press-release

New York, NY-Matthew Schlanger, president of Black Hammer Productions and Nikita Mikros, of Flying Mikros Interactive, have launched a new gaming company, Black Hammer Game. "I'm very excited about this new partnership," says Schlanger, "Nik brings real technical depth to Black Hammer Game. I've known Nik a long time and it's great to finally be able to combine our assets. Nik is both an elegant game designer and a great programmer."

New York, NY-If you have, or know, any children between the ages of 6 and 10, chances are that you're aware of Scholastic's I Spy CD-ROM series. You may have already noticed the Black Hammer logo prominently displayed on the side of the box. "I still get excited when I see I Spy on the shelf in my neighborhood software store. I love showing my son our logo right up there on the shelf with all of these games he loves to play," says Black Hammer President Matthew Schlanger. The I Spy titles earned their place on the shelves with the following awards and reviews:

I Spy Fantasy

Columbia University selected Black Hammer to develop the new Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory website (http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/) as a resource for the public, scientists, and students of the University.

Black Hammer created a web 2.0 solution that completely updated the LDEO web presence, and was a great fit for the LDEO community. The site was developed in Drupal, the open source web development and content management system.