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Savage Gets Extensive Patch, Publisher Unwell?

Posted by simoniker on from the edging-toward-medieval dept.

0xBulbizarre writes "The long awaited patch to V2.0 for FPS/RTS hybrid Savage is now here, in both Windows and Linux flavors. It's also worth taking the time to read the amazing 2.0 ChangeLog for a list of all the additions, fixes, etc in the new Savage patch, since they've made new units, new visual effects, and plenty of other changes besides - lets support good Linux game makers." We've previously covered this reasonably well-received 'acquired taste' of a title, and elsewhere, HomeLan Fed is reporting on unconfirmed rumors from "highly placed sources" that Savage publisher iGames may be closing its doors, but that "[Savage developer] S2 Games is still in operation and will continue to support and add onto Savage as planned." Update: 01/22 00:15 GMT by S : A follow-up at HomeLan Fed has the CEO claiming "rumor of [iGames'] closing was started by an innocent miscommunication [with the company's] former COO."

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  1. Re:time for the $$$ to go ... by x00101010x · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One option for indy game developers are "self" publishing through sites such as cafepress.com.
    On cafe press you can publish your game, your merchandise and more. Cafepress.com isn't the only one out there either. They accept all the usual, credit cards, checks, moneyorder. Best of all, the developer doesn't have to worry about deploying an eCommerce solution, and you can do quite a bit in the way of customizing your "store".
    I say down with the publishers, software, print and music. For music you have sites like ampcast.com where you can put a selection of mp3s up for download and from the same page, your new found fans can order a hard copy of your CD. Add the url of your ampcast.com page (or your band's site w/link) to your mp3's header info and put them on P2P yourself. Anywho, that's OT.

    Note, I don't work for cafepress.com, but my employer does use them for our swag as well as our creative pocket genius' character'sswag
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    I'd like to see more opensource and independent developers use sites like this and say f*** you to the publishers.
    You can always hire somebody else to do your promotion/advertisement.

    <flamebait>Publishers are obsolete.</flamebait>

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