Legion(CD)
28.11.2007, 12:48
Das waren wieder einige interessante Tage für ST:O
Fangen wir einmal mit den etwas merkwürdigeren News an:
Update: Star Trek Online to Become "More Casual," Developer Perpetual Acquired by New Ownership (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50065)
by Chris Remo Nov 26, 2007 6:03pm CST
Update: Shacknews has received a considerable amount of new information regarding today's Perpetual news from a source close to the company, who requested to remain anonymous. Some information was gleaned from a letter detailing various changes to the company and Star Trek Online, which was recently distributed to all Perpetual employees. Perpetual has been acquired by new ownership, reportedly a media company looking to use Star Trek Online to make its first major inroads into the video game market. Along with the acquisition comes a partial retargeting of Star Trek Online to what our source describes as a "more casual" experience, one which may potentially eschew subscription fees in favor of the practice of charging real money for optional in-game items, a practice popularized by various Korean MMOs.
Though there do not appear to have been any significant layoffs with the change in management, a number of Perpetual employees have allegedly left the company due to a dissatisfaction with the new direction the game is said to be taking.
Original story: An SEC filing (http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1313310/000136231007003149/c71677e6vk.htm) by Ragnarok Online creator Gravity Co., Ltd. indicates that San Francisco-based Star Trek Online publisher Perpetual Entertainment liquidated its assets last month. The Korean firm is an investor in Perpetual, and claims that its $9 million investment in Perpetual is presumed lost. The filing was caught by various internet forum users earlier today and then reported by various news sites. Perpetual Entertainment's assets have been acquired by newly-formed Perpetual, LLC. The liquidation and transfer of ownership is likely a move to "reset" Perpetual's slate of investors. The company recently announced (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49375) that its in-development massively multiplayer game Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising had been canceled in order to more heavily focus on Star Trek Online.
Gravity's filing states that Perpetual, LLC will "wind down Perpetual, and distribute the net liquidation proceeds to creditors of Perpetual." The statement may suggest a more dire situation than the reality; though the situation remains somewhat unclear, it does not seem that Perpetual will cease operations of its studio or its work on Star Trek Online.
Shacknews has contacted numerous parties at Perpetual for response and confirmation on the matter.
--> http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50065
Nun ja, die Situation ist scheint wirklich sehr übel. Mit etwas Pech wird es wohl nie eine CFP in ST:O geben, weil es letzteres vielleicht nie geben wird^^.
Davon abgsehen, bin ich ziemlich unglücklich betreffend einigen Implikationen, wie etwa zusätzliche Kosten für In-Game Dinge...aber das sind ja erst einmal nur Spekulationen...
Inzwischen hat sich allerdings der Exec, zumindest betreff der Situation um die Bezahlung, gemeldet
http://www.startrek-online.net/messageboard/showthread.php?p=152713#post152713
O-ton: Es war nur ein Gedankenspiel, das gar nicht für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmt war, und es irgendwie dorthin geschafft hat.
Mal sehen...
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In other news: Mit der Star Trek TOS Remastered DVD Season 1 (sagt das dreimal schnell hintereinander) ist nun, wie angekündigt ein "Preview" von ST:O aufgetaucht. Wie allerdings von mir erwartet ist es nicht mehr als ein Interview, mit der inzwischen üblichen, Artwork. Interessant ist es allemal, weil man nun ein paar bessere Blicke auf diverse Konzeptzeichnungen bzgl. der Schiffe, inkl. der vermuteten Enterprise-F, bekommt.
http://gaming.trekcore.com/startrekonline/downloads.html
Fangen wir einmal mit den etwas merkwürdigeren News an:
Update: Star Trek Online to Become "More Casual," Developer Perpetual Acquired by New Ownership (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50065)
by Chris Remo Nov 26, 2007 6:03pm CST
Update: Shacknews has received a considerable amount of new information regarding today's Perpetual news from a source close to the company, who requested to remain anonymous. Some information was gleaned from a letter detailing various changes to the company and Star Trek Online, which was recently distributed to all Perpetual employees. Perpetual has been acquired by new ownership, reportedly a media company looking to use Star Trek Online to make its first major inroads into the video game market. Along with the acquisition comes a partial retargeting of Star Trek Online to what our source describes as a "more casual" experience, one which may potentially eschew subscription fees in favor of the practice of charging real money for optional in-game items, a practice popularized by various Korean MMOs.
Though there do not appear to have been any significant layoffs with the change in management, a number of Perpetual employees have allegedly left the company due to a dissatisfaction with the new direction the game is said to be taking.
Original story: An SEC filing (http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1313310/000136231007003149/c71677e6vk.htm) by Ragnarok Online creator Gravity Co., Ltd. indicates that San Francisco-based Star Trek Online publisher Perpetual Entertainment liquidated its assets last month. The Korean firm is an investor in Perpetual, and claims that its $9 million investment in Perpetual is presumed lost. The filing was caught by various internet forum users earlier today and then reported by various news sites. Perpetual Entertainment's assets have been acquired by newly-formed Perpetual, LLC. The liquidation and transfer of ownership is likely a move to "reset" Perpetual's slate of investors. The company recently announced (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49375) that its in-development massively multiplayer game Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising had been canceled in order to more heavily focus on Star Trek Online.
Gravity's filing states that Perpetual, LLC will "wind down Perpetual, and distribute the net liquidation proceeds to creditors of Perpetual." The statement may suggest a more dire situation than the reality; though the situation remains somewhat unclear, it does not seem that Perpetual will cease operations of its studio or its work on Star Trek Online.
Shacknews has contacted numerous parties at Perpetual for response and confirmation on the matter.
--> http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50065
Nun ja, die Situation ist scheint wirklich sehr übel. Mit etwas Pech wird es wohl nie eine CFP in ST:O geben, weil es letzteres vielleicht nie geben wird^^.
Davon abgsehen, bin ich ziemlich unglücklich betreffend einigen Implikationen, wie etwa zusätzliche Kosten für In-Game Dinge...aber das sind ja erst einmal nur Spekulationen...
Inzwischen hat sich allerdings der Exec, zumindest betreff der Situation um die Bezahlung, gemeldet
http://www.startrek-online.net/messageboard/showthread.php?p=152713#post152713
O-ton: Es war nur ein Gedankenspiel, das gar nicht für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmt war, und es irgendwie dorthin geschafft hat.
Mal sehen...
--------------
In other news: Mit der Star Trek TOS Remastered DVD Season 1 (sagt das dreimal schnell hintereinander) ist nun, wie angekündigt ein "Preview" von ST:O aufgetaucht. Wie allerdings von mir erwartet ist es nicht mehr als ein Interview, mit der inzwischen üblichen, Artwork. Interessant ist es allemal, weil man nun ein paar bessere Blicke auf diverse Konzeptzeichnungen bzgl. der Schiffe, inkl. der vermuteten Enterprise-F, bekommt.
http://gaming.trekcore.com/startrekonline/downloads.html