Alpha Protocol taken down from Steam because the licensed music rights have expired

[Quillon]

ITZ BACK

https://techraptor.net/content/alph...-expire?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

According to a follow-up reply, SEGA also confirmed that the publishing rights reverted to Obsidian.

ITZ HAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEENED

 

[Sailor Woedica]

Maybe Josh will work on this next

 

[Infinitron]

Hopefully it won't take too long for the game to be available for sale again.

I have a feeling Obsidian forgot about this entirely...

 

[Xeon]

I hope they release bug fixes and improvements if possible, that would be amazing.

 

[Infinitron]

It would probably be a waste of Obsidian's time to do that, but outsourcing it to some external studio that specializes in remasters like Aspyr could be nice.

 

[The_Mask]

Sooo the only place to get it is torrenting?!

Considering this is an older title, it may be very well possible that physical copies still exist. However, any potential seller will jack up the prices considerably until Obsidian wakes up.

I would. :D

 

[toro]

It would probably be a waste of Obsidian's time to do that, but outsourcing it to some external studio that specializes in remasters like Aspyr could be nice.

I'm sure they would be more productive with a new community manager

 

[vortex]

I'm sure they would be more productive with a new community manager

What's wrong with Sailor Woedica?

 

[Latelistener]

Maybe Cainarsky will take care of Alpha Protocol. I'm not really sure if they will be able to make a sequel for Outer Worlds, so...

Although I don't believe that MS / Obsidian will greenlight it. Judging by how the whole situation was handled Feargus probably completely forgot about this game or a contract they made 10 years ago.

 

[Quillon]

Maybe Cainarsky will take care of Alpha Protocol. I'm not really sure if they will be able to make a sequel for Outer Worlds, so...

Although I don't really believe that MS / Obsidian will greenlight it. Judging how the whole situation was handled Feargus probably completely forgot about this game or a contract they made 10 years ago.

AP came to their attention many times and they always said "its up to SEGA" or teased us when SEGA said they'll revive old IPs, they shouldn't be oblivious to the IP passing to them... tho I bet it was a deal, maybe goodwill from SEGA to MS with Obs' request since SEGA was pretty big in Xbox conference.

 

[Hellion]

During Deadfire's Fig campaign conclusion stream back in the day, somebody on Twitch had asked Feargus if they would ever consider doing an Alpha Protocol sequel. If I recall correctly, his response was "we'll see... stranger things than that have happened".

At least he still remembers the game and didn't respond "Alpha WHAT?" or something like that.

 

[c2007]

Aspyr specializes in something other than cash grabs?

 

[Infinitron]

Aspyr specializes in something other than cash grabs?

I was thinking about this: https://rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9994

 

[c2007]

Aspyr specializes in something other than cash grabs?

I was thinking about this: https://rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9994

So was I.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

During Deadfire's Fig campaign conclusion stream back in the day, somebody on Twitch had asked Feargus if they would ever consider doing an Alpha Protocol sequel. If I recall correctly, his response was "we'll see... stranger things than that have happened".

At least he still remembers the game and didn't respond "Alpha WHAT?" or something like that.

I’m totally “Alpha WHAT?” lol but the game is kind of cute from what I’ve seen on YouTube!

 

[deuxhero]

Before PoE I'd be excited, but now it's just

 

[DalekFlay]

Worried for a moment because Alpha Protocol was one of the last disc games I bought before giving up the dream and ditching them all, and I wasn't sure I ever got a replacement digital version. Just checked and it's in my Steam library though, so crisis averted. Now I can popamole and minigame again.

If it had licensed music I worry there's a chance Obsidian have the rights back but can't just slap it back up for sale? Hopefully it doesn't effect anything.

 

[Duraframe300]

Worried for a moment because Alpha Protocol was one of the last disc games I bought before giving up the dream and ditching them all, and I wasn't sure I ever got a replacement digital version. Just checked and it's in my Steam library though, so crisis averted. Now I can popamole and minigame again.

If it had licensed music I worry there's a chance Obsidian have the rights back but can't just slap it back up for sale? Hopefully it doesn't effect anything.

At worst they would have to remove the licensed tracks. There are not that many. Microsoft has enough money anyway. If they decided to use the IP, they'll use it.

 

[vortex]

I wouldn't get my hopes for AP2. SEGA wouldn't book sequel for Alien Isolation which was far more successful game than AP.
I'd rather they make sci-fi game similar to Deus EX or Cyberpunk.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Aspyr specializes in something other than cash grabs?

They port games to linux


On topic: AP2 seems like the kind of game that would interest Microsoft tbh.

 

[Nano]

Remember, Alpha Protocol was originally meant to be an Obsidian-owned IP like The Outer Worlds. Obsidian actually ceded it to SEGA during the game's development because they needed more development funds. And that may have happened...exactly a decade ago.

More like 13 years ago, no? Dwarfs's cancellation in 2006 is what forced Obsidian to give the IP rights to SEGA.

 

[McPlusle]

I would like to see a game like Alpha Protocol done right. Everything about it was so fascinating until I played it.

 

[CyberWhale]

I've already said it a couple of times, but it's worth repeating it - MGSV gameplay + AP attribute/skills and C&C.

 

[Abu Antar]

So it was just a good old IP transfer. The funny thing is that when we see Obsidian games announced or during events, they never use Alpa Protocol when they present them as ”the creators of Insert Title.
I’d like to see another AP game, but only if the right people are working on it and if it has the same reactivity.
On one hand, Microsoft probably don’t care much about the game. It didn’t sell enough to please SEGA. On the other hand, a polished Alpha Protocol game could do really well if they market it right.
In the end, if this was just rights for IP expiring, I have really low hopes. All I expect is to see the game being sold again, with Microsoft as publisher.

 

[Quillon]

MGSV gameplay

If only they can manage...

The funny thing is that when we see Obsidian games announced or during events, they never use Alpa Protocol when they present them as ”the creators of Insert Title.

Watch Obs' MS acquisition vid, they is a lot of some AP in there :D