Flouride Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) Bethesda seems to think that people can confuse "Scrolls" with "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and threatens Minecraft creatore over it. I seriously don't know what to say. Edit: Oh wait I got it. Next up the city of Bethesda. Clearly the city needs to be renamed! Edited August 5, 2011 by Flouride Hate the living, love the dead.
Tale Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Bethesda seems to think that people can confuse "Scrolls" with "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and threatens Minecraft creatore over it. I saw no indication of a threat. Granted, I haven't read the letter he was sent, but he didn't describe it as a threat either. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Malcador Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Seems slightly implicit, at least. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Morgoth Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Epic President: What's the point of Next-Gen consoles? Kinda agree, actually. Pop in your iPhone 8 via Micro-HDMI into your big screen and play Gears of War 4. Okay, not that it is actually that easy, but still... There's still the "issue" of funding and creating higher fidelity art assets. Nobody really wants to have a dev team of 500 people working on a Next-Gen title. Call me humble, but I'm still amazed at how pretty pixels todays consoles can render. Bioshock Infinite, Gears 3, Heavy Rain, they all look gorgeous. Rain makes everything better.
Sannom Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Penguin voiced by Nathan Drake Voice actor So, Steven Heck and Deadpool are voicing one of Batman's saner foe?
C2B Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 dev team of 500 people Off-Topic, but: Speaking of insane dev numbers. What game had the biggest dev team ever by the way? I can't really imagine an actual 500 person dev team since that would be kinda unpayable.
WDeranged Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 There was an interview with Todd Howard and Notch a few months ago, I remember the lighting made Todd look rather sinister and threatening...maybe it wasn't just lighting?
Morgoth Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) dev team of 500 people Off-Topic, but: Speaking of insane dev numbers. What game had the biggest dev team ever by the way? I can't really imagine an actual 500 person dev team since that would be kinda unpayable. Assassins Creed 2 had, at peak, 400 people working on it. And GTA IV I believe had a similar number, maybe even higher. Edited August 5, 2011 by Morgoth Rain makes everything better.
Niten_Ryu Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Team Bondi bankrupt/assets to be sold from Neogaf http://neogaf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=439822 That's good news. Universal justice Hopefully developers demand more rights in the future. Let's play Alpha Protocol My misadventures on youtube.
C2B Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) dev team of 500 people Off-Topic, but: Speaking of insane dev numbers. What game had the biggest dev team ever by the way? I can't really imagine an actual 500 person dev team since that would be kinda unpayable. Assassins Creed 2 had, at peak, 400 people working on it. And GTA IV I believe had a similar number, maybe even higher. Whats included in that number? Because the game has an ENORMUS amount of voice actors for the pedestrians. Judging by ingame-credits the dev team was around 100 people. Then again, Rockstar apparently likes to leave people out. (GTAIV) Edited August 5, 2011 by C2B
Morgoth Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 dev team of 500 people Off-Topic, but: Speaking of insane dev numbers. What game had the biggest dev team ever by the way? I can't really imagine an actual 500 person dev team since that would be kinda unpayable. Assassins Creed 2 had, at peak, 400 people working on it. And GTA IV I believe had a similar number, maybe even higher. Whats included in that number? Because the game has an ENORMUS amount of voice actors for the pedestrians. Judging by ingame-credits the dev team was around 100 people. Then again, Rockstar apparently likes to leave people out. (GTAIV) Nah, pretty sure the Ubisoft Montreal CEO said it was 400 people, including people from other Ubi Studios. Though I'm not sure anymore it was AC2 or Brotherhood. Rain makes everything better.
Tale Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8519901309/be...-the-full-story Bethesda is actually suing them and a demand for money. Now I can suggest there's an absurdity here. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Morgoth Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 American companies sure love to sue the hell out of others... Rain makes everything better.
Flouride Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 I don't know how they even think they can win that case in a European court. Unless Swedish court is some sort of a joke. But then again maybe it's just them trying to bully others... It sure has worked fine against Interplay Hate the living, love the dead.
Morgoth Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Eurogamer previews Dishonored Rain makes everything better.
Morgoth Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 EA2D becomes BioWare San Francisco Rain makes everything better.
Morgoth Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Epic Games working on new unannounced IP Rain makes everything better.
Nepenthe Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 EA2D becomes BioWare San Francisco Bioware having a dedicated 2d studio has the potential to be either awesome, or the factory of saddest facebook franchise knock-off games in the history of mankind. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions
Drowsy Emperor Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 EA2D becomes BioWare San Francisco Bioware having a dedicated 2d studio has the potential to be either awesome, or the factory of saddest facebook franchise knock-off games in the history of mankind. Don't choke: I agree. И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно.
Gorth Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 EA2D becomes BioWare San Francisco Bioware having a dedicated 2d studio has the potential to be either awesome, or the factory of saddest facebook franchise knock-off games in the history of mankind. Hey, DA2 looked like a japanese Manga, might as well turn it into a QTE franchise on iPhones! As for the Bethesda lawsuit... makes you wonder if they do it out of a sense of obligation (a google search by their lawyers came up with hits on keywords in their up coming game title) or they (the lawyers) are just trying to justify their payroll by appearing to be doing something. Their performance against Interplay hasn't exactly earned them much bonus I would guess. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Slowtrain Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Being sued by Bethie will probably increase their sales by a huge amount; it's great publicity. ALl they have to do is change the name from scrolls to scrulls and they're good to go and then they can email Bethie a thank you note. It's still a petty move by Bethie, but it shouldn't hurt the developers at all. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
Nightshape Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 (edited) Bodycount Dev Diary Pt2 Some article gushing blah. Edited August 6, 2011 by Nightshape I came up with Crate 3.0 technology. Crate 4.0 - we shall just have to wait and see.Down and out on the Solomani RimNow the Spinward Marches don't look so GRIM!
HoonDing Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 ALl they have to do is change the name from scrolls to scrulls and they're good to go and then they can email Bethie a thank you note. Yes, and then they'd get sued by Marvel Comics The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Volourn Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 And, people feared that BIO would be no more after a couiple of eyars udner EA.. yet, EA seems to be giving them a bigger push. Then again, when you spend a billion dollars on soemthing you don' t just c rap all over it. R00fles! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
Drowsy Emperor Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Even the EA suits have enough brains to realize that affiliating Bioware (a successful company and name) with EA (which has a mixed reputation at best), does damage to the former and nothing for the latter. The only intelligent option is to have them in your pocket but under their own name and doing their own thing. И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно.
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