defunct file-sharing website. The development of SS2 took about 6 months, and was halted by a hard drive crash that destroyed the only existing copy of the game's source code. Though no longer called "alpha," the last release was, according to Cowley, not nearly complete, but Cowley has nonetheless moved onto other projects since. Stick Soldiers 3 Stick Soldiers 3 was the next installment, rumored to cost roughly US$20 for the full version. Its release date was unknown for years; Russell hired six programmers since development had been progressing extremely slowly, but the staff since continuously declared that work is progressing rapidly. Some speculated that the game would be released by roughly mid-2007, though after a comment by Andrew Russell himself, most Stick Soldiers forum members believed the true release date was around 2008. On 26 August 2007, the development of Stick Soldiers 3 was canceled, as announced by staff leader Andrew Russell. External links Andrew Russell Studios Acid-Play's Stick Soldiers Download Page Acid-Play's Stick Soldiers 2 Download Page References Gamedev.net's Stick Soldiers Thread Windows games Run and gun games