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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grey Wolf on November 30, 2001, 11:22:00 pm
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Most of this talks about Bioware, but it mentions that Parralax( (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/v.gif)'s parent company) is also suing intercrap:
On Thursday, November 29, 2001, Canadian software developer BioWare Corp. terminated its contract with Interplay Entertainment Corp. to develop its latest computer game, Neverwinter Nights. BioWare announced that, though it has ended its association with Interplay on the project, it is looking forward to releasing Neverwinter Nights on schedule, early in 2002. Development at BioWare is continuing on both Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic as well as on other as yet unannounced projects.
BioWare had previously filed lawsuits against Interplay, alleging that Interplay has breached contracts with BioWare by sublicensing distribution of BioWare games to third parties without the knowledge or consent of BioWare. BioWare had also joined with Illinois software developer Parallax in a lawsuit against Interplay alleging that Interplay, British Distributor Virgin Interactive, and the French company, Titus Interactive, had failed to pay royalties due BioWare and Parallax games, BioWare is the developer of a number of highly popular and successful award-winning computer games, including Shattered Steel, MDK2 (for the PC, Sega Dreamcast and Sony Playstation 2 platforms), Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and the recently-released Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
Parallax has developed a number of highly popular and successful award-winning computer games, such as Descent, Descent II, Descent II: The Infinite Abyss and Descent Freespace.
Here's the original article: http://www.gamespydaily.com/ (//"http://www.gamespydaily.com/")
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Good, serves the monkeys right...
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True, it does... but I thought Interplay ceased to exist? Oh well, poor Titus... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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I think that this is sort of old news. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) (heard of this a month ago)
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Yeah, but the suit is now actually taking some form, hrrrmmm...
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And the question on everyones lips is... what does this mean (if anything) for Freespace?
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BURN INTERPLAY BURN
When do the rats leave a ship, When its sinking...
but probably interplay just birbes the judge or something... theyve doen it before
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Oh yeah, not to much corporation bashing please - don't want to get noticed by the powers on high (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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I thought Parralax didn't exist anymore? Damn, Descent was one of thefirst real 3d mapped games! A real classic.
About Titus, I'm quite sad... back in the eighties, they were one of the best companies out there, they released so many great games... what have they turned into now? I can't even tell what game they have out for yaers now...
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I though Titus went down to doing lowly Console games, thats like prostition...
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I think Parallax still exists in some strange legal sense because of Descent and Descent 2 being still available (and readily) in stores.
If they win the legal arrangement, it might release them from their contracts and that could include Descent: FreeSpace. If that happened, and I don't know much about these kinds of things, but I think you could theoretically make Descent: FreeSpace 3 or something like that.
Who knows (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Well, the possibility is there.
*pray*
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Originally posted by IceFire:
I think Parallax still exists in some strange legal sense because of Descent and Descent 2 being still available (and readily) in stores.
I hear that...
...My local WH Smiths (magasine/card/music/book/computer game shop) still has Descent 2 on sale at (get this)... £29.99!
Gotta love UK pricing (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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yea all our shops dont releaise how old stuff is, i went to devon, and found someone selling blue peter book from 1970 at full retail price, and just for a laugh i asked the lady at the counter if this was the latest edition... i will let u guess what she said i was ROTFLMAO with my mates!
p.s i dont read bp books it was for a laugh
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Originally posted by Thunder:
...My local WH Smiths still has Descent 2 on sale at (get this)... £29.99!
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[This message has been edited by sandwich (edited 12-02-2001).]
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Originally posted by Thunder:
Originally posted by IceFire:
I think Parallax still exists in some strange legal sense because of Descent and Descent 2 being still available (and readily) in stores.
I hear that...
...My local WH Smiths (magasine/card/music/book/computer game shop) still has Descent 2 on sale at (get this)... £29.99!
Gotta love UK pricing (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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I can get it for 5 bucks. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) However, thats JUST the game. Not the add-on pack. I'm glad I got the "Infinite Abyss" package when it came out. Only paid $20 for it, and that was about 3 or 4 years ago.
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Well I have all three of the Descent games (although I still need to find the Descent 3 addon pack).
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Originally posted by sandwich:
(http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/eek.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wtf.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/eek.gif)
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Originally posted by Thunder:
Well I have all three of the Descent games (although I still need to find the Descent 3 addon pack).
go to Newport, South Wales...
I think Game Station still has it (D3:Mercenaries innit?) for £9.99... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Yeah, its Merc. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) I loved the B-side levels. In one of them you get to fly through Outrage's offices! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) Pity [V] couldn't do the same for FS2. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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"Oh and Kazan - you have some nice rocks" - Thunder
"stapled myself to an office chair, forgot about it, and was stuck for 2 hours for one thing" - Stryke 9
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Hmm, I'm sure I can find a copy more locally than Wales - but thanks for the heads up (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)