Original sentence: Smart who had continued to work on improving his game, in 1998 announced a deal with Interplay whereby the latter would distribute an improved version of the original game (dubbed BC3K v2.0) through its Value Product Division
Edited sentence: Smart who had continued to work on improving his game as he had originally envisioned, in 1998 announced a deal with Interplay whereby the latter would distribute an improved version of the original game (dubbed BC3K v2.0) through its Value Product Division