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Desert Combat Mod Developers Sign Commercial Deal

Posted by simoniker on from the much-like-counterstrike dept.

Ianing writes "Continuing the trend of developers supporting/hiring mod teams, Battlefield 1942 developer Digital Illusions has signed Trauma Studios, creators of the non-commercial Desert Combat mod for BF1942, to collaborate on Digital Illusions' series of Battlefield games." Blue's News adds that "The game involved is not mentioned, though Battlefield Vietnam comes to mind when reading that: 'This new collaboration is for one of Digital Illusions' previously announced projects'."

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  1. Good for them, but... by Universal+Nerd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I just hope they don't pull a 10ton (of Crimsonland fame) and sell out to start charging for the game.

    Crimsonland was fun, but the paid version, from what I've heard, is nothing more than the free one with a few more guns.

    Desert Combat is fun, REALLY fun!

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    1. Re:Good for them, but... by sirvulcan · · Score: 2, Insightful

      they could do what cs done. Make a standalone ver and sell that but keep the mod for bf1942 free

    2. Re:Good for them, but... by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Crimsonland was fun, but the paid version, from what I've heard, is nothing more than the free one with a few more guns.

      ...nothing wrong with that! Crimsonland is a quality, free game. It obviously took quite a bit of blood, sweat, and tears to make, and 10tons certainly deserves financial compensation.

      Instead of looking at it as "Why would I pay money for a weak little upgrade to Crimsonland", look at it as "I help support a really cool game and studio by giving them some money for a game I love; in return, they give me some bonus weapons!"

      Making cool, freely-downloadable games is fun, but it takes a helluva lot of time, and unless you're on a trust fund, you need a day job to pay the bills. Enough people help fund places like 10tons, then more and more good, independent developers will be able to quit their day jobs and focus on making fun, interesting, free games.

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  2. Secret to breaking into the gaming industry by MMaestro · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Make a free kickass multiplayer mod and then get bought out?

    With so many big companies afraid to try out new ideas, it seems like independent developers and modders are the only ones trying out new ideas.

  3. Re:What a great mod!!! by Lightwarrior · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How in the world do you equate staying true to the original game's concept by introcuding another battle front (post 1942 cleanup) and adding a "what if?" elemental to focusing on 1992->now military actions?

    They're different time periods, they're different locations, they contain different weapons, vehicles, and concepts. The biggest improvements in SWoWWII were mobile spawn points and the "Destroy" objective.

    Both of which were used in subsequent Desert Combat releases - which makes sense, since it's a mod.

    HL & CS did have a similar situation to BF1942 and DC - in CS's case, it was packaged and sold as an expansion pack, despite the fact that it continued to be freely available on the internet. I'm curious to see if the same thing happens.

    -lw

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  4. To each what is owed by superultra · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I just hope they don't pull a 10ton (of Crimsonland fame) and sell out to start charging for the game.

    Oh ok. So making money for something that you did well is "selling out"? Give me break. You want free stuff, go pirate. People who make good things should be paid well. The guys who made Desert Combat deserve this, and they deserve to be paid for what they've done. Your attitude is no doubt representative of a larger majority of people that will whine and bitch about how it'll cost money to play Desert Combat. If Desert Combat is "fun, REALLY fun!" then these guys deserve to be compensated for what they've provided, end of sentence, hands down, no questions asked. If you really respect what they've done in Desert Combat, you'd be more than happy that they've "sold out." I'm not aware of 10ton or Crimsonland, so maybe there's something else you're referring to. But if all they did is make something good and originally offer it for free, and then decide to make money of this; why is that bad? Would you do your job for free?

    We should be thrilled that Digital Illusions picked these guys up. They're living the dream man. So suck it up, and smack down the $20-40 it'll cost for the Desert Combat expansion because you like it that much.