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Sam & Max: back from the dead?

 

German developer Bad Brain dances around rumors that it will take over development of the cult favorite; official news due next week.

 

 

Staffers at German startup developer Bad Brain entertainment Ltd. laughed their way through a brief phone conversation today, confirming they would be posting news of their first major game assignment on Monday.

 

What exactly is that game? According to reports, Bad Brain has signed an agreement with LucasArts to take over development Sam & Max Freelance Police. When presented with the story the staffer did not confirm or deny the news, simply saying, "We will post news on our Web site Monday."

 

The sequel to the 1993 cult favorite Sam & Max Hit the Road, Freelance was being internally developed at LucasArts until last March, when it was unceremoniously canceled. Fans of the whimsical original cried foul, and created online petitions calling for work to resume on the sequel. When contacted by GameSpot, LucasArts reps declined to comment on the game's status.

 

Today's news, while short on specifics, should be fleshed out with additional data from Bad Brain next week.

 

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I hate to be one to break the mood, but unfortunately Bad Brain has failed to acquire Sam & Max 2.

 

Sam & Max Still Dead [January 29, 2005, 12:15 pm EST] - 17 Comments

 

Sam & Max back from the dead? on GameSpot reports on rumors that startup German developer bad brain entertainment might be announcing that they have taken up the abandoned development of Sam & Max Freelance Police. Unfortunately, according to a statement on the bad brain website by the company's CEO: "I didn't tell Gamespot anything like what they wrote. They called me at night and asked me about the news posted on Aventuraycia. I told them that there will be an offical [sic] statement on monday [sic]. Well after that call I decided to post the statement earlier (saturday) [sic]." This is to explain the confusion between that report and the actual news they have posted:

Negotiations with Lucas Arts failed. We won't get Sam & Max 2 (not the code, the artwork or anything else)

http://www.bad-brain.com/

 

spotted: www.bluesnews.com

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Wow, companies still make adventure games? Isnt that a sure way for a game to fail in the sales department?

Well, that depends on what you consider an 'adventure' game. Since the RPG and Adventure genres are becoming so difficult to tell from one another... ;)"

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Not to mention The Longest Journey, Grim Fandango and (noone will remember this one) Guild of Thieves!

Good old Magnetic Scrolls :)

 

Did you also play The Pawn ?

 

Wonder what became of them :)

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Here's for Day of the Tentacle!

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"It is more convenient to follow one's conscience than one's intelligence, for at every failure, conscience finds an excuse and an encouragement in itself. That is why there are so many conscientious and so few intelligent people." - Nietzsche

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Sad news, again. Thank god at least Funcom has money and skills so we'll Dreamfall. :)

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It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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The Hobbit still rules! :D

To think that when I played it I had no idea what a hobbit was.

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