Troika Closes Its Doors
<div class="IPBDescription">Lack of funding for new projects cited a</div> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->As many of you may have already heard, Troika has laid off all of its employees and is closing its doors due to our inability to secure funding for future projects. We have not yet made the decision as to whether Troika Games as an entity will regroup and pursue future projects or simply cease to exist. We want to thank all of our fans for their support these past seven years, it has really meant a lot to us that there were people out there who enjoyed our games enough to create fan-sites and follow our progress as a company. But we especially want to thank all of our employees - we had the pleasure of working with the some of the most dedicated, hard working, creative people in the industry, and we really appreciate all that they did for Troika.
Thanks for everything,
Tim, Leonard, and Jason<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Taken from <a href='http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/590630p1.html' target='_blank'>this</a> article at GameSpy.
All I can say is WTH. I was really looking forward to Bloodlines 2, or anything else from Troika, actually.
Thanks for everything,
Tim, Leonard, and Jason<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Taken from <a href='http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/590630p1.html' target='_blank'>this</a> article at GameSpy.
All I can say is WTH. I was really looking forward to Bloodlines 2, or anything else from Troika, actually.
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Im more disapointed at the post apocolpytic engine going to waist.
I have high hopes for obsidian, but it saddens me that their first game was rushed because lucasarts pushed them.
KOTOR2 was their first game, and its potential was stifled by the unneeded pressure from lucasarts. One whole planet, the entire HK-50 sideplot and the *real* ending were cut. All the content except for the scripting is already in the game files.
Needless to say, after being disappointed by the ending then learning about the totally awesome cut ending was a real downer.
Just kidding, I love you EA. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
So I'm not the only Arcanumlover on these boards, or the internet for that matter <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I mean that game was the best game of 2004 (For me) I just got into it.
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Well, that's exactly the problem. Some of Bloodline's bugs run so deep that they ruin the immersion. That isn't to say I didn't enjoy it though, it was still great fun, and Troika certainly don't deserve to be shut down.
So I'm not the only Arcanumlover on these boards, or the internet for that matter <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Guns suck.
Swords are much better
Swords are Lame.
Guns on the other hand........
One of the main reasons I decided to persue game development as a hobby instead of a career.
Zaphod was the only one I knew of, and it was him that first hinted to us at the mapcore forums that Troika was crumbling.
<a href='http://www.darwinia.co.uk' target='_blank'>Play this game, and then buy it. Even if you hate it. I know I did. (Although I think its cool)</a>
But seriously the game rocks. Its like Cannon Fodder cross-bred with an RTS and Tron. All at the same time.
Or something like that