Star Trek - Elite Force II Goes Gold, Team Laid Off

Warrior-GS writes "GameSpy has confirmed that developer Ritual was forced to lay off most of the team that created the PC FPS Star Trek: Elite Force II, only two days after the game went gold. Apparently, a couple of other projects fell through. Ritual's other in-development games, Counter-Strike for Xbox and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero for PC are unaffected." Fansite Ritualistic has plenty of extra information on Elite Force II, which is looking promising despite this unexpected news.

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Standalone vs. online -- different business models

[Allen Varney]

A friend of mine who has worked at several computer game companies explained why he joined a startup doing a massively multiplayer online game, Dransik. "When you do a standalone game, the publishers pay you until it's done, and then they fire you. When you do an online game, you work for free until it's done, and then they start paying you." If I had to choose, I'd do what he did.

So...

[Enrico Pulatzo]

don't expect a patch any time soon.

Re:Wow, that'll really encourage developers

[DiscoOnTheSide]

Thats IT!!! THATS why Duke Nukem Forever hasnt come out yet! Those sneaky developers. Always one step ahead of the man. Take THAT corperate dress code!!! ....orrrrr I'm just bitter about my current coding job...