If it is a game, I just hope it will be something good and not a cheap cash-in/attempt to keep us quiet.
Anyone remember the Starship Troopers game? It looks promising and was cancelled, then they released some bug filled 3D RTS game to make some money of the license before it expired.
Worf
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Captain Gideon: I thought you said you dont hold a grudge?
Galen: I dont, I have no surviving enemies...at all
Don't think it's a game...since JMS said that WB didn't see any reason for a B5 game when there already was a freeware B5 game.
But IF it has something with a game to do: (everything below is wild guesses,which most likely is just my mind who make up strange thoughts...)
Since WB doesn't see any reason to make a B5 game, maybe they have arranged a deal with "Space Dream Factory", so that B5: IFH will be getting an "license" or something so that the game will be officially supported by WB.
A coincidence that this announcement is coming close(?) to the release of the B5: IFH demo? maybe not...
(It can also have something to do with this [url="http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/Forum1/HTML/004746.html"]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/Forum1/HTML/004746.html[/url] )
The best would be that WB has managed to get Sierra to release the code for B5: ITF to the public.
[This message has been edited by Mundane (edited 07-04-2002).]
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
And look at the rumours fly!
It wasn't WB who looked at the mods and decided not to make a game, it was other companies. WB want a game. They want a good game to take advantage of their license and compete with Star Trek.
So, you never know what it might be, but it could be a game. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
This is pretty amazing news. There were two other companies that wanted to make a B5 sim but decided
they didn't want to compete with IFH?? That seems very odd. First off, there wouldn't have to
BE a IFH if those extremely unreasonable people at Sierra would just have finished B5:ItF
or let Sector 14 finish the game!
I seriously hope that WB has gotten Sierra to release the rights to all the Babylon 5: Into the Fire
assets so that a good company with top-notch programmers (I don't trust Sierra to make the game
right since they lost all their B5:ItF team members) can finish the game with a greatly enhanced
graphics engine (while keeping all the awesome planned features of B5:ItF intact).
The best possible situation would be to have Sector 14 finish the game. They deserve it for their
dedication, and they would do the best job by far, they've been with the game since the beginning.
All of that wonderful real live Babylon 5 video footage and the no-doubt great story (which
I assume JMS wrote, at least in part, or advised on?) can NOT go to waste. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
I'm all excited now, first we get confirmation on the Babylon 5 DVD's and now maybe an announcement
that B5:ItF will be completed?! It's going to be a long wait until after the 12th...
Happy Independence Day to all of my fellow Americans! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
If it was a game, then he must have been refering to us.
Also, there maybe lots of Babylon 5 fans but that doesn't make them all gamers. The Firstones are a small part of the Babylon 5 community that have become well known because of the fight we put up to get the game.
Worf
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Captain Gideon: I thought you said you dont hold a grudge?
Galen: I dont, I have no surviving enemies...at all
[quote]Originally posted by Dunedain:
[b]I seriously hope that WB has gotten Sierra to release the rights to all the Babylon 5: Into the Fire
assets so that a good company with top-notch programmers (I don't trust Sierra to make the game
right since they lost all their B5:ItF team members) can finish the game with a greatly enhanced
graphics engine (while keeping all the awesome planned features of B5:ItF intact).
[/b][/quote]
Guys, don't get your hopes up, Remember whats happened so many times before, we have no idea what this is referring to, it could be a game, it could be OUR game being finished, it could be new B5 keychains for all we know.
[quote]Originally quoted from somewhere:
[b]
Warner Brothers - THX - Vivendi, 4th July 2002
Babylon 5 - Into the Fire
Warner Brothers are excited to announce that the highly anticipated Babylon 5 - Into the Fire will be completed and should be in stores by Christmas 2002. The original materials have been released by Vivendi and given to THX Interactive, who will continue production on the game until it is complete.
Due to the current level of PC technology, the game will now be released on the Gameboy Advanced, a system we are pleased to be able to publish for and that we think is idealy suited to bringing the Babylon 5 universe to life. In order for the game to fit on a standard cartridge, all the video scenes that featured original cast members from the series have been replayed by our revolutionary new cartoon graphics engine that allows us to create all the Babylon 5 characters in astonishing two dimensional detail.
The space combat element has had to be scaled down in order for the game to be released in time for Christmas but players can still look forward to flying their favourite Starfury fighter from a top down perspective, play through 5 intense missions against Earth Alliance Forces, Minbari, Aardvarks and Shadows.
The game will be available on the 18th of December 2002.
[/b][/quote]
Yes, before you start to panic, this is a joke...probably. If it is a game, this is the kind of thing I am expecting to hear.
Worf
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Captain Gideon: I thought you said you dont hold a grudge?
Galen: I dont, I have no surviving enemies...at all
Ave Primo-Populi (Hail the Firstones)
[This message has been edited by WORF (edited 07-04-2002).]
