[Black Wolf]

As part of THQ's bankruptcy process, Volition Inc., the company behind Freespace, was sold recently to Koch Media for a cool $22.3 million. Obviously, it's still early days, and there's no news regarding what the sale will mean for the company or any impact this may have on the Freespace franchise (if any at all).

[An4ximandros]

PLEASESOMEONEBUYFREESPACEANDMAKEITOPENDOMAIN! I can dream right?

[yuezhi]

you have every right to. also i think there's your new custom message

[Jouzin]

hmm so Koch Media is responsible for X2 and X3  and Volition is responsible for Freespace 1 and 2.
Maybe my fool's hope but Freespace 3 in near future maybe ? 

[Lorric]

Ha.

They should just hire the people here to make their Freespace 3 for them.

It's not even that farfetched a thing to say. This is a dead genre. Who really has experience making such games these days? Meanwhile, people here have been doing it for years.

EDIT: Just the thought of EVERYONE who's anyone on here all on one big team to make a single game with a developer's budget behind them is mouthwatering.

[MatthTheGeek]

I have nothing but horrible feelings about all of this.

[Lorric]

I have nothing but horrible feelings about all of this.

Why? Surely nothing bad can come of it?

Chances are they won't do anything at all, I'd be very surprised if they actually wanted to create a Freespace 3, and if they don't, then nothing happens.

[MatthTheGeek]

I have nothing but bad feelings because all of a sudden everyone and their kitchen sink is getting ideas about the Freespace license, be it on the dev side or the fan side. And NOTHING good can come from that.

If FS3 happens or even seems it could happen, I give days before the community fragments itself to oblivion. This is really scaring me to the highest level.

I'm at a point where I'd rather Volition had been closed instead.

[Dark RevenantX]

FreeSpace 3 (getting the overpriced license, marketing the franchise all over again, etc) is so far from cost-effective that they would, in all likelihood, not use the license.  The best we could hope for is a spiritual sequel.

[The E]

I have nothing but bad feelings because all of a sudden everyone and their kitchen sink is getting ideas about the Freespace license, be it on the dev side or the fan side. And NOTHING good can come from that.

If FS3 happens or even seems it could happen, I give days before the community fragments itself to oblivion. This is really scaring me to the highest level.

I'm at a point where I'd rather Volition had been closed instead.

Oh, get over yourself already. Speculations about FS3 do not hurt anyone. Speculations about Volition's fate do not hurt anyone. Even if FS3 happens, it would not have the apocalyptic consequences you seem determined to believe in (I would like to think that we, as a community, are more resilient than you give us credit).

And wishing that Volition would have closed? What kind of bull**** is that? makes more (and more profitable!) things than FS these days.

[MatthTheGeek]

You don't get to tell me what I have to do. I'd rather someone here thinks about the **** that is eventually going to happen, rather than we all happily head straight into the wall.

[The E]

The thing is, you choose a pessimistic stance on the issue by the default, while I choose an optimistic one.

[Lorric]

What is the issue? Why would this place tear itself up?

[MatthTheGeek]

You mean between those that would like to create a new forum to deal with FS3, those that would rather everything FS stays at HLP, those that will think FS3 ruined FS, those that will think FS3 is better than FS1 and FS2, those that will think we should port all FS2 mods to FS3, those that will think we should stop developing FSO, those that will think it is good FS3 brought new people, those that will think it invalidated all post-Capella mods...

Oh look, I've already come up with more than half a dozen ways for the community to tear itself up in about 30 seconds. You've got enough or you want me to go on ? I've just started to scratch the tip of the iceberg here.

[0rph3u5]

What is the issue? Why would this place tear itself up?

Because with a new installment of the series new cannon lines will be drawn (not necessarily moving the canon forward) ... and the FS-Community as produced some really good fanon/fan-fiction over the years that might find itself invalidated. Add to that there is no pleaseing everyone,  conflicts based on personal tastes are bound to appear and since they will run along the fanon-vs-canon- or installment-X-vs-Y-lines they might get bitter very fast.

EDIT: Okay, this is much of the meat of what Matth just posted

I'm sceptical if something FS-related other than a spiritual successor will come out of it, and even that might be years away. Volition's current market-value is solely based on Saint's Row: The Third's rumoured successor and possible profits it holds for Koch Media. So sit back, don't get excited and have another beer.

[QuantumDelta]

If it used the same physics style as FS, and had an active multi, I'd sure "move my focus", but that doesn't mean I wouldn't enjoy FS2 like I enjoy FS1 now (well okay, FS1 >  FS2, but still.. *grins at Battuta*) and it doesn't mean I wouldn't be around for the FSO guys if they continued on (which, honestly, why wouldn't they? they've done amazing work so far).

[Colonol Dekker]

I can see a bigger divide/argument over post sale not being canon. I'm sure it's come up before somewhere..

This is all hypothetical anyway. Unless Admiral Bosch and a Vasudan end up in Saints Row 4 i doubt we'll see the Shivans this side of actually colonising Capella.

[Deepstar]

I do not think, that this will affect Freespace anyway. It is the same after THQ bought Volition back then... you never heard from Summoner 3, Descent 4 or FreeSpace 3 again.



And i have to say, i do not want a FreeSpace 3... a few years ago one from HLP interviewed one of the guys and we know, they never thought about how to solute this shivan problem created in FreeSpace 2 with a fleet of juggernaughts that can blow up stars or what happened to Aken Bosch.

We have many theories we can play in fan-made campaigns and we can choose which continuiation we like the most. An official sequel could destroy it, i think, because we would know "No, it is a complete different story". And because do not have a master plan when they created the story of FreeSpace 2, they would think about a story for FS3 only today, where their thoughs can be already influenced by Blue Planet, Inferno or other "Sequel-Total Conversions" they heard of... i do not think, that this is worth it, at all.


I think the best official sequel is, if there are no official sequel... :-)

[Colonol Dekker]

But they had a script and a reference bible

[Sandwich]

You mean between those that would like to create a new forum to deal with FS3, those that would rather everything FS stays at HLP, those that will think FS3 ruined FS, those that will think FS3 is better than FS1 and FS2, those that will think we should port all FS2 mods to FS3, those that will think we should stop developing FSO, those that will think it is good FS3 brought new people, those that will think it invalidated all post-Capella mods...

Oh look, I've already come up with more than half a dozen ways for the community to tear itself up in about 30 seconds. You've got enough or you want me to go on ? I've just started to scratch the tip of the iceberg here.

So you're saying that once the community has differing opinions about something, we'll no longer be able to work together?