The name's McQuaid, Brad McQuad...

[schild]

Heh.

[Draegan]

Heh.

Indeed.

[Cylus]

It's my understanding that SOE bought VG out from Sigil and then Sigil died. I'm sure someone still holds the paper to the name, but I don't think that it's SOE.

SOE bought everything Sigil that day that they shuffled us out to the parking lot to fire half the team.  Work within the building itself remained for about 4-5 months after, during which we were continually promised raises to put us on par with the rest of SOE.  After never receiving that said "raise," I left and went to work up the road in Oct. '07.  A week after I began anew up that street, SOE fired half the Sigil crew again and moved the rest down the Mira Mesa (to be fair, they should have moved us re-hired Sigil employees all down there the day that they bought us).

The only thing that remained thereafter was the building, which SGO had leased for at least another year more (I still chuckle when I drive by it to work).  So maybe that's what Jerrith is thinking about it?  Not really sure how much he knows, seeing as how he was let go before SGO was sold *shrugs*

[Shatter]

Was the release date for VG announced before SOE took it over or after?   

[Chimpy]

Was the release date for VG announced before SOE took it over or after?   

The game had been out for a couple of months already iirc.

[UnSub]

Was the release date for VG announced before SOE took it over or after?   

SOE bought the publishing agreement for Vanguard off MS; SOE was responsible for enforcing the release date. The January 30 2007 release was their choice (but it was probably a choice between launch what they had, pour more money and time into it or dump the title back to Sigil to publish).

[Grimwell]

I was going to Sir Bruce some of that but then I realized that it does not matter what I say or know and I shouldn't be talking about it anyway. :)

I'll say this instead: Some of you are wrong.

[HaemishM]

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