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Development of Stargate SG-1: The Alliance cancelled |
Posted Aug 9th, 01:43pm by Garner |
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JoWooD terminates development agreement with Perception
Rottenmann, Austria, 5th of August 2005; JoWooD regrets to be forced to cancel the development agreement with Perception, the Australian developer currently responsible for the Stargate-SG1: The AllianceTM license title. "The title in its current form, initially scheduled for an October 2005 release, does satisfy neither our quality requirements nor the fans expectations. We will not release anything that does not do justice to this well known license" says Albert Seidl, CEO JoWooD Productions Software AG. "In recent months we have invested a lot of time and resources in helping Perception finish the development, but we now simply have lost confidence in their ability to finish this project in time and sufficient quality."
Following the termination JoWooD has asked for repayment of their investment in development and further expenses.
"According to our reading of the contract the rights to the title as well as the source code are transferred to JoWooD. After delivery of the code and assets JoWooD will review the possibility of seeking out developers if it is economically viable to finish the title" reports Michael Paeck, Executive Producer for JoWooD Productions Software AG. "We are, however, not prepared to release anything but a top quality title. Fans of the show as well as gamers would not accept anything less. There are several options to consider, among them potentially moving to next-gen consoles for the title."
Source: JoWooD press release |
| karl319 |
  Posted 9th Aug 2005 2:03pm |
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So it's dead huh? |
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| Quoting karl319 | | So it's dead huh? |
Na its a fake news post to confuse you  |
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| MrWizard |
Posted 9th Aug 2005 3:33pm |
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Ok, this was in the Doom section, which I figured was just because Lace posted it. My question, is where'd my post go? Did it get lost in the move to the SG1 section? Or did G just delete the Doom section news and recreate?
Either way, this really sucks. Hopefully they'll find a new developer. It would be awesome if Valve would take it on, but they've got enough on their plate already. Someone converting it to the Source engine would make it pretty kickass.
And hopefully, they'll stick with PC. They can add the next gen consoles, but keep it PC too! |
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SACK THE DOC 
At least they are doing that rather than realeasing a peice of crap game. |
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Posted 9th Aug 2005 6:48pm | |
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Cant move news posts from section to section Wizard, had to delete and repost.
I only want this on PC and anyone who's seen the vid's released of the XBox version would probably admit it looked nothing special. As long as it comes out on PC in some form in the future I'll be happy.
Personally I just hope they skip the whole 'standard game' and just go straight for a Stargate MMO game. The SG universe is just PERFECT for an MMO game... |
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| The_Doc |
Posted 9th Aug 2005 6:58pm |
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| Quoting SkipRat | SACK THE DOC
At least they are doing that rather than realeasing a peice of crap game. |
Thanks Skip... love you too
I can't beleive what i'm reading... how can they give up on Stargate!! Hopefully another company will take over and finish it |
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| MrWizard |
Posted 9th Aug 2005 8:25pm |
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| Quoting The_Doc | | Quoting SkipRat | SACK THE DOC
At least they are doing that rather than realeasing a peice of crap game. |
Thanks Skip... love you too
I can't beleive what i'm reading... how can they give up on Stargate!! Hopefully another company will take over and finish it |
They didn't give up on it. They felt Perception wasn't doing a very good job, so they basically fired them. I'm sure JoWood knows how much money this game will bring in, so I would expect they'll find a new developer soon enough. |
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| cyrus5 |
Posted 10th Aug 2005 10:40am |
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Still, at least if they have the balls to pull the developer off the game it shows they are reasonably committed to a quality production. I expect they will hire a new studio, I certainly think that stargate would be a good franchise to persue, and one moreso that should not be messed up.
Heres the article,
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=10621
And from reading this, it sounds like they had been going to some length to create a sweet game, including use of Anderson and co for the in game dialog, which would have cost a pretty penny i suspect. Would be a dumb (and expensive) plan to give up. + looking at the screenshots they have a fair bit of graphical content created, which is typically a large proportion of the development cost. Would be a shame to waste it
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=pub&aid=9381
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Come on JoWooD, we really want this game! Please finish it!! Please!! 
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And a MMO would be awsome, the SG universe has everything you need, trade, combat, vehicles, space, lots of planets, groovy weapons, and PLEANTY of expansion possibility  One certainly worth wasting large amounts of my life and my money on |
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PERCEPTION CLARIFIES THE STATUS OF STARGATE SG-1: THE ALLIANCE
Sydney, Australia, 12th of August, 2005; Perception Pty Ltd would like to rectify certain statements that have been made to the press by JoWooD Productions. To be clear, Perception is the official licensee of MGM on Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. Any suggestion that JoWooD has rights to Stargate SG-1: The Alliance upon termination of the contract is incorrect and not based on commercial or legal fact.
Development on the game will continue uninterrupted at Perception’s Sydney studio. Perception is committed to giving fans the best gaming experience possible.
Ben Lenzo, CEO of Perception said, “We view it as unfortunate that JoWooD would elect to make such misleading and libelous comments to the media and the marketplace. Over the last 9 months, JoWooD has openly acknowledged being in breach of contract in a number of areas including many legal and confidentiality breaches as well as several financial defaults for work performed by Perception and accepted by JoWooD.”
Perception has tried to work with JoWooD to resolve these issues for months but to no avail. This resulted in several breach notices being served on JoWooD, giving them ample time to remedy. As these newest issues had not been resolved by the August 5th 2005, Perception gave notice that all outstanding issues would need to be resolved by Monday August 8th 2005, or Perception would terminate its contract with JoWooD.
“It’s disappointing to hear of this so called termination via the press on the basis of a “get in first” tactic. This further suggests that JoWooD do not understand the terms of the contract. We are not surprised by their behavior or lack of appreciation for the goodwill Perception has afforded JoWooD on many occasions,” said Lenzo
Perception has begun personal prosecution proceedings against both the CEO, Albert Seidl and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of JoWooD, Andreas Rudas, for the libelous comments made in their press release and will use all legal remedies available to it for the substantial monies owed to it by JoWooD.
“Perception will not allow its name to be tarnished in such a manner and view such matters extremely seriously and will always protect the reputation of our staff, our products, licensing partners and the company.”
Perception will not discuss any further the outstanding issues with JoWooD in public as legal action is underway. We look forward to the release of Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. |
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