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Game News The Roots got cancelled

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by Vault Dweller, Apr 6, 2006.

  1. Vault Dweller Commissar, Red Star Studio Developer

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    Tags: Roots, The; Tannhauser Gate

    <a href=http://www.rpgdot.com>RPG Dot</a> reports that <a href=http://www.thgate.com/>The Roots</a>, the exciting game featuring turn-based realtime combat, that was supposed to be "a breath of fresh air to turn based RPGs", breath-taking special effects during combat, and challenging mini-games like Ballooncraft Race, has been cancelled.
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    <blockquote>Cenega Publishing announced today the termination of cooperation with Tannhauser Gate, the developer of The Roots game. This decision has been made on the basis of serious problems that occurred during the development of the game and the project has been cancelled.
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    We would like to apologize to all the fans of The Roots, who have been patiently, yet eagerly waiting for the release of the game and we hope that the release schedule of Cenega Publishing will provide other interesting game titles for them.</blockquote>Rest in peace.
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  2. DarkPhantom Novice

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    It was one of the games I was curious to see and probably play. It looked good and probably had some nice features.

    Wel...back to Pong.
     
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  3. Section8 Erudite

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    Wow, I wonder how far along it was? The official site has an E3 2004 demo movie, so they must have been at it for a good few years. Serious problems, indeed.
     
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  4. Whipporowill Erudite

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    The game would surely have to suck bad to be canned this late in development. Either that or the whole studio dying a freak gardening accident.
     
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  5. FrancoTAU Liturgist

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    That sucks as it was games i was keeping tabs on. Oh well, looks like we're going to have zero RPGs in 07.
     
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  6. crufty Arcane

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    Wonder what the deal was. The press release says that "Cenega Publishing announced today the termination of cooperation with Tannhauser Gate." Doesn't say the project wasn't ready to go forward, or there were development issues. Just that there were problems with the dev team.

    Hello blacklist...
     
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  7. Abernathy Scholar

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    Cenega publishes the 'new' UFO series too. I suspect they're one of the more dubious publishers out there, if they're not all dubious...[/i]
     
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  8. Jack_Deth Augur Patron

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    I think everyone knew a game about slavery in pre-Civil War America wasn't going to work.
     
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  9. DemonKing Arcane

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    The title was stupid too - especially if you're from Australia (getting "a root" is slang for bonking/fornication here).
     
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  10. Dhruin Liturgist

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    Terrible game name (although it makes some sense when you hear the reason) but I always had a soft spot for them because of their company name (the Tannhauser Gate was from Roy's speech in Bladerunner).

    I sent them an email but no reply.
     
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