Quasar
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Per-Scan said:
A while back folk were asking who owned Strife these days. It ended with someone mailing John Carmack. He said he didn't have any idea but doubted anyone would care what happened to it. So, what happened to Rogue? Did anyone buy up their IP's or anything or did they just go into liquidation?
Rogue and their parent company Velocity both closed up, and I can't find any info about an acquisition or transfer of assets. Then again, such things are not public matter and there wouldn't necessarily be anything available.
James Monroe *thinks* at least that some of the rights in the stuff they did related to id Software reverted to id at that point, as per some part of the original agreement that allowed them to develop that stuff in the first place, but neither he nor I nor John Carmack are lawyers (or even businessmen) so take that as you will.
I think, however, the most telling sign is that none of Rogue/Velocity's properties have been exploited through newer distribution avenues such as Steam or GOG. Try buying a legitimate copy of Strife; it's impossible. At best you can get a used copy from somebody.
I refuse to believe our rabid capitalist system would leave these properties unused while their sister properties such as DOOM and the Quake series continue to make money. So to me it suggests, along with everything else, that these really truly are abandoned works in the legal sense of the word.
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Oct 2 2010 07:21 
