This afternoon,
Smedley posted on the
Official Vanguard Forums (oh yea, those are new too) that SOE has aquired Sigil and Vanguard:
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Originally Posted by Smed
As a part of this acquisition, we are bringing on approx 50 people from Sigil in order to insure that Vanguard continues to grow. SOE is dedicated to making sure that Vanguard is well taken care of and that we provide the same level of service we do for our other titles. In the near future we will come out with a publishing plan that will largely be driven by the strong player community that Vanguard has already built up.
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Looking at
Sigil's Team Members page, I quickly count about 104 people on it, which would mean that about half the Sigil team is out of a job today. I hope everything works out for those folks who have worked so hard on Vanguard. On a personal note, I've got to say that I very much hope that everything works out O.K. for our favorite Associate Game Designer
Cylus
What will this ultimately mean for the game? Who can say at this point. Smed's post says they will be working on fixing existing problems with the game and expanding the currently available content. He also says:
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Originally Posted by Smed
We do not plan on making any major changes to Vanguard. Any changes are going to come from the team itself. We aren't mandating any big changes to the game. We've learned a thing or two with our experiences with the NGE and don't plan on repeating mistakes from the past and not listening to the players.
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I think most people knew this day was coming for a
LONG time, as in back when Sigil first announced that they were being dropped by Microsoft and partnering up with Sony. There is a
lot of dislike for SOE among the Vanguard following, so while this is likely to cost the game a large number of subscriptions, it may be the only way the game can survive at all if they financial pressures are as bad as it seems.
It's Official... SOE owns Sigil
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