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Dynamix Closed Down?

Posted by michael on from the bullet-holes-in-their-altimeter dept.

ioctl writes: "According to Planet Tribes, Dynamix is being shut down by its parent Sierra (or more appropriately, Vivendi Corp.). Story here and here. Looks like my buddy just wasted $50 on Tribes 2... =P"

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  1. Re:Why is the $50 wasted? by IdentityCrisis · · Score: 4, Informative

    For an online game like Tribes 2 it's very important there will be a company behind it. Master servers, IRC server (irc.dynamix.com), patches that will eliminate bugs and cheats. Hopefully sierra will take the place of dynamix on the above. but if it won't Tribes 2 will die All you need is one widespread cheat and the community dissolves.

  2. Re:Why is the $50 wasted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Tribes 2 is mainly an online game. If the master servers get taken down, you can no longer play online (except over a LAN). Hence, your money would be wasted.

  3. more on this by Barbarian · · Score: 5, Informative

    tribalwar.com has more on this, and apparently some (ex)-Dynamix employees are dropping into the forums (look for the topics with like 20 pages of replies).

  4. Re:320x240 by Dr.+Prakash+Kothari · · Score: 3, Informative

    Both KQ5 and KQ6 were 640x480x256. I stopped playing after 6, so I don't know about more recent versions.

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    "Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or dead." -Kurt Cobain

  5. Eulogy for Dynamix by Greenrider · · Score: 4, Informative

    Let's not forget that these are the wonderful people who brought us:

    Red Baron
    Betrayal At Krondor
    Aces over the Pacific
    Tribes 1&2
    Outpost
    The Incredible Machine
    The Adventures of Willy Beamish
    Stellar 7 (anyone remember that one?)

    Red Baron was the first truly engrossing gaming experience that I had as a child. Playing Red Baron on The Sierra Network (later renamed The Imagination Network) was an experience far, far ahead of its time.

    Farewell Dynamix, you served us well.

  6. Save Dynamix Petition by TheBastardOperator · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a petition to save Dynamix up here.

    Dunno what good it will do, but it's worth a try.

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    "One NIC to route them all, one NIC to find them, one NIC to serve them all, and in the darkness BIND(8) them."