x360a writes: "SouthPeak weren't showing much at E3 for the Xbox 360 this year but what they were showing though, the small publisher had high hopes for. On their booth was a totally reworked Raven Squad and their upcoming sci-fi first person shooter from TimeGate Studios (FEAR Files), Section 8. We got the chance to go hands on with Section 8's multiplayer on the show floor and as usual, we like to stick our noses in and report back on how the title is shaping up.
Section 8's multiplayer mode is set to feature a standard 16 player set-up, allowing 32 players to play on a dedicated server. The multiplayer mode we took part in consisted of 2 teams of 8 facing off against one another in a race to score 1000 points. The ability to score points rested on two fundamental design features; one, you can score a small amount of points by killing opponents, and two, you can gain big point pickups by fulfilling the map objectives that randomly crop up. So one minute you could be escorting an AI driven VIP from one side of the map to the other, and the next, you could be asked to infiltrate enemy lines to place explosives on various waypoints..."
SegmentNext writes: "Defunct developer TimeGate Studios is currently experiencing interest from numerous bidders on its intellectual property (IP). After its bankruptcy earlier this year, due to lawsuits and other bad press, the studio’s shooters are up for grabs."
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Venturebeat.com: Publishers and developers are like soap-opera characters. One day they’re working together, then the next they’re plotting how to take each other down.
That’s how developer TimeGate, which produced the Xbox Live Arcade first-person shooter Section 8, ended up owing publisher SouthPeak Interactive $7.3 million in damages, as originally reported by Polygon. This comes after the latest court appeal in the long-running case went in favor of SouthPeak.
Awww, this is horrible. This is going to destroy them. Southpeak, this is not cool. You could of just told them to pay your lawyer fees and then just let them be. I know what company I will be boycotting in the future.
"I" will be boycotting in the future?
It's not a boycott if it's only one person.
No offense, but I think people on the gaming scene just use words they don't know :O
No idea why I'm getting (at the moment of this edit, only one...) disagrees...
It's true.
Hey I just googled for the official meaning of boycott including dictionary. Com, Wikipedia amongst others, but it doesnt state anywhere that there needs to be a headcount requirement.
From my reading, it seems like one or a party can boycott whatever they want.
Idk but if there's anything else to it, plz enlighten us.
Both sides are idiots here. TimeGate isn't innocent, they are the ones that originally opened the lawsuit. Their publisher just said "yeah? Well take this" and won.
Honestly I'm normally on the developers side, but it was stupid to do that and greedy. Just say "we are done" and walk away, find someone else to publish. If they want the crappy Section 8 license, let them have it.
Whenever someone says both sides are wrong, it means they don't have the balls to be fair or they just don't know the facts.
To be fair to what? The developer was stupid for opening the lawsuit, and the publisher is stupid for taking it too far.
I would say it takes a lot more balls to say both sides are morons instead of picking a side.
The law is always on the side of the guys with more money.
In this case, the publisher paid more so now the developers have to give up the franchise and go bankrupt. Justice isn't served.
