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Friday the 13th The Game cancels all future DLC due to copyright lawsuit
- Thread starter KoolAid
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I find it really shady that they have known about this legal dispute for a long time and have continued to try and profit from the game as long as possible knowing that they were going to get shut down eventually, leaving the players with an essentially dead game
https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/2...me-gets-caught-up-in-copyright-claim-lawsuit/
Well that's shitty. Uber Jason was supposed to be next and the grendel map after being teased in the virtual cabin.
Well that's shitty. Uber Jason was supposed to be next and the grendel map after being teased in the virtual cabin.
Wow I am super bummed. Play this game almost every night. I can't believe they're not even able to release the Part VI kill pack, pajama costumes and Uber Jason stuff that's in progress.
Here's the full press release if anyone's interested:
It's a very unfortunate situation, sucks for everyone involved and fans of the game. Hope the court doesn't rule out of favor for them and the content can eventually release.
It's a very unfortunate situation, sucks for everyone involved and fans of the game. Hope the court doesn't rule out of favor for them and the content can eventually release.
They continued to make content, dude. They didn't up and stop the moment they learned of it. They fought to continue. They're still adding and fixing a bunch of back end stuff too, it's just done for characters and such. Wouldn't really say it's a dead game yet.
Yeah, especially if they aren't going to continue patching it
Does it say what the legal claim is? I would be curious to know. Does it have something to do with the change of rights from Paramount to Warner Bros. ?
The challenges update they just did was really good too. The challenges are super fun, it's like a mini Hitman game where you play as Jason.
Oh, I see. It's a claim made by the creator of the original characters. Hmmm... Interesting.
Yeah, the basics is the original script writer for the first Friday the 13th film is trying to take copyright of the whole franchise, either he'll win or all future efforts for Friday the 13th are on pause until this case is taken care of.
The case has nothing to do with the game itself, it's not aimed at the game, but the game is on pause now like everything else until the ownership of Friday the 13th is decided.
This sucks. I was a backer on Kickstarter and really liked the game for what it was and thought it had potential if they kept working on it or made a sequel. They deserved better. It's always frustrating when stuff like this happens.
That really sucks, I played the hell out of this game around launch, and bugs aside had lots of fun with it. Hopefully they are able to come out of this alright and able to continue new content.
I swear it's always someone from the og movie that keeps screwing this franchise. I remember the Georgetown group did some fuckery toward the remake.
Honestly this could be a blessing.
Building a new game without the Friday license would free them creatively so they can produce some original characters, levels and content that puts gameplay first. They should be able to afford a bigger team and use some of the mo-cap and assets from the F13th game to get a head start.
This project has encountered so many setbacks.
Building a new game without the Friday license would free them creatively so they can produce some original characters, levels and content that puts gameplay first. They should be able to afford a bigger team and use some of the mo-cap and assets from the F13th game to get a head start.
This project has encountered so many setbacks.
Nightmare on Elm Street would have SO MUCH potential with the dream worlds/reality mechanics.
I don't think people would play this buggy and glitchy game without the license attached.
They could, but, and I'm pulling this out of my butt here- I think this game was more popular than Dead by Daylight (which is kinda what you're describing, though they did license Halloween/Michael Myers) because of the license and playing as Jason/the campers. Fan service goes a long way to smooth over huge bugs and technical issues.
Jason X
Dead by Daylight is less popular because it isn't about killing or escaping, it's videogamey - fixing generators and not getting stuck on hooks.
It's janky but Friday 13th's approach to a slasher game is so much better.
It's janky but Friday 13th's approach to a slasher game is so much better.
I don't see the devs getting another shot at a different horror franchise like Nightmare on Elm Street or Chuckie either given their performance with this game originally.
Sad to hear.
Sad to hear.
