SIGIL GAMES & MICROSOFT PARTING WAYS
It appears that Microsoft Games and Sigil Games are parting ways on Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. According to a press release from Sigil Games, Sigil and Microsoft are currently in talks regarding the transfer of publishing rights, and upon completion, Sigil and Sony Online Entertainment will co-publish the title. The co-publishing agreement would work as follows;
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“As co-publisher of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Sigil assumes greater control of marketing and PR, while maintaining responsibility for game development, community relations, media relations, customer support, and quality assurance. Under the terms of the agreement, SOE will provide distribution, marketing, hosting and back-end support — including billing and technical support — for the game. Additionally, SOE is tentatively planning on adding Vanguard, upon its release,to SOE’s Station Access™ subscription plan. Station Access allows players to enjoy all of SOE’s MMO titles for one low monthly price.” – Sigil press release
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It’s interesting to note that Sigil Games is headed up by Brad McQuaid, one of the original designers of SOE’s EverQuest game, and that one of the things often mentioned regarding Vanguard was that Sigil wanted to make it more in tune with the original “Vision” EverQuest had before Sony completely took over Verant Interactive. While according to the press release, Sigil would be maintaining creative control over the game, I for one would begin to worry about Sony slowly trying to gain control of this game in an attempt to give them a profitable successor to EverQuest.
SIGIL GAMES & MICROSOFT PARTING WAYS
It appears that Microsoft Games and Sigil Games are parting ways on Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. According to a press release from Sigil Games, Sigil and Microsoft are currently in talks regarding the transfer of publishing rights, and upon completion, Sigil and Sony Online Entertainment will co-publish the title. The co-publishing agreement would work as follows;
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“As co-publisher of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Sigil assumes greater control of marketing and PR, while maintaining responsibility for game development, community relations, media relations, customer support, and quality assurance. Under the terms of the agreement, SOE will provide distribution, marketing, hosting and back-end support — including billing and technical support — for the game. Additionally, SOE is tentatively planning on adding Vanguard, upon its release,to SOE’s Station Access™ subscription plan. Station Access allows players to enjoy all of SOE’s MMO titles for one low monthly price.” – Sigil press release
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It’s interesting to note that Sigil Games is headed up by Brad McQuaid, one of the original designers of SOE’s EverQuest game, and that one of the things often mentioned regarding Vanguard was that Sigil wanted to make it more in tune with the original “Vision” EverQuest had before Sony completely took over Verant Interactive. While according to the press release, Sigil would be maintaining creative control over the game, I for one would begin to worry about Sony slowly trying to gain control of this game in an attempt to give them a profitable successor to EverQuest.