I'm sure some of you think thats like employing a Velociraptor...
but... that aside I am good at the pitching and selling.
Either Oleg is a crafty ole sod and he's thrown me a red herring or the guys at IFH haven't had any contact with WB.
So, either they lied to me for very good reason, ( they are in cahoots with WB), or they are still very much going it alone.
Looks like we'l all be sweating plasma till the 10th.
I hope for JMS's sake it's something worth our time... it would be so unfortunate for him to be lynched at such an early age.... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
[quote]Originally posted by Alpha-1:
[b] Interesting bit from JMS.
quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally posted by J. M. Straczynski:
(Okay, I lied, one last-last thing...after the 12th of July or so there will likely be a small announcement from WB that's B5 related. Can't comment more than that, and it isn't anything major a la a new series or a movie or the like, but I suspect a certain sub-set of B5 fandom will be most pleased by the information.)
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I have no idea what he means... but if it ain't a new series, movie or something like that then it can mean a new PC/console game and/or freeing the copyrights.
Remains to be seen... damn, now I'm all excited. [/b][/quote]
So you absolutely, positively had to put my post here?
[quote]Originally posted by Dunedain:
[b]There were two other companies that wanted to make a B5 sim but decided
they didn't want to compete with IFH?? That seems very odd.[/b][/quote]
I don't think that it seems odd. I've Found Her has (or has it?) the quality of a commercial game. It looks great, sounds great (I think, Black Sheep is editing the sounds/voices so it sounds great [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]) etc. etc.
Even I wouldn't want to compete with IFH. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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Mauri "[b]Darkblade[/b]" Majanoja
"You know the difference between the you and the you five minutes ago? The you five minutes ago had five minutes to live!"
-Sly Boots, Anachronox
Mission designer - [url="http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon"]Freespace 2 : The Babylon Project[/url]
Lead Mission Designer - [url="http://archives.volitionwatch.com/fs2/missions/download.php3?MissID=356"]James Moores' Operation Avatar[/url]
[quote]Originally posted by Andy La Rubin:
[b]Guys. We never had any contacts with WB. And we know nothing about this upcoming anouncement either.[/b][/quote]
Confirmed.
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[IFH team]
Oleg from Space Dream Factory
- Quod licet Draal, non licet Zathras -
[quote]Originally posted by Andy La Rubin:
[b]Guys. We never had any contacts with WB. And we know nothing about this upcoming anouncement either.[/b][/quote]
I know... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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Mauri "[b]Darkblade[/b]" Majanoja
"You know the difference between the you and the you five minutes ago? The you five minutes ago had five minutes to live!"
-Sly Boots, Anachronox
Mission designer - [url="http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon"]Freespace 2 : The Babylon Project[/url]
Lead Mission Designer - [url="http://archives.volitionwatch.com/fs2/missions/download.php3?MissID=356"]James Moores' Operation Avatar[/url]
[quote]Originally posted by Darkblade:
[b] I don't think that it seems odd. I've Found Her has (or has it?) the quality of a commercial game. It looks great, sounds great (I think, Black Sheep is editing the sounds/voices so it sounds great [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]) etc. etc.
[/b][/quote]
Hey hey, I don't wanna be Mr. Depressive or something, but my skills are almost laughable compared to professional sound designers...but thanks for you trust [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
It is easy to think and hope the best when such announcements will come....
Stay positive...one day the announcement may be about a game,maybe it is our turn this time to celebrate.
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"Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. There would never be another. It changed the future .. and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future .. or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have care for one another, because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope .. that there can always be new beginnings .. even for people like us."
You're all so happy and optimistic. I suspect something closer to B5 reruns on some station in an area that didn't get it before is coming.
Not that I know anything. Keep hope alive, hmm?
[quote]Originally posted by Entil'Zha:
[b]...it could be new B5 keychains for all we know.[/b][/quote]
My votes for the keychains... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
[quote]Originally quoted from diz-biz:
[b]Warner Brothers - Foundation Imaging - Sonic Images, 5th July 2002
Babylon 5 Crusade - Series to be remade
Warner Brothers are excited to announce that the previously screwed up Babylon 5 Sequel series - Crusade, will be reworked and should be ready for airing by August 2003.
The original footage is in the process of being edited and all references to TNT, Netter Digital (including the sorry ass CGI), as well as the crappy music will be replaced by more appropriate effects and compositing work from the legendary Foundation Imaging, and musical score by Sonic Images.
The new series is slated to be aired in September, 2003.[/b][/quote]
Guys, the big news you're waiting for is about G'Kar finally getting laid after he went out with those girls. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img] (reference to the "Book of G'Kar" blooper)
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"Isn't the universe a wonderful place? I wouldn't want to live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't! Have to go. Kiss kiss, love love! Bye!" - G'Kar
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
The ones from tuesday? Well, my congratulations to him!
