An official forum post by Vanguard: Saga of Heroes executive producer Brad McQuaid stated, “SOE is in discussions with Sigil regarding the future of Vanguard and Sigil Games in Carlsbad. Talks are going well and first and foremost, our primary concern right now is what's best for Vanguard and its community. We want to ensure that this game and its community have a healthy future. The specifics that we work out over the coming days will all be with that single goal in mind."
A rep for SOE, which published Vanguard, confirmed that the forum post is legitimate.
McQuaid, who is also chairman and CEO of Sigil, didn’t confirm anything else other than there are “talks” underway, adding that he “can’t say” whether or not the talks would result in an acquisition, layoffs or management changes at Sigil.
McQuaid’s lengthy post outlined the trials and tribulations of making Vanguard, an MMO for PC that “is doing decently but not as well as we hoped,” he said.
McQuaid suggested that the game, which launched in January, needs more work. “…Both companies agree that we need more of SOE's involvement if Vanguard is going to continue to get the support it needs to both continue to be worked on and improved and debugged and optimized.”
Other issues such as developing a better marketing message for the game, high system requirements and increasing MMO competition from other companies hindered the game’s release.
“What the game needs is a re-launch of sorts, including targeted marketing campaigns, an all-around successful move by gamers to the next generation of hardware, continued good word of mouth ‘viral' marketing by those who are already playing, enjoying, and re-subscribing,” McQuaid stated.
The SOE rep said that more information may be available by the end of the day.http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...402&Ite mid=2
A rep for SOE, which published Vanguard, confirmed that the forum post is legitimate.
McQuaid, who is also chairman and CEO of Sigil, didn’t confirm anything else other than there are “talks” underway, adding that he “can’t say” whether or not the talks would result in an acquisition, layoffs or management changes at Sigil.
McQuaid’s lengthy post outlined the trials and tribulations of making Vanguard, an MMO for PC that “is doing decently but not as well as we hoped,” he said.
McQuaid suggested that the game, which launched in January, needs more work. “…Both companies agree that we need more of SOE's involvement if Vanguard is going to continue to get the support it needs to both continue to be worked on and improved and debugged and optimized.”
Other issues such as developing a better marketing message for the game, high system requirements and increasing MMO competition from other companies hindered the game’s release.
“What the game needs is a re-launch of sorts, including targeted marketing campaigns, an all-around successful move by gamers to the next generation of hardware, continued good word of mouth ‘viral' marketing by those who are already playing, enjoying, and re-subscribing,” McQuaid stated.
The SOE rep said that more information may be available by the end of the day.http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...402&Ite mid=2
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