[IronForge]

COPYPASTA

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting Volition.  Unfortunately, there is no news concerning Descent / Freespace at this time.  If you would like to view the current games which are being developed at our studio, please navigate your browser to http://www.volition-inc.com/Games/.  We hope you continue to enjoy all that Volition has to offer in the future.

You’re not alone in wanting to see another Freespace become a reality.


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From: SilverLeaf ([email protected])

Subject: Any hope for FreeSpace?

Message:

Hi, I'll just ask the question that has been asked a million times already, just not recently. Is there any hope for the freepspace series? And any way the thousands of fans all over can help?
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Was a pretty rapid response too. got this mail within 48 hours.

[Scotty]

...We already knew this.  For a very long time.

[IronForge]

Yeah just felt no one asked for the last 3 months.

[Dark Hunter]

It comes back again and again to who holds the rights to the franchise, and unfortunately, that's not .

Interplay owns the rights, and unless that changes or they decide to hire someone to develop a new installment (not likely, as they're just barely getting back on their feet financially, and Freespace is not a likely money-maker), the franchise will not move forward.

It's been discussed a hundred times already. When Scotty said "a very long time", he was talking years. Three months is no time at all.

[IronForge]

Why didn't anyone tell me? Allright I'll go email interplay now with this.

[Blue Lion]

Good luck with that.

[sigtau]

Good luck with that.

Hehe, isn't that the truth. 

[General Battuta]

Why didn't anyone tell me? Allright I'll go email interplay now with this.

Could you please not? At best you're going to do nothing. At worst, you'll draw negative legal attention to this site (I have no idea what could possibly go wrong legally, mind, but I feel jittery.)

[Droid803]

As long as he doesn't mention us in the email, what would be the problem?
It'd just be like any other inquiry.

[General Battuta]

I just have nightmares about that one guy who emailed GoodOldGames and was like 'HOW DARE YOU PREVENT HLP FROM GIVING FS2 OUT FOR FREE!!!!!111111'

It made me paranoid.

[CP5670]

I just have nightmares about that one guy who emailed GoodOldGames and was like 'HOW DARE YOU PREVENT HLP FROM GIVING FS2 OUT FOR FREE!!!!!111111'

It made me paranoid.

I don't know if they even read that. Companies get email rants like that all the time, and just ignore them.

[Droid803]

Even if they did read it, they probably don't care seeing as it says that we've stopped doing it once they started selling it.

[General Battuta]

None of that is important. It was still a pretty scary situation and the HLP administration took it very seriously (to the point where someone, I believe Kara, wrote to GoG, and I think his letter got read...not sure though, he'd have to corroborate.)

The offending individual got banned at the time, for one.

[CP5670]

None of that is important. It was still a pretty scary situation and the HLP administration took it very seriously (to the point where someone, I believe Kara, wrote to GoG, and I think his letter got read...not sure though, he'd have to corroborate.)

Yes, and I thought it was a big overreaction on their part simply because of what I said earlier.

[Mongoose]

I don't think it was an overreaction so much as ensuring that our asses were well and truly covered.  While it's likely that nothing would have come of that letter in any case, letting them know that our policy was the exact opposite of that claim made doubly sure that nothing would.  Besides, being on friendly terms with GOG can only be a good thing for our community, as evidenced by their glowing recommendation of the SCP in a recent article.

[BlueFlames]

Was a pretty rapid response too. got this mail within 48 hours.

Form letters are pretty easy to get out quickly.

I'll mirror the sentiment about wanting to stay below Interplay's legal radar.  After all, if there's nothing to be gained, why tempt fate?

[IronForge]

Will tell ya when I get a response.

[Ziame]

Will tell ya when I get a response.

You didn't get the point, huh? They were asked about this things MANY AND MANY times, Interplay WON'T make FS3 until there's a market for it (guess what, now it's not a good time). Besides, we don't WANT INTERPLAY to make FS3: if this'll happen, only Volition should do it.

PS: I'll bet that if HLP'll get trouble because of your stubborn actions, you'll get 7,478 pissed of dudes at your door.


Anyway. Just let it go.

[Spoon]

PS: I'll bet that if HLP'll get trouble because of your stubborn actions

Like that's going to happen 
Overreacting seems to be happening here a lot.

[Akalabeth Angel]

Interplay's going to get mad at us because we like their games?