Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich Interview

http://pc.ign.com/articles/489/489526p1.html

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IGNPC: What types of advantages does self-publishing the title offer? In what ways does this new approach influence the actual development process in terms of creating content and scheduling?

Ken Levine: There's a reason some of the best games have come out of development houses that don't have a publisher breathing down their neck -- that can release product when it's ready rather then when the financial quarter dictates. Think of Id, think of Valve, even think of small companies like Battlefront (makers of Combat Mission). None of this is intended as a knock against publishers. Without a large publisher like EA, it would have been very hard to bring the level of exposure to Freedom Force that we received. But now we have that exposure; the brand is established, we are in constant contact with the fans. We can afford to fund the title on our own. We have a great PR company with Erica Kohnke's group. It's very difficult to find an equation where the publisher is going to add a lot of value to a brand that we understand so well.

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I'm very surprised they have enough cash to self-publish. I thought Freedom Force was a financial failure. I was also hoping they would mention The Lost since Crave seems to have abandoned publishing it. Irrational has probably abandoned developing it though.

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

I was also hoping they would mention The Lost since Crave seems to have abandoned publishing it. Irrational has probably abandoned developing it though.

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I agree. The Lost was near the top of my wanted list until it went MIA.

This game has been in limbo for a loooong time, since they couldn't find a publisher (guess they didn't have enough cash to self publish after all).

However, in the newest Game Informer, they have a piece on this game, and it's now set for March 2005.

YAY!

Best news in a long time.