Originally Posted by CuddlyChud
I read that firefall uses a modified Offset engine
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That's correct. From the
BigDownload.com article we can see some really interesting connections going on.
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Last week Big Download exclusively revealed that Intel had shut down development of the Offset Software project it had bought two years ago along with the Project Offset game. However the Offset Engine is still being used by a third party game developer, Red 5 Studios, for its long-in-development MMO game.
Red 5 Studios, formed in 2005, announced it had licensed the Offset Engine from Offset Software in 2006, two years before Offset Software was acquired by Intel. Gamasutra reports that a rep for Red 5 Studios confirmed today that it is still using a "highly-modified version of the Project Offset engine" for its unnamed game. The rep added, " . . . the closing of the Intel team does not impact our ability to complete our own project.." Red 5 Studios was at one point close to being shut down earlier this year before being acquired by China-based game publisher The9 for $20 million
As we reported last week the founders of Offset Software have regrouped following Intel's decision to shut down the project and have formed a new game development studio, Fractiv. The company has not yet commented on whether or not the team has the rights to the Offset Engine technology or the Project Offset game IP.
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Do you see the bold there? "Red 5 Studios was at one point close to being shut down earlier this year before being acquired by China-based game publisher The9 for $20 million". The9, the same China-based game publisher that has partnered with SOE to help develop Planetside 2. This just seems to support the theory more and more. Lots of connections going on now!