This likely changes nothing. The standard for a preliminary injunction is very high Bethesda would have to have proved that Interplay was causing Bethesda irreparable harm to succeed . Next Bethesda's lawyers will continue with their litigation, seeking a regular injunction. I'm curious to see if Bethesda really wants to ...
@John Smith: That certainly would work. Either an out-of-game item, an item that serves no in-game purpose e.g. vanity pet , or, as @Tyler Glaiel suggests, a free other game. Those are options that would solve the problem.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is part of the deal for them getting continued funding. Sell a game that's based in large part on the assets they already have in place, and if it sells well, then they'll get the money to make the game they wanted to in ...
@Kevin Reese: It shocks me when companies don't think to QA across a wide variety of machines. Creating the game on super-powered rigs makes sense, but everyone on the team should have to play it on a variety of different machines to see how their efforts turn out.
@luke ward: Perhaps you're not as interested in perspective in gaming as I am. Thanks for getting through 2.5 paragraphs though - better luck next time.
@ Andrew Busey: In fact what you state is the main issue as I read it raised by the author. You took synchronous gameplay mechanics and altered them to fit asynchronous play. Rather, the author suggests that as asynchronous game design matures, the mechanics will be unique to and only ...
