items can be found in foreign ports and they are good supplements when there is not enough main trade items to go around.

Some videos are posted here: Part 1: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/eastin…veloper-movie-1

Part 2: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/eastin…=videos;title;1

The speaker has a pretty heavy accent in English, but you can see some parts of the game in action. A number of screenshots are available at the Finnish site: http://plaza.fi/edome/arvostelut/east-india-company-ennakko

Overall, it looks like a combination of some of the better features of Port Royale and Patrician.

I don't know ...

Meanwhile, here is another video with a much closer look at trading, combat, etc: http://www.fz.se/filmer/20090603/east-in…?ist=1244066400

Ignore the commercial at the start for Sacred 2, EIC does come on. Beautiful ocean rendering, trade looks quite familiar for any player of Patrician or the Port Royale series.

Release date is out. July 28th, in USA. No word on Europe yet. In dollars, 39.99 from Amazon.

Another you tube video. Pause it to check out the screens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAo23-eL73k