Is this game still in development?

[sandokanski]

Steam classifies this game as "Early Access", i.e. as they say "in development". However the rumor is the studio that used to work on it got closed and people were fired.

The question is if Steam or the game publisher is falsely advertising the game as "Early Access" or "in development".

[Foxy]

Im not fond at all of replying "google it" but dude, just read the reviews. scan a bit this forum, google it look at an 8 ball

[sandokanski]

Didn't I mention i know about the rumors?

I can even see the rumors about potential class action lawsuit, but nothing about false advertisement. Which is happening now if the game is not in development. It's not "Early Access" in this case.

[Massive]

Originally posted by sandokanski:

Didn't I mention i know about the rumors?

I can even see the rumors about potential class action lawsuit, but nothing about false advertisement. Which is happening now if the game is not in development. It's not "Early Access" in this case.

There are no rumors. There is nothing. this game has died a horrible death. 5 min of research would have prevented this thread.

[sandokanski]

Originally posted by Massive:

There are no rumors. There is nothing. this game has died a horrible death. 5 min of research would have prevented this thread.

You probably didn't read the question. It is the last sentence of my first post. I cannot see anything about false advertisement, that is not a user claim (i.e. a rumor as I call it). Are there lawsuit documents available? I wouldn't know. Most such documents are not accessible from Europe.

[Sylvaa]

There is no law suit, that's just children getting excited.

It was abandoned though.

The fact it is still on sale, is shocking, and Valve need to do something about it, to stop people from getting scammed. The store page makes claims that simple aren't true.

[sandokanski]

That's the problem. The store page tells me:

"
Early Access
Get instant access and start playing; get involved with this game as it develops.
Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development.
"

And this is Steam claiming that, as it's the same for every Early Access game.
The language tells me the game is still in development.
Which is, I'm 99% sure, false claim.

To be fair, they do not claim the game will change, but still saying things like "... as it develops" is misleading at best.

I want to believe that Valve are doing most things right, so maybe that 1% somehow can materialize. I know Private Division was sold last month to unknown buyer. Maybe that buyer contacted Valve and told them they're going to take over the project. But it's just 1% hope. I'm obviously not buying this game unless it gets development team behind it and good reviews after full release.

[NiceGuy]

Nobody will ever touch this game again. If anything someone will maybe make a game very similar to it but there will never ever be again a game called Kerbal or with Kerbals in it. At least not for the next 10 years.
This is sad and that's what most people accuse T2 for... They killed the whole Kerbal franchise.

[Methwalker]

RIP. Accept it.
Allegedly, it was bought out by an 'unnamed' company, but as the old saying goes "It's my IP to sit on and do nothing with."

F t2.
F runaway greed.

[tyjo]

Originally posted by Methwalker:

RIP. Accept it.
Allegedly, it was bought out by an 'unnamed' company, but as the old saying goes "It's my IP to sit on and do nothing with."

F t2.
F runaway greed.

honest question. why would a company pay money for a dead game? why sit on an IP?

[mreed2]

Because they received other IPs that are potentially valuable -- Hades was a Private Division title and a console release is a potential opportunity.

Beyond this, all IP is potentially valuable to someone at some point in the future, so purchasing a company at "fire sale" can make sense as a purely speculative purchase. It's equivalent to purchasing the contents of an abandoned storage unit -- it might be filled with millions of dollars in antiques, but it probably is filled with junk. Paying $100 for the contents "sight unseen" is perhaps justifiable.

[sandokanski]

Originally posted by tyjo:

honest question. why would a company pay money for a dead game? why sit on an IP?

Many reasons, including destruction of competition. You buy it when it is small, and it never becomes big and a treat to you.