[OT?] Bad Sim news -- B5 and SFC?

> Phillip Atcliffe wrote:

> Mark S. wrote:

Quite the opposite, there are quite a few on the horizon - Starlancer,
Descent 2 and Freelancer to name but three. Sadly Jump Runner doesn't look as
if it will be published after all (sob, since I would have been lead
programmer). In fact the reason we've had trouble signing it is simply that
there are a glut of similar games and most small-to-medium sized
publishers don't think they can compete with Micro$oft et al.

> I went looking for StarFleet Command last weekend (release date here

> Considering that SFC is out in North America (I think), does this guy

Paramount are terminating all existing ST licences, so anyone who's
currently got one is rushing to squeeze one last game out of it - expect
a flood of ST games soon.

> Mark S. wrote:

[Snip bad news about Sierra]

> It has not been a good year for Babylon 5.

It seems to be a bad year for space combat (computer) games in general. I went
looking for StarFleet Command last weekend (release date here was supposedly
the 17th) to no avail. I asked about it and was told that there's some form of
copyright brangle going on which effectively
stops _any_ further Star Trek games from being released (!).

Considering that SFC is out in North America (I think), does this guy know
what he's talking about? And does anyone have any more information on this?

Phil, as cheezed off as anyone about the B5 game.

SFC is out here and it is WONDERFUL

> -----Original Message-----

> stops _any_ further Star Trek games from being released (!).

G'day,

SFC is out down here too (would've thought it'd reach the UK before the lower
end of Tasmania, so go figure), though by the sound of it I'm glad I picked it
up and put in in the "for DereK" Christmas box already;)

Cheers

Beth