A lot has happened since the original announcement of development plans.

At the time of the update's original announcement, analysts were sceptical.

The format of the spoof was similar to the original announcement.

The original announcement about two years ago led to more than 100 entrants; last March the agency cut the field to 25.

At the time of the original announcement, 15 of the maximum 48 seats had been taken.

At the time of the original announcement, the nine schools planned to expand to at least 12 members.

This plans were never put in practice until late 2005, though they were modified from the original announcements.

No information regarding the game has been released to the public or media since the game's original announcement.

The bank said last week that the losses were accumulated over five years, instead of the one-year time frame included in the original announcement.

For the year following its original announcement, Microsoft gave celebrities and talk show hosts a chance to try it out.