So yeah all the stuff we had ready or near ready will now never see the light of day.No TxK PC, PS4, Oculus, GearVR, Android. Thank "Atari".
— Jeff Minter (@llamasoft_ox) March 18, 2015
TxK Ports Halted
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The PC, PS4, Oculus, GearVR, and Android ports of TxK have been
halted in their various states of readiness, because of pressure from Atari. According
to Minter, Atari’s "bullying" has been going on for a year. Minter posted a PDF
copy of a document on the Llamasoft website. This document, sent by a law firm
representing Atari, dated 9 June 2014, states the many ways in which, “…there
is nothing remotely “original” in TxK…”.
Minter has since gone on to make his feelings on Atari’s, “continuous contact”, quite clear.
Below are some of the comments Jeff Minter made on the contents
of the document:
"Tempest 2000 was "merely an update to Tempest to which I made no contribution" apparently." (Original Tweet).
"I'm supposed to give "Atari" all my source code too, according to their charlatan lawyers." (Original Tweet).
""there is nothing remotely original in TxK and in no way can it be described as <my> original creation", apparently." (Original Tweet).
"Tempest 2000 was "merely an update to Tempest to which I made no contribution" apparently." (Original Tweet).
"I subconsciously accessed confidential information (in my bit-part as a member of the team that developed Tempest 2000). Apparently." (Original Tweet).
"I'm supposed to give "Atari" all my source code too, according to their charlatan lawyers." (Original Tweet).
According to Minter's blog post, Atari is “still trying to insist
that I remove from sale Vita TxK (even though it's plainly at the end of its
run now and only brings in a trickle these days) and sign papers basically
saying I can never make a Tempest style game ever again. So no chance of releasing
the ports.”. Minter’s full blog post goes on to discuss changes to later ports
of Tempest 2000 that were allegedly made to reduce the royalties owed. Since Minter’s
original post is unavailable due to heavy traffic, the post has been copied to
pastebin.com.
Atari has put out its own statement. In which it cites
multiple media outlets, including IGN and GameSpot, that have called out the similarities
between TxK and the Tempest series. Additionally, Atari states, “There is no
lawsuit. Atari has been in continuous contact with the developer since the game
launched in hopes that the matter would be resolved.". (Via Kotaku).
Atari have had NO contact with Llamasoft. Their only contact has been threatening letters from lawyers. This is not a dialogue.
— Jeff Minter (@llamasoft_ox) March 18, 2015
But I could never have imagined one day being savaged by its undead corpse, my own seminal work turned against me. I am beyond disgusted.
— Jeff Minter (@llamasoft_ox) March 18, 2015
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