inXile considers leaking Bards Tale

[cka]

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive entertainment
developer and publisher inXile entertainment today announced that it is
considering some form of leak of The Bard's Tale, its eagerly anticipated
action-role playing game (RPG), as a strategic plan to follow a growing trend
among Triple A games.
"The Bard's Tale is a highly original game in the same category as a Grand
Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2 and Halo 2 so we feel some sort of leak
that sounds similar to what they have experienced may be the next logical step
in our launch plans," said Brian Fargo, founder and CEO of inXile
entertainment. "Of course we would immediately condemn the leak and make
every effort to stop it if we proceed with it."
"In The Bard's Tale, our main character, The Bard, is an opportunist
always interested in getting goods at a discounted rate so we feel he would
applaud some sort of leak," said Matt Findley, president of inXile
entertainment.
It's unclear how the leak will be handled, if implemented. Pirated or
unauthorized playable game code would not actually be made available over the
internet or otherwise but the full version of the game could be attained by
game enthusiasts at major retail outlets as early as October 26th 2004.
For those wishing to help track down any potential thieves of The Bard's
Tale, inXile is proactively offering the following advice: If anyone finds
information on websites with links to unauthorized downloads, information,
scans or videos, please contact us at
shamelessmarketing@inxile-entertainment.com.

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[Cowdisease]

Best promotional campaign ever. If not, at least absolutely brilliant.

[Jeremy]

See...it doesn't work if you make it seem intentional...

[toxic]

Sort of clever.

I want to trash everything affiliated with Bard's Tale from what I have seen so far ... but in a rare exercise of internet restraint ... I will wait until I play a demo.

A tongue-in-cheek, hack-n-slash, fantasy game could be fun .. or could be miserable if the game mechanics suck.

[JefmcC]

Ballsy of them to compare the game to Halo 2 and Half Life 2.

[SearchManX]

Ballsy of them to compare the game to Halo 2 and Half Life 2.

I think it's a joke, and part of the joke is that they think they're on the same pedestal, which makes it extra funny, and I think they know that.

[JefmcC]

I think it's a joke, and part of the joke is that they think they're on the same pedestal, which makes it extra funny, and I think they know that.

Oh I agree, I'm sure this is a joke.

[Zerodash]

I know I'm not the only one who isn't laughing...

[LOL]

You're never laughing.

[MonsterMash]

I followed this to the Bard's Tale website, where I noticed a mouseover the Bard caused him to animate (my sound is off but I assume he's talking). The other characters similarly animated, and the female one shooed my cursor away. I thought that was funny and tried to repeat the action, realizing she only did it when the cursor moused over her chest. I did it one more time, and got sent to a page on sexual harassment.

Brilliant.