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Old 31.07.2009, 10:26   #1
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Ascaron R.I.P.

The developers have said goodbye on the German forums (I used google to translate some of the posts), still waiting for official word in the english forums.

Is this true?

Who now owns the rights to Sacred series.

Will the game still be supported, and will the expansion still come out.

This is not a joke, first came aware of the situation when visiting RPGWatch.

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Old 31.07.2009, 10:27   #2
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What? erm are you sure it is not just the ex employees?
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Old 31.07.2009, 10:32   #3
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What? erm are you sure it is not just the ex employees?
There from Studio 2, the guys responsible for Sacred development.
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Old 31.07.2009, 10:41   #4
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Hmmm Well we will have to wait and see what is "announced" on the English Forums then
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Old 31.07.2009, 10:41   #5
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I demand full translation now, this is a sad day if it means Sacred is gone and no more support.
Edit: Please.
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Old 31.07.2009, 10:44   #6
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The thread in question where the developers say goodbye

http://forum.sacred-game.com/showthread.php?p=852325
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Old 31.07.2009, 10:52   #7
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That news surely gives my day a dark side...

I really hope that the ones taking over continue with the spirit of Sacred in mind :cry:
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Old 31.07.2009, 11:00   #8
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Sad indeed

Hopefully we will get an English announcement soon and what it all means for S2.
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Old 31.07.2009, 11:38   #9
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It's true. The developers are saying goodbye. Today is the last day we have any developers.

Studio 2 is the subsidiary of Ascaron Entertainment. Ascaron died some months ago, but since Studio 2 was continuing the work at the Addon (which is almost done as I heard), it was not a big trouble regarding the development of the game.
With Ascaron we lost all the devs working at the console version, this was also the reason most of the questions here could not be answered.

Not only the developers will be gone after today, also Christiane and me will not be here anymore. We belonged to Ascaron and Studio 2 took us over as Ascaron was closed. This was just until the end of July, so today..

From now on, Koch Media will take over also the Community Management with their new CM (Cm Pixel). I'm sure, he will introduce himself here the next days.

The game will continue, the Addon is planed to come out and as I heard from Heiko tom Felde, the console version of the Addon is still a present topic. (this just to cover some questions which may come)

Edit: About the future plans about the console version od the Addon, read here: "The current status on the things to come for the console versions."

A big thanks to the mods who helped me to get the overview after Carolyn had to go. I will miss Stéphane with his 1000 questions about everything posed in his frendly french way, Lama8 who often pointed out my typos and gave me good advices, Jonnyx who I had to bother every time some tech issues popped up in the forum, Chloe44 with her lovely charm, Dobster who always managed to say the right thing at the right time and many more. All of you were something, I could never be able to manage the SiF forum without.
I will even miss the "hepl, canot conect" PMs.

It was a pleasure to be Community Manager here and I will miss every single day!

Before I get too melancholic, I stop here and say "goodbye". I'm sure we will meet again one day.

Farewell,

Anca

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explain why such important news for this game doesnt get told to us, but just to the germans?
The devs and us hoped until the last day to find a way to continue. Sadly as it seems, there is noone.
As the devs started to post on the forum, it was clear for them, that they have to go. Christiane and me got the info yesterday evening, that a new CM will come and take over the forums. I wrote my "goodbye" post here just some minutes after I posted it there.
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Well, this news has just runied my day.

I feel so bad for Studio 2 and all of the old Asceron Employees. I now believe that the Add-on will never come to the consoles, which is also a huge shame.

This game has drawn me in like no other since the original releases of both Diablo 2 and Morrowind, it has something about it and although Koch media are "taking over" it is not the same and never will be.

I guess talk of the next game are all moot points now.

My thoughts go out to you and the team, Anca. I hope you find jobs soon and we seen new and exciting things from you.
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The devs and us hoped until the last day to find a way to continue. Sadly as it seems, there is noone.
As the devs started to post on the forum, it was clear for them, that they have to go. Christiane and me got the info yesterday evening, that a new CM will come and take over the forums. I wrote my "goodbye" post here just some minutes after I posted it there.
You don't need to defend yourself Anca...

I wish you and the team all the luck in the future.
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You might want to check your PMs Daemontools.
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Crikey.

Well, so long and thanks for all the kobolds.
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