RIP Iron Lore

[Hell³]

Pues el buen caffo me comento esto que leyo y que a mi la verdad se me paso en mis lecturas diarias de noticias. Ni hablar, adios Titan Quest 2 y supongo que el soporte a Soulstorm pasara a manos de Relic

Iron Lore studios, developers of Titan Quest and the upcoming Warhammer 40K Dawn of War expansion Soulstorm, officially announced it ceased operations on Feb. 19. Iron Lore's notice states that the closure was due to "several unrelated events" which caused the company to not secure funding for its next project.

The notice goes on to give a contact email for any developers looking to hire the team and states Iron Lore is actively looking to license its "powerful and flexible engine and tool set." Soulstorm is set to release next week.

[Hell³]

mas del tema en gamasutra:

Titan Quest creator Iron Lore Entertainment has announced that it has closed its doors and ceased game development, due to lack of funding for its next project.

The Maynard, MA-based developer was founded in October 2000 by Age Of Empires co-creator Brian Sullivan and Paul Chieffo.

The company is chiefly known for creating the THQ-published PC action-RPG title Titan Quest, which helped it to win Best New Studio at the 2006 Game Developers Choice Awards. It had more recently worked on Dawn Of War: Soulstorm, an expansion for the Relic-developed PC real-time strategy series which is due out early next month.

A statement on the developer's website explains the closing as follows:

"It is with great regret that we must announce that as of close of business Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Iron Lore Entertainment has ceased active game development. Several unrelated events occurred which resulted in Iron Lore being unable to secure funding for its next project.

We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who has helped us in the last seven years – our team who moved mountains to create such great games, our publisher THQ who has been a great partner through three product development cycles, and most of all our customers and fans.

We owe all of the success we’ve had to you, and our greatest satisfaction has come from creating games that have given enjoyment to the community.

While Iron Lore will not continue, the talent of the team is embodied in the individuals now available for other opportunities."

More information on staff availability and engine licensing is available on the official Iron Lore website. Gamasutra and associated publication Game Developer is currently working with the Iron Lore principals to bring our readers more information on the company's closing.

[vampiro]

El pedo es que siempre son necesarios parches, pero ¿quien los hara? QUIEN!?? ¿quien los va a hacer?
(YO... EL BRUUUJOO!)

[HeliogabaluS]

pinche dinamica del mercado, soportando la falta de talento, quitando la originalidad por las convenciones que a los jugadores "casuales" o "informales" ni son capaces de notar o simplemente les da igual.

no se reconocen los riesgos, ni la complejidad artistica, ni mucho menos un gameplay profundo y novedoso.

no es la primera empresa chingona de a devis que vale madres...

todo esto se lo debemos a la proliferación de las consolas y sus 20 juegos al mes, muchos de ellos que son reiteraciones de lo mismo, solo con nombres diferentes o con un numero incremental al lado del título, a EA, que solo busca el negocio y no el avance del desarrollo, a los medios masivos que desean un standard regular no sobresaliente, siando mucho más facil de mabntener un nivel de mediocridad que realmente mover la porteria otros 50 metros y arriesgarse a perder dinero.
culpo tambien a la inminente recesión del mercado gabacho y a todos los miles de noobs bastardos a los que simplemente les da igual...

lo bueno que el soulstorm sale la semana entrante...
lástima de soporte, ora los dark eldar y las hermanitas seran los noobcrons de ayer, IMBA hasta kien sabe cuando...

el hilo en el relic news....
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=182934