Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:20 pm
last I heard is that Parallax is not dissolved legally, just not active. i.e no staff, no office, no product.
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:45 pm
Parallax requires the partnership of Matt and Mike. And I think that in the State of Michigan it is dissolved.
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:24 pm
What parts of Descent besides the name do these companies have rights over?
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:25 pm
Thanks for that great post, Zach. It's a very good resource to link to when the next newbie says, "What happened to D4?" 
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:07 pm
Yeah, I'm not trying to be mean or cruel about it. Heck, I even hold some hope that maybe it will happen in a galaxy far far HERE! Muhahahahaha 
But nevertheless people need to be logical about it as much as we hate it. That is why we decide upon the path we did instead of pursuing Descent 4. We did closely consider it and did do quiet a bit of research.
Zach
But nevertheless people need to be logical about it as much as we hate it. That is why we decide upon the path we did instead of pursuing Descent 4. We did closely consider it and did do quiet a bit of research.
Zach
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:44 pm
Nice hijack, you bastards. Go talk about Descent in another thread. This is a UT thread.
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:24 pm
YEA!
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:32 pm
I couldnâ??t agree more.
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:55 pm
Yeah, Sorry about that.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:16 am
Blame Slider for the hijack.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:57 am
Battlefield 2.kurupt wrote:hopefully it doesn't suck as horribly as ut2k4, doom3, halo 2, and half life 2 did. i've been itching real bad to get into a game but there just hasnt been any recently that were great games that i just had to play.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:48 am
thanks, mr. buzzkill! i'm going to go slit my wrists nowzbriggs wrote:Things that have to happen for Descent 4 to become a reality.Aggressor Prime wrote:One day, Descent 4 will come and save us all.
1) Matt Toscholog and Mike Kulas have to come together to form Parallax (Dissolved) to give consent for development.
2) Outrage (Dissolved) or Volition both now owned by THQ have to do the development unless rights waived.
3) Tantrum, a division of Interplay (Defunct), a subsidiary of another company that went under must either publish the game or release the rights to it and Parallax must sign off on those rights.
Not going to happen. That's like trying to move the Earth and Sea. And if all parties involved are gone that still leaves a problem. The life of a copyright is the life of the owner plus 75 years. Since corporations are registered legal entities and do not die unless disbanded, you have another problem. No matter what happens you can't get the rights back for 75 years because the corporation is dead and cannot sign for it.
I understand the reluctance to give up on this matter. Believe me I share it. I have a great deal of fond memories surrounding the Descent franchise. But this is the reason we are doing Core Decision and not Descent.
And the Core Decision screen shots were not meant to look great. They were just meant to show that we are working. Mainly they were released because people requested it. They are not a graphical representation of the final product in any way.
Zach
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:56 am
They're making Descent 4? 
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:59 am
...no? I thought this was already made clear.
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:20 am
OMGWTFBBQ, it's Stress.STRESSTEST wrote:YEA!
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:06 pm
Slider's dead.Ferno wrote:Blame Slider for the hijack.