Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel

Posted by Soulskill on Monday May 11, 2009 @10:35PM 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.

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Re:Never heard of them by BadAnalogyGuy · 2009-05-11 22:52 · Score: 5, Informative

Never heard of them
I can make do without their game. Can they make do without my money?
So far, so good.
It's a ROM hack by tepples · 2009-05-11 23:31 · Score: 5, Informative

Replace X characters with new Y characters.
Is it still infringement?
Yes. It's a ROM hack, meaning that it uses most of the same computer program as the original game. Putting new characters in a non-free program doesn't make it not a non-free program.