News Room Contributor Posts: 4179 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | Shadowrun Forums Closing Down
An announcement on Team Xbox says the official Shadowrun forums are being closed down.
In a statement announcing the closure, Kimona, lead program manager at FASA, also said that despite the forum shutdown, the franchise would see new releases in the future. Shadowrun met with largely negative response when it was released in May 2007, and developer FASA Studio was shut down by Microsoft in September.
The full statement, posted here, reads, "We're going to be closing down the Shadowrun forums in about two weeks. As many of you know, the old FASA crew has mostly moved on to other roles within Microsoft, and that means we don't have enough people to monitor and respond to posts here for the coming year. We'll eventually close down www.shadowrun.com and transition it to the folks working on the next generation of Shadowrun products."
On December 7, it was revealed that FASA founder Jordan Weisman had established a new company known as Smith & Tinker, and had licensed the rights to Shadowrun, as well as Mechwarrior, Crimson Skies and other FASA-originated properties. A message on the company's website reads, "We're not quite ready to announce our plans for each property, but please be assured that our goal is to surprise and delight old fans, while welcoming new fans to these fantastic worlds."
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Infamous Scribbler Posts: 613 Joined: 1 Jan 2008 | All five active members will be devastated... |
Press Junketeer Posts: 478 Joined: 6 Dec 2007 | |
Brand Manager Posts: 617 Joined: 8 Oct 2007 | Finally, a company that knows when to shoot the pained horse. Something tells me there were hours upon hours of talking about it though...because the obvious isn't easy. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1033 Joined: 9 Dec 2007 | JakubK666:
All five active members will be devastated...
I wonder if they've heard yet!
Or exist. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 93 Joined: 11 Sep 2007 | Burn it, Burn it with fire! Now all that is left is to delete all reference to the game having ever existed. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 533 Joined: 19 Dec 2007 | Would this be the Shadowrun game that was basically Counter-Strike? |
Copy Clerk Posts: 72 Joined: 20 Nov 2007 | That'll teach them for not releasing the RPG we all really wanted..... :)
By the way, i'm still really upset about the lie at the end of the SNES version that said 'Jake Armitage will be back in Shadowrun 2' |
Shadowrun Forums Closing Down
An announcement on Team Xbox says the official Shadowrun forums are being closed down.
In a statement announcing the closure, Kimona, lead program manager at FASA, also said that despite the forum shutdown, the franchise would see new releases in the future. Shadowrun met with largely negative response when it was released in May 2007, and developer FASA Studio was shut down by Microsoft in September.
The full statement, posted here, reads, "We're going to be closing down the Shadowrun forums in about two weeks. As many of you know, the old FASA crew has mostly moved on to other roles within Microsoft, and that means we don't have enough people to monitor and respond to posts here for the coming year. We'll eventually close down www.shadowrun.com and transition it to the folks working on the next generation of Shadowrun products."
On December 7, it was revealed that FASA founder Jordan Weisman had established a new company known as Smith & Tinker, and had licensed the rights to Shadowrun, as well as Mechwarrior, Crimson Skies and other FASA-originated properties. A message on the company's website reads, "We're not quite ready to announce our plans for each property, but please be assured that our goal is to surprise and delight old fans, while welcoming new fans to these fantastic worlds."
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