New Dune RTS!

[ríomhaire]

Nothing to do with Westwood, EA or Petroglyph. Some small studio called Rockstorm doing it in Unreal Engine 3. Somehow they also seem to have the rights to include house Ordos which I figured would belong to EA. Seems to be very early days. All they have so far is a logo and some unit art. Link in image:


So far the only side that have any real info is Harkonnen. I really hope this doesn't collapse or suck.

 

[Tagaziel]

It will ****ing suck. They can't even get the house inisignia right.

 

[ríomhaire]

Well it's not like the previous Dune games got the house colours right.

 

[Mr. Djees]

From their FAQ:

Q:

“You guys don’t have the rights to this, Electronic Arts / Frank Herbert’s Estate / Dino DeLaurentis / Shai Hulud are going to eat you alive! You’re doomed! Dooooomed!”

A:

Thanks for the support.

In all seriousness we are aware of the legal issues and we’re currently not making ANY money from this project and go to great lengths to assert the ownership of the rights holders whenever possible in the hopes that we can continue to develop this project out of our great respect and admiration for the source material.

That being said, we would welcome the opportunity to take this project commercial and develop it officially, so if you’re a legal representative from EA and you’re reading this…let’s talk.

Oh my.

 

[ríomhaire]

Oh god it's doomed.

 

[Remus]

Oh god it's doomed.

EA didn't stop the development of Renegade X so why would they stop this? As long as there is no profit I don't see what the problem is.

 

[Lucid]

Dear God, my heart nearly burst out of my chest at the thread title.

 

[Maestro]

I remain extremely skeptical of free games.

 

[Barnz]

if it has worms, I'll take it.

 

[Gargantou]

Not that interested by this, I mean if I want to play a Dune RTS I'll just do it.

I'd much rather they attempted something new with the franchise, i.e. if a commercial dev would pick up on the cancelled Dune MMORTS concept that would be amazing.

Alternatively, I'd love a new good Dune adventure title.