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Ritual Countdown, Testing Program, Sin II Tease?

[Jun 17, 2005, 10:34 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Ritual Entertainment Website now offers a redirect to this teaser page that seems to be a countdown of some sort, as the page currently sports a ginormous 18. Proceeding through to the main page reveals that the tribe is also launching a playtester program open to those 18 years or older in the Dallas, TX area willing to come in and contribute opinions about their works-in-progress. Finally, on another possibly related note, both http://www.ritual.com/sin2/ and http://www.sin2.com/ now redirect to LegionPharma, a site that looks like a legit drug company, though researching that trademark suggests this is fictitious, so this could be some sort of viral marketing for a still-unannounced Sin sequel. Thanks Frans.

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Jun 19, 2005, 02:05

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I am not a developer. I don't know how to program or write code. But I do know what a deadline is, and how missing it can often screw a business out of a lot of money. I'm a little tired of developers always blaming their publishers for shipping a game on a date that both parties contractually agreed to . I'm not positive that the "SIN" dev team missed the agreed upon date, or if the pub pulled a fast one, so if anyone knows I would appreciate the info. But developers in general need to realize that they have to set attainable goals and reach them with some measure of dependability. Games are big business. Maybe it's time that developers realized that pubs don't have an infinite amount of time and money available, and that deadlines are set for a reason.

Having said that, I am also discouraged by the blatant disregard for the developers that the publishers have been showing lately. If they run all of the talent out of the industry, whose going to be left to make games?




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Comment [quote="Prez"Jun 19, 2005, 02:05]I am not a developer. I don't know how to program or write code. But I do know what a deadline is, and how missing it can often screw a business out of a lot of money. I'm a little tired of developers always blaming their publishers for shipping a game on a date that both parties contractually agreed to . I'm not positive that the "SIN" dev team missed the agreed upon date, or if the pub pulled a fast one, so if anyone knows I would appreciate the info. But developers in general need to realize that they have to set attainable goals and reach them with some measure of dependability. Games are big business. Maybe it's time that developers realized that pubs don't have an infinite amount of time and money available, and that deadlines are set for a reason. Having said that, I am also discouraged by the blatant disregard for the developers that the publishers have been showing lately. If they run all of the talent out of the industry, whose going to be left to make games? [/quote]

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