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Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel

Posted by Soulskill on from the suspicious-timing dept.

KIllagouge writes "Just days before the release of Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes, SquareEnix sent a Cease & Desist letter to Chrono Compendium to stop everything to do with Crimson Echoes. People might remember when they did this with Chrono Resurrection. Seems to be the growing trend; instead of listening to their fans, which would net them even more money, game developers continue to lock down old gaming IP. A copy of the C&D letter is available online." The fan project had been in development since 2004 and was 98% complete.

3 of 455 comments (clear)

  1. Re:They're trying to prevent people from pirating by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, all works of fan fiction and fanart must die. Not because of IP laws, just cause they suck.

    You are George R. R. Martin, and I claim my 5 pounds.

  2. Re:So where can I buy a SNES copier? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Silly fool, its the money that counts. Didn't you get the memo?

    of course for the rest of us who won't get caught because we don't share out hundreds of files on P2P, disregard that memo.

  3. Pride by Toonol · · Score: 3, Funny

    My son was partially involved in this (I saw a pdf of the C&D right after they got it).

    The kid is making his old man proud. You're not a true programmer unless you get some letter from some lawyer before you turn 21.