Game News Bad News: Chaos Chronicles development on hold due to legal trouble with bitComposer

[Infinitron]

Tags: bitComposer; Chaos Chronicles; Coreplay

Shortly after they opened their official forums on the Codex, the Chaos Chronicles team went silent and stopped posting development updates. At first it seemed like everything was business as usual, but earlier this month, project lead Peter "HobGoblin42" Ohlmann revealed that something was indeed amiss. Yesterday, he finally dropped the bomb - publisher issues:

I don't want to keep you guys from writing those excellent fiction, but the current unsettled situation with Chaos Chronicles is solely based on a conflict between us and bitcomposer. At the current state the completion and release of the game is uncertain since our last attempt to find some agreement failed due the disappointment that we haven't heard back from bitcomposer after holding a long (and constructive) meeting.​

Obviously, the game won't be released in this summer because bitcomposer stopped the development earlier this year through an legal injunction(which has been recalled later). The next few weeks will finally decide if the game will see the day of light or not.​

Terrible news. Let this serve as a reminder as to why we need Kickstarter.

 

[Stabwound]

 

[Infinitron]

Here's a petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/bit...-chronicles-continued-development-by-coreplay

bitComposer Games: Enable Chaos Chronicles' continued development by COREPLAY

 

[Robert Jarzebina]

 

[Jashiin]

FUCK BITCOMPOSER

May all who work there burn in hell.

 

[Shannow]

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

bitComposer's motto should be "On a mission to eradicate fun."

 

[Zdzisiu]

Fuck, I was waiting for this game.

It would be nice to know more about his problem with BitComposer, but seeing as it is probably a legal matter we will never know all the details.

 

[Jashiin]

Ow we know the details, shitcomposer burned money fucking up JA BIA, then when the devs could prove then CAN make a great TB game, they ran out of funds and pulled the plug. Fuck these guys to hell.

 

[Excidium]

Fucking hell man.

 

[stony3k]

This sucks!!!

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Goddamn.

 

[RedScum]

Fuuuuuck...

 

[fanta]

WTF? My no. 1 awaited game and so close to completion

 

[General Maxson]

We needed this game. But maybe we'll still get it.

 

[likaq]

Publishers are horrible creatures. Developers should avoid them like a plague and whenever they can.

In before skyway and his ' publishers are awesome' mantra.

 

[getter77]

I truly hope more light gets shined on this in the coming weeks---such a promising game winding up scrapped after so much talent has already been spent making it would constitute a tremendous waste of ambition.

 

[LeStryfe79]

What a Motherfucker.

Also,

 

[HiddenX]

Problem:
Bitcomposer has the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. license, too.

 

[Infinitron]

In before bitComposer sued Coreplay for associating themselves too closely with the RPG Codex.

 

[Jashiin]

Isn't one of those shits a member here ?

 

[Severian Silk]

I used to be a game developer like you, but then I took a publisher in the knee.

 

[AstroZombie]

bitComposer, is that the same publisher that raped Jagged Alliance? FUCK THOSE SCUMBAGS!

 

[Infinitron]

bitComposer, is that the same publisher that raped Jagged Alliance? FUCK THOSE SCUMBAGS!

Uh Chaos Chronicles is made by the same developer that raped Jagged Alliance

 

[Admiral jimbob]

butt composer