The Gaming News Thread

**frogbeastegg** · 09-11-2009, 17:25

There's a great deal in the UK version of the sale. X-COM complete bundle, was 95p, now £5!

Oops, forgot what I came here to post. LucasArts have revealed the new game they have been teasing us with. Lucidity, a side scrolling 2D platform puzzle game.

**Monk** · 09-11-2009, 20:05

So a serious post from me here. Never thought you'd see that did you?

Did you know it's been close to twenty years since Wolfenstein 3D hit the scene back in '92? Yep. That masterpiece that (many claim) completely redefined the FPS genre and paved the way for modern classics. Sure doesn't look like much today, but back then it was the game.

You may have heard about its contemporary incarnation, and how the developers ain't doing so hot. Apparently the sales for Wolfenstein are absolutely abysmal and missed the Top Ten software for the month of August by a mile.*

So what to make of all this news of layoffs, poor sales and mediocre reviews? That maybe sometimes we should let sleeping franchises lie. A shame too, I really loved RTCW.

*I mean really. beaten by Fossil Fighters? Ouch.

**Greyblades** · 09-14-2009, 17:37

Bethesda is peeved.

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 09-14-2009, 19:39

It may make sense from a cutthroat business persepective in the short term, but that's pretty damning evidence that they don't care at all about the original Fallout games. Hopefully it comes back to bite them.

**Monk** · 09-15-2009, 07:00

A really strange and disturbing turn of events. To be told "You're in breach of contract" for profiting from the IP you originally created. You can read a little bit more background from the Fallout Wikia's article on Interplay.

Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good

It may make sense from a cutthroat business persepective in the short term, but that's pretty damning evidence that they don't care at all about the original Fallout games. Hopefully it comes back to bite them.

It makes sense, they(Bethesda) bought full rights to the Fallout franchise (and paid a lot of money for it) and expect to be in control of that IP. It looks like Interplay has been cutting them out of the loop which is not at all cool, and from a little research it looks like things have been brewing since April.

We'll see how things turn out, but it doesn't look good for Interplay.

**Greyblades** · 09-16-2009, 07:32

Blogger called to court for bad Evony preview.

**Meneldil** · 09-16-2009, 11:25

Wow, people working around Evony should be put to death right now. It's even more ridiculous than I thought.

Some comments on a Gardian article explain how some guy complained to the company about receiving 100+ evony spams a day. The guy working for evony basically told him to stfu and not even start threatening them.