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Sigil Drops Microsoft, Publishing With SOE

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hahahahahahahaha dept.

Labyrrinth writes "'As the development process is ongoing and constantly shifting, it became clear that MGS and Sigil had varying visions and direction for the title's development,' said Brad McQuaid, CEO of Sigil Games Online. 'In the best interest of Vanguard, it was decided that we would buy back the publishing rights from Microsoft.'" They've hooked up with Sony Online Entertainment, publishers of EQ and EQII, and Brad McQuaid's old employer. Aggro Me has commentary on this union.

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  1. WTF? by HunterZ · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why would someone drop Microsoft as a publisher in favor of SoE? That's almost as ridiculous as Valve leaving Vivendi for EA.

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    1. Re:WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      they needed a sugar daddy and decided one of the evils is actually lesser? They appear to be in a good position to have an informed opinion on both, too.

  2. Too Bad by SydShamino · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Too bad for them. I have been watching Vanguard with some anticipation. Although I dislike Microsoft OS and office products, I had no qualms with their gaming division.

    However, after my past experiences, I've vowed to never again play an SoE game. The fact that SoE has started to embrace real-world sales of in-game items just further cements this.

    It looks like I needn't worry about Vanguard any further, as I won't touch it with a 10' pole now. It's not worth getting attached to another MMORPG that, 2-3 years down the road, will end up as bad as EQ became (or EQ II always was).

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