Catalyst Game Labs, who currently license the Shadowrun and Battletech IP, and additionally publish Eclipse Phase and CthulhuTech, are having some problems.
The official statement:
The result was that business funds had been co-mingled with the personal funds of one of the owners. We believe the missing funds were the result of bad habits that began alongside [...]
Anyway, Exalted goes well, or at least I think it’s going well. The 3e game I was playing in has recently switched to 4e, so I’ll be able to give a better player’s-eye perspective on the game. I’m actually looking forward to doing a comparison between them. Exalted thinks it’s a crunchy tactical wargame, but [...]
As a rejoinder to my mixed feelings about 4e, it seems the market has spoken: 4e has already received a second print run and is ranked #5 for preorders on Amazon.com.
If it gets more people into the hobby, that’s good for the hobby.
(Via Trollsmyth.)
So, a friend on the Ziggurat of Doom found an interesting thing.
Word in other fora is that this has been independently confirmed: Wizards is announcing D&D 4th Edition at GenCon.
That’s not really enough information to say much, so I’ll just say this: “Please, in the name of all the gods of gaming, by Vecna, Borgstrom, [...]
Confirmed: Monte Cook’s World of Darkness, to be shown at GenCon Indy 2007.
That is the entirety of known facts on the subject.
Let the speculation begin!
CCP, the Icelandic developer and publisher of the MMORPG Eve Online, and White Wolf, yes, the RPG publisher, are merging.
What each side gets: White Wolf will be expanding Eve offline, into novels, strategy guides, RPGs, and CCGs. CCP will get White Wolf online, into the MMO market.
Both companies will continue to operate under their current [...]
White Wolf’s small-press Arthaus imprint has acquired Big Eyes, Small Mouth 3rd Edition from now-defunct Guardians of Order. Apparently the book was laid out and ready to go when GOO shut down, and will be carried swiftly printer-ward by special book-carrying gnomes.
It releases January 2007.
I’m not a huge Tri-Stat fan, but I’ll take a look.
Some interesting thoughts on industry sales trends and marketing habits, for your edification.
Quick background: Very Soon Now, White Wolf will be releasing the newest World of Darkness 2 game, Prometheans: The Created, featuring golems and constructs of various types.
There is, reportedly, an ad in the back for the 2007 WoD2 game.
They’re bringing back Changeling.
I’d like this to be good news, but I’m not sure it is.
Mark MacKinnon, CEO of Guardians of Order, has finally (after a LOT of rumors and speculation) made a public statement about the status of GoO.
Citing a combination of a general downturn in the RPG market with a harsher US/CAN exchange rate (GoO was based in Canada) as the major factors in the company’s demise, he [...]
