Post by PzK on Apr 13, 2008 16:59:51 GMT
On the 4th of April 2008 Mad Doc Software was taken over and bought out by Rockstar Games. The company that developed and made Empire Earth AOC, Empire Earth II and Empire Earth III, has now changed its name to Rockstar New England. For the Press Release go to this link here.
Despite a second patch for Empire Earth III being mentioned in the Official forums it now looks very unlikely we will ever see it. Whether there was a second patch in the workings is still a question. But our current concern is, what next?
Sierra Entertainment, also known as Vivendi, or now Activision Blizzard own the rights to the Empire Earth name and whether there will be a 4th game is currently in their hands. Since Mad Doc is now apart of the Rockstar empire another developer must rise to the challenge to make another sequel to the Empire Earth series. After Empire Earth III, this maybe more of a blessing than a blow to many fans. Before the takeover, Mad Doc had released a port of Bully The Scholarship edition from the PS2 to the Xbox 360. It received good reviews, however many players experienced frequent bugs and crashes, the article is here.
So, at the moment it is a matter of if there will be another sequel to Empire Earth, rather then when. Whether Vivendi can still see the series making profit for them, then it might be likely the latter. But judging by how Empire Earth 3 did, they may just finish the series once and for all. I hope for the fans this wont be the case.
For now I will try my best to find out what the future is for the series of my beloved Empire Earth. My site Empire Earth Planet has now been around for more than 2 years, going back with the first announcement of the Art of Supremacy Expansion for Empire Earth 2. Time does go by rather quickly.
Any information I'll find on the future of Empire Earth will be posted up on here, so if you want to keep informed keep checking the site.
Despite a second patch for Empire Earth III being mentioned in the Official forums it now looks very unlikely we will ever see it. Whether there was a second patch in the workings is still a question. But our current concern is, what next?
Sierra Entertainment, also known as Vivendi, or now Activision Blizzard own the rights to the Empire Earth name and whether there will be a 4th game is currently in their hands. Since Mad Doc is now apart of the Rockstar empire another developer must rise to the challenge to make another sequel to the Empire Earth series. After Empire Earth III, this maybe more of a blessing than a blow to many fans. Before the takeover, Mad Doc had released a port of Bully The Scholarship edition from the PS2 to the Xbox 360. It received good reviews, however many players experienced frequent bugs and crashes, the article is here.
So, at the moment it is a matter of if there will be another sequel to Empire Earth, rather then when. Whether Vivendi can still see the series making profit for them, then it might be likely the latter. But judging by how Empire Earth 3 did, they may just finish the series once and for all. I hope for the fans this wont be the case.
For now I will try my best to find out what the future is for the series of my beloved Empire Earth. My site Empire Earth Planet has now been around for more than 2 years, going back with the first announcement of the Art of Supremacy Expansion for Empire Earth 2. Time does go by rather quickly.
Any information I'll find on the future of Empire Earth will be posted up on here, so if you want to keep informed keep checking the site.
