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SiN Episodes Pretty Much Done

Posted by Zonk on from the it-was-mediocre-while-it-lasted dept.

Kotaku is carrying comments from this week's 'Games for Windows' podcast, where employees from Ritual Entertainment confirm that SiN Episodes is finished. The mini-exodus from the company earlier this month has effectively sunk the studios' ambitious episodic content plan. From the article: "Jeff: Sin Episode 2... Shawn: ...is likely not happening now. A lot of the people from the dev team have left. Jeff: At Ritual? Shawn: Yeah, they've gone elsewhere. They now work for other people. Some of the key people. One of the lead programmers. That's not a good sign."

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  1. Re:refund! by Loadmaster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The same can be said for MMORPGs. Once they decide to shut the servers off you have no game. It sucks, but I don't think there's any recourse for the consumer.

    I do believe that once a company closes its servers they should release the source to the community so people can run personal servers. Seems to work. Just ask MS about their game Alliance.

    Swi

  2. Re:refund! by ajlitt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah! I want my money back for Spaceballs too, because I was clearly assured that there would be a sequel.

  3. "Pretty much done" by kmcrober · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "Pretty much done" can also mean "Close to being completed." As in, "Almost released." Since that's the exact opposite of what the article actually says, maybe the editors should pay a little more attention to detail?

  4. Idle Speculation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nothing in this story is from the developers, it's just from a podcast with absolutely no true inside knowledge.

    I don't doubt that further Sin episodes aren't happening, but why not wait for an official source before posting a story about it? The official one is probably going to end up with its own story anyway.

  5. Re:If it's cancelled... by Travoltus · · Score: 4, Funny

    [apathetic elitist mode on]
    Who cares about the loss of $20? That's like 4 lattes for me. I lose $20 bills every time I step out of the car. People oughta stop whining about losing $20. This is America, land of the rich, remember?
    [apathetic elitist mode off]

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