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Vengeance
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 Posted: 16.04.2004, 12:08 Post subject: Doch noch ein Descent 4? |
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Auf Planetdescent stand heute Folgendes:
| Quote: | Descent 4, Again?
3:34 PM PST | Descent IV | Top Gun
I really hate to do this to you people, but in this article from Gamespy, Interplay mentions the possibility for another Descent game. This has been unconfirmed so far, but hope springs eternal, so... Thanks to Asrale for the tip! |
In dem Artikel steht dann dies hier:
| Quote: | Interplay's Triumphs and Tragedies
Company reveals both good and bad news about financial results, future plans and short-term troubles.
By James Fudge | Apr. 14, 2004
Interplay has been pretty busy, what with releasing financial results, hosting a conference call to discuss said results and filing a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today. The news from all three activities has been both positive and negative, leaving spectators outside the company wondering what its future really holds.
The first news from today was the company's financial results for the fourth quarter and year-end of 2003. The company said that for Q4 2003 its net income totalled $3.3 million, compared to a net loss of $5.4 million in the same period a year ago. Net revenues for the fourth quarter 2003 were $11.5 million, compared to $7.1 million in the same period a year ago.
For the twelve-month period that ended December 31st, 2003, Interplay reported net income of $1.3 million, compared to a net income of $15.1 million in the same period last year. The decrease in net income from last year is mainly a result of recording a $28.8 million gain on the sale of Shiny Entertainment. Net revenues for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2003 were $36.3 million versus $44.0 million in the same period a year ago. Net revenues during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2003 included $15 million in revenue related to the sale of all future interactive entertainment publishing rights to the Hunter: The Reckoning license.
But some bleaker short term news appeared in a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today. In it the company noted a few problems it was facing: The company owes three months worth of rent on its Irvine, California headquarters and has been served with a Three-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Surrender Possession. If the company can't meet that deadline it will be forced to leave its headquarters and disrupt its business while it seeks a new location.
Interplay also said in the filing that the Internal Revenue Service is seeking approximately $70,000 for payroll tax penalties on taxes that were allegedly not paid for. Interplay estimates that it owes an additional $10,000, which it has accrued in penalties for nonpayment of approximately $99,000 in Federal and State payroll taxes, which were due on March 31, 2004 and are still outstanding. If Interplay can get by these problems then the company expects it can be profitable and successful in the future.
Finally as part of the SEC filing and a conference call today, Interplay announced that it plans to work on several high profile game sequels and will focus on bringing most of the new titles to next generation consoles. Names thrown around by Interplay included Fallout 3, a new Dark Alliance game, a Kingpin sequel for PC and Xbox, Airborne for the PS2, a Descent sequel, a new Earthworm Jim game, and a new Exhaulted title. Since 66 percent of net income for Q4 2003 was based on console games, it's pretty obvious why Interplay would focus its energies in that space. |
Na da bin ich ja mal gespannt, aber ich denke eher, das ist wieder nur ein Hoffnungsschimmer, der gleich wieder im Winde verweht wird.
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Außerdem ist wieder ein Todesfall in der Descent-Gemeinde zu beklagen:
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[SQN]Wulfrunner, brother of [D3k]Myzeri, was recently killed by a drunk driver. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Thanks to Suncho for the info. |
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Marix
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| Posted: 16.04.2004, 12:11 Post subject: |
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Nun ja, wird wenn ja, dann ja Konsole, und RedFaction hieß ja auch mal Descent4 
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Vengeance
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| Posted: 16.04.2004, 12:13 Post subject: |
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RedFaction stammt ja von Volition und die haben das Spiel kurzerhand umprogrammiert und daraus einen Ego-Shooter gemacht.
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Do_Checkor
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| Posted: 16.04.2004, 12:51 Post subject: |
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...ist ja das was marix meinte...
Also in meinen Augen geht es nur darum ein Descent3 auf Console zu porten.
Descent1 und Descent2 gibt es ja auch für PlayStation...
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Maulwurf
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| Posted: 16.04.2004, 13:52 Post subject: |
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| die werden erstmal schauen dass se ihre miete gezahlt bekommen. sonst können se in zukunft unter der brücke programmiern.
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| Posted: 16.04.2004, 13:57 Post subject: |
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scheint so das interplay finanziell in schweren fahrwasser ist, also rührt man ein wenig die werbetrommel und streut ein paar gerüchte damit die banken und shareholder nicht nervös werden.
und selbst wenn es ein d4 von interplay gibt werden die vieleicht 1000 aktiven d3 sp und mp spieler kaum einen einfluß haben. das wird dann eingestielt auf den massenmarkt und kaum den extrem hohen ansprüchen von hardcore d3-mp spielern genügen.
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| Posted: 17.04.2004, 20:31 Post subject: |
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| DigiJo wrote: | | das wird dann eingestielt auf den massenmarkt und kaum den extrem hohen ansprüchen von hardcore d3-mp spielern genügen. |
... wobei D3 ja auch schon den hohen ansprüchen der D1/D2-Spieler nicht genügt
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