Wizardry - Drecom acquires Copyright and Trademark Rights
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So from a bad console game developer to a mobile developer. Not an improvement.
It was but the Ip was was sold a few times in it's long history. It was originally owned by Sir-Tech, sold to Atlus, then sold to Acquire, and now Drecom has bought the rights.
I hope they make a true sequel to Wizardry 8. A game with similar mechanics but modern graphics would be nice. But I'm not holding my breath. Pretty sure what we will see is another bland dungeon crawler.
A site called hardcoregaming101 had a 17 part feature on the Wizardry franchise.
Link - http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/series/wizardy/
I shared the link for anyone interested in reading it.
Link - http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/series/wizardy/
I shared the link for anyone interested in reading it.
Thank you, CouchPotato!! As soon as I have some free time I'll read this, bit a bit
I just don't know if such link was once a newsbit here (I didn't search for it). If it never was, you could submit it to one of the news editors in order to get it published, what do you think?
Vindicator
Primordial Dragon
Wizardry 8 was a fantastic game, and next year is its 20th anniversary.
Just think of the money that could be made from Wizardry 8 Remastered with updated graphics at 4k/HDR, hi-res textures, and ray-tracing for next-gen consoles/PC. I'd be first in line to preorder!
Stahl33
Watchdog
I know right!
Lets see what this developer can do I guess.
How awesome would a good Wizardry 9 be!!
Lets see what this developer can do I guess.
How awesome would a good Wizardry 9 be!!
Lucky Day
Daywatch
Sir Tech sold the rights to Sir Tech Canada for $50,000 as a way to protect the IP from it's own implosion. Problem was, Sir Tech didn't own the rights - it was licensed from Robert Woodhead and Andrew Greenberg.
Of their many lawsuits against their former publisher it was for Wizardry 8 in the state of New York that they got the $30k remaining in escrow for it (though they argued for $150k) and that seems to be for the price of the IP. Personally, I don't why they didn't try and get the judge to rule they remained the owners.
Of their many lawsuits against their former publisher it was for Wizardry 8 in the state of New York that they got the $30k remaining in escrow for it (though they argued for $150k) and that seems to be for the price of the IP. Personally, I don't why they didn't try and get the judge to rule they remained the owners.
I just have this vision in my head of Manga characters and walking plants jumping backwards and forwards at each other in typical JRPG combat style while calling it a Wizardry game!! Not sure if I could really handle that!!!!
Carnifex
SasqWatch
I love Wizardry, I even love Disgaea, but my expectations for this could hardly be lower. I also like being surprised and proven wrong, so feel free to do that. Please.
The main problem with Japanese Wizardry games is that the mechanics are basically same with Wizardry 1-5. So if you take any Japanese Wizardry game and ignore its advanced graphics (according to older games of course), you have more or less an early Wizardry game under the hood. For some reason Japanese developers are oblivious to the fact that the series evolved considerably with 6-7-8.
I think their model might be something like Etrian Odyssey, which was basically a tablet game. I'd be surprised if we saw something more. It is even questionable if it won't be a mobile/tablet only game.
Japanese Wizardry games do focus on Wizardry 1-5 and I think the reasons are pretty practical. If you have Wizardry 6-8 as a model you need a writer, voice actors, and a good English translator. If you don't, you can skip these things and get along with simply a decent translator. Wizardry 8 is almost open world and has 3d graphics. Again, not using this for a model helps keep the game under a modest budget.
Don't get me wrong Wizardry 8 is one of my favourite rpgs of all time, but it would actually require a decent sized team with good skills to make a successor to it. This company seems more on the lookout for a smaller audience using a smaller budget.
There seems to be a decent sized Japanese audience for such games. We westerners are just a bonus.
Japanese Wizardry games do focus on Wizardry 1-5 and I think the reasons are pretty practical. If you have Wizardry 6-8 as a model you need a writer, voice actors, and a good English translator. If you don't, you can skip these things and get along with simply a decent translator. Wizardry 8 is almost open world and has 3d graphics. Again, not using this for a model helps keep the game under a modest budget.
Don't get me wrong Wizardry 8 is one of my favourite rpgs of all time, but it would actually require a decent sized team with good skills to make a successor to it. This company seems more on the lookout for a smaller audience using a smaller budget.
There seems to be a decent sized Japanese audience for such games. We westerners are just a bonus.