What is digital anvil doing now?

Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:38 am by Frontier (freelancer2003)

what new space-sim does digital anvil is working about right now?

Mustang edit: Let's give it a better title, 'h' isn't very descriptive.

Edited by - Mustang on 4/22/2004 9:15:17 PM

Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:41 am by Nickless V2

are they?

Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:34 pm by falcon 2

Edited by - falcon 2 on 4/23/2004 1:21:19 PM

Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:13 pm by mustang

Nobody knows exactly what Digital Anvil are doing right now. I've got $50 that says they're working on Freelancer 2 and that they're waiting until they get something worth showing the public before they announce it.

Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:42 am by Wash

If you have seen the FL "making of" feature, there's a tour of Digital Anvil's office suite (no cubicles, they have real offices) and lots of people working there. They must be doing something unless Microsoft fired them all...

"I'm bugging out. I don't like the idea of being MOWED DOWN."

Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:09 pm by battlefleet

Knowing Microsoft, that is very much a possibility.

Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:17 pm by Trucidation

Didn't Chris Roberts leave DA? I thought he was the main guy behind this thing. I was pretty sure that when he left, we wouldn't be seeing a "Freelancer 2", just like when the Big Four left Blizzard we won't be seeing a "Diablo 3" either.

Heck I'd loved to be proven wrong and seeing a sequel out, but I'm kinda skeptical.

" In Defeat, Malice; In Victory, Revenge! "

Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:04 pm by mustang

Chris Roberts was only involved in the conceptual stage and very early builds. The only thing that really bears his mark in FL is the CGI intro and some broad strokes of the game outline. His presence has absolutely zero influence on whether there will be a Freelancer 2 or not.

Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:12 pm by shasla5

Its so frustrating that DA has no sight of its own anymore, so there is zero information on FL2 or anything else. Bungie was assimilated by MS, and they still have their own site, why doesn't DA?

Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:41 pm by Aerothorn

Bungie has a site because Bungie wants a site and it is important for them to have a site. I doubt Microsoft said "NO WEBSITE FOR YOU!" - they probably just aren't high-profile enough to have a studio site, and rather just have websites for their games.

Sat Apr 24, 2004 6:58 pm by Sir Spectre

Does anyone know how much autonomy DIgital Anvil has now? Can they still pick their own projects or do they have to measure up to MS model of expectations?

Sir Spectre

Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:28 pm by mustang

Good question Spectre, my guess is they would still make their own pitches about what game they'd like to make. However, they would still have to meet with approval from Micrsoft to get any funding. If MS didn't like what they heard in the pitch? Well let's just say they'd have to have a fairly strong influence on what direction the game takes. MS would certainly retain full marketing control over DA products.

Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:33 pm by Sir Spectre

I wonder if they're allocated a certain amount of budgetary leeway? Some funds to start any project they want, but needing to prove the project at some point in order to get full funding ... or something like that?

Sir S

Sun Apr 25, 2004 10:20 pm by Trucidation

Maybe a more pressing question... was Freelancer a money-maker for them? Imo the larger the company, the more important this is to them. If Freelancer was a financial disaster, I doubt it'd be easy to talk management into okay'ing a sequel.

Unfortunately, this is how most companies handle projects. Doesn't make sense to keep putting money into dead titles. Again, I'd like to be proven wrong though.

Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:26 am by mustang

Maybe a more pressing question... was Freelancer a money-maker for them?

Now that is a question isn't it, and one I'm sure we'll never get an answer to.

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