| From: | K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: State of the Industry |
| Date: | Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:02:58 EST |
writes:
>
> <snip to relevant point>
> >It has been many months since anything new for Earthdawn was
> >published. With the recent sale of FASA Interactive to Microsoft, and
> >with it the rights to all FASA game titles (including Earthdawn), FASA
> >gave up trying to find a buyer for the game line and existing stock.
>
> can someone really read that? does it say what i think it says??
> "...recent sale of FASA Interactive to Microsoft, and with it the rights
> to all FASA game titles..."
> can someone from FASA, or someone who knows someone at FASA,
> confirm this? what it looks like to me is that MS now owns the rights
> to their games. i am HOPING that they are just talking about video/pc
> game rights, and not the rights to the book games as well.
> this does not sound good.
First off, lets just look at that <snip relavent point> at the beginning. I
wish I saved my mail sometimes, but I do not believe that this gives Microsoft
any sort of control over the titles of Shadowrun or Battletech. Now as to
what exactly was part of the FI sale to MS, I honestly do not know.
-K
