Wizard Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Acclaim Website The Acclaim we grew up with is dead--we've known this for months, but the reforged company has a new website and is seeking beta testers for its new title Bots, a free MMOG that hopes to stay afloat using in-game advertising and micro-transactions. The only other game mentioned on their rather simple website is 9Dragons, but little is shown of the game besides some pretty pictures and a short CG movie. As GameIndustry notes, new owners Howard Marks and Ken Chan hope to "build a community that leverages the familiarity with and loyalty to the Acclaim brand." Loyalty to Acclaim, eh? Call us cynical, but Turok this is not.-Joystiq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynvar Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 9Dragons looks interesting. Bots doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 9Dragons huh? Looks promising. Well, at leastthe scarce artwork does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Server not found Firefox can't find the server at www.acclaim.com. Wow bankrupt already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynvar Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Server not found Firefox can't find the server at www.acclaim.com. Wow bankrupt already?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's strange, I can get there fine. I clicked the link above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Worked about 15 minutes after I posted that. Talk about suckage for games though, Bots looks lame, real lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynvar Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Well if you remember Acclaims old days it was never a heavy contender. Always making those games on movie licenses that stunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Bot may look lame but you never know . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samor Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 well, with infogrames going Atari they at least tried to look like the old company.This is just something entirely different with the same name.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 well, with infogrames going Atari they at least tried to look like the old company.This is just something entirely different with the same name....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The only difference is, 2 brothers bought the company as oppose to Infogrames buying out Atari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samor Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 hm.. but at that time Atari was heavily Hasbrodified, wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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