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Comments
These attempts are NOT related to S14S ones.
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Is this it?
Anyone remember the Starship Troopers game? It looks promising and was cancelled, then they released some bug filled 3D RTS game to make some money of the license before it expired.
Worf
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Captain Gideon: I thought you said you dont hold a grudge?
Galen: I dont, I have no surviving enemies...at all
Ave Primo-Populi (Hail the Firstones)
But IF it has something with a game to do: (everything below is wild guesses,which most likely is just my mind who make up strange thoughts...)
Since WB doesn't see any reason to make a B5 game, maybe they have arranged a deal with "Space Dream Factory", so that B5: IFH will be getting an "license" or something so that the game will be officially supported by WB.
A coincidence that this announcement is coming close(?) to the release of the B5: IFH demo? maybe not...
(It can also have something to do with this [url="http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/Forum1/HTML/004746.html"]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/Forum1/HTML/004746.html[/url] )
The best would be that WB has managed to get Sierra to release the code for B5: ITF to the public.
[This message has been edited by Mundane (edited 07-04-2002).]
It wasn't WB who looked at the mods and decided not to make a game, it was other companies. WB want a game. They want a good game to take advantage of their license and compete with Star Trek.
So, you never know what it might be, but it could be a game. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
------------------
[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
they didn't want to compete with IFH?? That seems very odd. First off, there wouldn't have to
BE a IFH if those extremely unreasonable people at Sierra would just have finished B5:ItF
or let Sector 14 finish the game!
I seriously hope that WB has gotten Sierra to release the rights to all the Babylon 5: Into the Fire
assets so that a good company with top-notch programmers (I don't trust Sierra to make the game
right since they lost all their B5:ItF team members) can finish the game with a greatly enhanced
graphics engine (while keeping all the awesome planned features of B5:ItF intact).
The best possible situation would be to have Sector 14 finish the game. They deserve it for their
dedication, and they would do the best job by far, they've been with the game since the beginning.
All of that wonderful real live Babylon 5 video footage and the no-doubt great story (which
I assume JMS wrote, at least in part, or advised on?) can NOT go to waste. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
I'm all excited now, first we get confirmation on the Babylon 5 DVD's and now maybe an announcement
that B5:ItF will be completed?! It's going to be a long wait until after the 12th...
Happy Independence Day to all of my fellow Americans! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Anyway, it does not feel like a game to me because he says a certain set of fans will be happy. Wouldn't a game (or the game) make most fans happy?
[This message has been edited by MaSC (edited 07-04-2002).]
Also, there maybe lots of Babylon 5 fans but that doesn't make them all gamers. The Firstones are a small part of the Babylon 5 community that have become well known because of the fight we put up to get the game.
Worf
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Captain Gideon: I thought you said you dont hold a grudge?
Galen: I dont, I have no surviving enemies...at all
Ave Primo-Populi (Hail the Firstones)
[b]I seriously hope that WB has gotten Sierra to release the rights to all the Babylon 5: Into the Fire
assets so that a good company with top-notch programmers (I don't trust Sierra to make the game
right since they lost all their B5:ItF team members) can finish the game with a greatly enhanced
graphics engine (while keeping all the awesome planned features of B5:ItF intact).
[/b][/quote]
Guys, don't get your hopes up, Remember whats happened so many times before, we have no idea what this is referring to, it could be a game, it could be OUR game being finished, it could be new B5 keychains for all we know.
[b]
Warner Brothers - THX - Vivendi, 4th July 2002
Babylon 5 - Into the Fire
Warner Brothers are excited to announce that the highly anticipated Babylon 5 - Into the Fire will be completed and should be in stores by Christmas 2002. The original materials have been released by Vivendi and given to THX Interactive, who will continue production on the game until it is complete.
Due to the current level of PC technology, the game will now be released on the Gameboy Advanced, a system we are pleased to be able to publish for and that we think is idealy suited to bringing the Babylon 5 universe to life. In order for the game to fit on a standard cartridge, all the video scenes that featured original cast members from the series have been replayed by our revolutionary new cartoon graphics engine that allows us to create all the Babylon 5 characters in astonishing two dimensional detail.
The space combat element has had to be scaled down in order for the game to be released in time for Christmas but players can still look forward to flying their favourite Starfury fighter from a top down perspective, play through 5 intense missions against Earth Alliance Forces, Minbari, Aardvarks and Shadows.
The game will be available on the 18th of December 2002.
[/b][/quote]
Yes, before you start to panic, this is a joke...probably. If it is a game, this is the kind of thing I am expecting to hear.
Worf
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Captain Gideon: I thought you said you dont hold a grudge?
Galen: I dont, I have no surviving enemies...at all
Ave Primo-Populi (Hail the Firstones)
[This message has been edited by WORF (edited 07-04-2002).]
