Railroad fut coins Tycoon from Pop Top Software will be the launch title for former ION Storm CEO Mike Wilson's hybrid publishing venture Gathering of Developers While the title has been in development for over a year Pop Top secured the Railroad Tycoon name and trademark from MircroProse just last Monday.
Pop Top discovered about two months ago that the game's then-working title Iron Horse was unavailable.
PopTop president Phil Steinmeyer told GameSpot News that Railroad Tycoon II is "very similar to Railroad Tycoon spiritually " Steinmeyer said that while the original Railroad Tycoon's gameplay was mostly concerned with operations the new title would have much more depth in the area of finances.