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Mr. Teatime
Righteous Subjugator
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 3340
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Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:38 pm |
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[Company -> Update] - More info on Company: Troika Games
NMA
are reporting a thread
at Mapcore where David Marsh, a
level designer at Troika, says:
Everyone got layed off because activision
pulled the funding.
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I think the answer is
for everyone to send me money so I can retire.
In all seriousness, you don't have to worry about me, I'm a big boy and
can take care of myself
So, who knows. I know the company has
always had trouble with publishers, let's hope that it doesn't result
in the Troika's
death.
EDIT by King of
Creation: Kharn
let us know in this
forum post that David
Marsh wanted to clear some things up about the wording
of the previous quote.
While I
appreciate your enthusiasm about this, if you look at the
thread in question you will see that I do not state anywhere that
"Everyone got layed off because activision pulled the funding."
In fact that exact phrase was posted by the original poster
of the
thread, not me. I just want to clear that up becuase I do not want
people assuming things based on something that I was falsely quoted as
stating. The rest of the quotes are indeed my public comments, and you
have every right to post them.
But, as
Kharn said, he doesn't deny it.
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Ernesto
Strider Elite
Joined: 09 Aug 2003
Posts: 975
Location: The Shit Tornado to Oz.
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Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:44 pm |
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Motherfucking Activision. |
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Mismatch
Hero of the Glowing Lands
Joined: 20 Jan 2004
Posts: 2159
Location: Over yonder hill
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Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:41 pm |
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why did they pull funding? |
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Megatron
Mamma's Gang member
Joined: 19 Apr 2002
Posts: 7840
Location: The United Kingdoms
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:18 am |
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Brother None
Desert Strider
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Posts: 825
Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:44 am |
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Word to the wise, guys, Marsh is a bit nervous about the wording. What he said on NMA:
| marshmonkey wrote: | While I appreciate your enthusiasm about this, if you look at the thread in question you will see that I do not state anywhere that "Everyone got layed off because activision pulled the funding."
In fact that exact phrase was posted by the original poster of the thread, not me. I just want to clear that up becuase I do not want people assuming things based on something that I was falsely quoted as stating. The rest of the quotes are indeed my public comments, and you have every right to post them. |
The starter of the thread said it (I think, uhm...), but Marsh never did, nor did he deny it, though. Nor has he denied it now. |
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zer0
SDF!
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
Posts: 8
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:20 am |
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Bummer!! Hope its not true. |
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Aegeri
Regular
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Posts: 67
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:55 am |
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With the edit that is included, perhaps we can still bear some hope that they may live through this? |
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POOPERSCOOPER
Paparazzi
Joined: 05 Apr 2003
Posts: 5022
Location: California
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:16 am |
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How does activision pull funding when Vampire was already released? If they pulled funding during development why did Troika finish the game? Maybe they were working on another game for Activision, since they were supposedly going to spot them the money for the Fallout license. |
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Spazmo
Haha you're still not there yet
Joined: 12 Jun 2002
Posts: 3590
Location: Monkey Island
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:39 am |
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Well, it's happened before. Reflexive finished Lionheart even though Interplay wasn't paying them towards the end. Assuming it's true--and note that Marshmonkey made it clear that he never said Activision pulled the funding--it could be that Troika felt it'd be right to finish the game anyways. |
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Sol Invictus
Wanderer of the Wastes
Joined: 19 Apr 2002
Posts: 579
Location: Imperium
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:47 am |
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No more free rides for Troika.
If you haven't yet purchased Vampire: Bloodlines, this should dissuade you from buying it. With Troika's demise I doubt there will be any future patches (especially the much-needed performance improvements and further bug fixes) for the title.
Even if Troika isn't 'dead' the entire Bloodlines team got laid off. Good luck finding a new patch. |
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POOPERSCOOPER
Paparazzi
Joined: 05 Apr 2003
Posts: 5022
Location: California
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:54 pm |
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K we will all take the Flip Floppers word  |
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