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Section 8 "wasn't as accessible as it should have been"

GamerZines writes:

In an exclusive interview with GamerZines, TimeGate Studios' president Adel Chaveleh has listed the problems which he believed limited Section 8's success when it was released in 2009 and how Prejudice will be different.

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gamingdroid4836d ago

Accessibility wasn't the problem, it was the lack of fun and overall lack of good feeling controls....

maverick8784836d ago

Yep, was about to comment the same thing. I played this and just thought there we so many similar games doing it better.

WildArmed4836d ago (Edited 4836d ago )

The game was shit horrible. I couldn't bare stand playing it more than 10mins >.<

They have alot of issues to work out for their sequel

theEx1Le4836d ago

I enjoyed section 8 as much as i could, the premise for the game was excellent but very poorly executed. I like that the dev acknowledges that and is trying to make it better.

Fragger2k84835d ago

I don't know what the problem is that people have with the game. I personally thought it was pretty dang good. It may not be great, but it's still fun to play.

I'm looking forward to checking out Section 8 Prejudice. I just hope people will actually play it. =\

MARKUS_MAX1MUS4835d ago

problem was it was to accessible, It had literal Auto Aim as a perk which could be used with snipers to 1 hit kill people......they basically had an aimbot as a perk which was just retarded.

Fragger2k84834d ago

That is basically the same exact thing that I said to my brother when I read this title, lol.

It's ridiculous for a game to have a built in aimbot, but I could deal with people using it in this game.. But now, for some reason they want to make the game even more simple for players to get kills.. I'm really sick of developers making their games completely noob friendly anymore.

I'm guessing they're probably wanting to go a more CoD route and aim the game/maps at campers so players can hide everywhere and put in 0 effort to get their kills. *sighs*

Hopefully I'm wrong.

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TimeGate Shooter Section 8 and Unreleased Project In Bidding War With Atari

SegmentNext writes: "Defunct developer TimeGate Studios is currently experiencing interest from numerous bidders on its intellectual property (IP). After its bankruptcy earlier this year, due to lawsuits and other bad press, the studio’s shooters are up for grabs."

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Bundle Stars offering 12 PC games for only $5

For a limited time only, Bundle Stars, the direct-to-consumer company focusing on digital downloads, is launching its biggest PC game bundle to date. Gamers have the chance to download and own 12 standalone PC games for the price of just $5.

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TimeGate loses appeal: Court orders Section 8 developer to pay $7.3M in damages

Venturebeat.com: Publishers and developers are like soap-opera characters. One day they’re working together, then the next they’re plotting how to take each other down.
That’s how developer TimeGate, which produced the Xbox Live Arcade first-person shooter Section 8, ended up owing publisher SouthPeak Interactive $7.3 million in damages, as originally reported by Polygon. This comes after the latest court appeal in the long-running case went in favor of SouthPeak.

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-Mika-4027d ago

Awww, this is horrible. This is going to destroy them. Southpeak, this is not cool. You could of just told them to pay your lawyer fees and then just let them be. I know what company I will be boycotting in the future.

Thirty3Three4026d ago (Edited 4026d ago )

"I" will be boycotting in the future?

It's not a boycott if it's only one person.

No offense, but I think people on the gaming scene just use words they don't know :O

No idea why I'm getting (at the moment of this edit, only one...) disagrees...

It's true.

kreate4026d ago

Hey I just googled for the official meaning of boycott including dictionary. Com, Wikipedia amongst others, but it doesnt state anywhere that there needs to be a headcount requirement.

From my reading, it seems like one or a party can boycott whatever they want.

Idk but if there's anything else to it, plz enlighten us.

Soldierone4026d ago

Both sides are idiots here. TimeGate isn't innocent, they are the ones that originally opened the lawsuit. Their publisher just said "yeah? Well take this" and won.

Honestly I'm normally on the developers side, but it was stupid to do that and greedy. Just say "we are done" and walk away, find someone else to publish. If they want the crappy Section 8 license, let them have it.

hano4026d ago

Whenever someone says both sides are wrong, it means they don't have the balls to be fair or they just don't know the facts.

Soldierone4025d ago

To be fair to what? The developer was stupid for opening the lawsuit, and the publisher is stupid for taking it too far.

I would say it takes a lot more balls to say both sides are morons instead of picking a side.

hano4026d ago

The law is always on the side of the guys with more money.

In this case, the publisher paid more so now the developers have to give up the franchise and go bankrupt. Justice isn't served.

WUTCHUGUNNADO4025d ago

This is why dueling should still be legal.