I offered my services as a negotiator...
I'm sure some of you think thats like employing a Velociraptor...
but... that aside I am good at the pitching and selling.
Either Oleg is a crafty ole sod and he's thrown me a red herring or the guys at IFH haven't had any contact with WB.
So, either they lied to me for very good reason, ( they are in cahoots with WB), or they are still very much going it alone.
Looks like we'l all be sweating plasma till the 10th.
I hope for JMS's sake it's something worth our time... it would be so unfortunate for him to be lynched at such an early age.... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
[b] Interesting bit from JMS.
quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally posted by J. M. Straczynski:
(Okay, I lied, one last-last thing...after the 12th of July or so there will likely be a small announcement from WB that's B5 related. Can't comment more than that, and it isn't anything major a la a new series or a movie or the like, but I suspect a certain sub-set of B5 fandom will be most pleased by the information.)
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I have no idea what he means... but if it ain't a new series, movie or something like that then it can mean a new PC/console game and/or freeing the copyrights.
Remains to be seen... damn, now I'm all excited. [/b][/quote]
So you absolutely, positively had to put my post here?
[quote]Originally posted by Dunedain:
[b]There were two other companies that wanted to make a B5 sim but decided
they didn't want to compete with IFH?? That seems very odd.[/b][/quote]
I don't think that it seems odd. I've Found Her has (or has it?) the quality of a commercial game. It looks great, sounds great (I think, Black Sheep is editing the sounds/voices so it sounds great [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]) etc. etc.
Even I wouldn't want to compete with IFH. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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Mauri "[b]Darkblade[/b]" Majanoja
"You know the difference between the you and the you five minutes ago? The you five minutes ago had five minutes to live!"
-Sly Boots, Anachronox
Mission designer - [url="http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon"]Freespace 2 : The Babylon Project[/url]
Lead Mission Designer - [url="http://archives.volitionwatch.com/fs2/missions/download.php3?MissID=356"]James Moores' Operation Avatar[/url]
[b]Guys. We never had any contacts with WB. And we know nothing about this upcoming anouncement either.[/b][/quote]
Confirmed.
------------------
[IFH team]
Oleg from Space Dream Factory
- Quod licet Draal, non licet Zathras -
[b]Guys. We never had any contacts with WB. And we know nothing about this upcoming anouncement either.[/b][/quote]
I know... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
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Mauri "[b]Darkblade[/b]" Majanoja
"You know the difference between the you and the you five minutes ago? The you five minutes ago had five minutes to live!"
-Sly Boots, Anachronox
Mission designer - [url="http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon"]Freespace 2 : The Babylon Project[/url]
Lead Mission Designer - [url="http://archives.volitionwatch.com/fs2/missions/download.php3?MissID=356"]James Moores' Operation Avatar[/url]
[b] I don't think that it seems odd. I've Found Her has (or has it?) the quality of a commercial game. It looks great, sounds great (I think, Black Sheep is editing the sounds/voices so it sounds great [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]) etc. etc.
[/b][/quote]
Hey hey, I don't wanna be Mr. Depressive or something, but my skills are almost laughable compared to professional sound designers...but thanks for you trust [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Stay positive...one day the announcement may be about a game,maybe it is our turn this time to celebrate.
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"Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. There would never be another. It changed the future .. and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future .. or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have care for one another, because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope .. that there can always be new beginnings .. even for people like us."
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'The future is all around us' G'kar
'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]www.NialB5.com[/url].
Not that I know anything. Keep hope alive, hmm?
Serious ones I mean (IE: Collectors plates with londo's picture fanatics or what have you).
My thoughts are:
-a Computer/Console game (yay)
-something board-game related (yay)
-new londo collectors plates (nay)
-new Models/toys (not likely, but still a Yay)
[b]...it could be new B5 keychains for all we know.[/b][/quote]
My votes for the keychains... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
[quote]Originally quoted from diz-biz:
[b]Warner Brothers - Foundation Imaging - Sonic Images, 5th July 2002
Babylon 5 Crusade - Series to be remade
Warner Brothers are excited to announce that the previously screwed up Babylon 5 Sequel series - Crusade, will be reworked and should be ready for airing by August 2003.
The original footage is in the process of being edited and all references to TNT, Netter Digital (including the sorry ass CGI), as well as the crappy music will be replaced by more appropriate effects and compositing work from the legendary Foundation Imaging, and musical score by Sonic Images.
The new series is slated to be aired in September, 2003.[/b][/quote]
Joke! Joke! Joke!
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
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"Isn't the universe a wonderful place? I wouldn't want to live anywhere else! Love to stay! Can't! Have to go. Kiss kiss, love love! Bye!" - G'Kar
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[b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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'The future is all around us' G'kar
'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]www.NialB5.com[/url].