JoWood Closing

[arknor]

Didnt they publish the gothic games?

Does this mean we might not see any more gothic games?

pirahna bytes got the gothic license back its all good baby!

finally a good gothic game will come out again

 

[Semiskimmed]

i thougth painkiller & torchlight were jowood as i saw them here:
http://www.jowood.com/?lang=en&site=12

 

[Fenris]

i thougth painkiller & torchlight were jowood as i saw them here:
http://www.jowood.com/?lang=en&site=12

Painkiller 3 was published by them and they game Torchlight a retail box release so they were involved with them, the former more than the latter, however not in a way that would end either franchise.

 

[Radiation]

Good to see them gone. Waste of space. I remember when they got given a load of money to make a Stargate game - they made a little concept art and then nothing happened.

Yeah was just about to post the same!

 

[David_VI]

Didn't they make the 'Giant' games? like Traffic Giant, the one with buses and trams?

David

 

[Ozzie Dave]

Is the second one as good as the first? I only played the first, but got Spellforce Universe for a tenner recently for all the expansions and spellforce 2, but still havnt played it.

I know, I'll install it now!

Well I'm not guy you quoted but from my experience Spellforce 2 is defo the better game. Not that I didn't enjoy the first it's just 2 was more in-depth/fleshed out.

 

[gronf]

Piranha Bytes gave the rights for Gothic over to Jowood ONLY for a certain period of time, now the name has been given back to PB. After Risen II they are going to do another gothic.

Holy ****, really?!

 

[Semiskimmed]

Painkiller 3 was published by them and they game Torchlight a retail box release so they were involved with them, the former more than the latter, however not in a way that would end either franchise.

thats nice to read!

 

[lokiss]

Kudos to them for sticking with the pc market, sadly it's cost them.

Sure there was good and the bad, disapointed the way that stargate worked out personaly, but i think there were more issues with that other than jowoods influence.

Enjoyed the guild series, silent storm, and thanking them for fronting up the developement costs for some grood pc ip's down the last 10+ years.

Hope the guys can rise from the ashes, and recontribute toward the industry.

 

[Neil79]

Holy ****, really?!

Yes

 

[DisrupTor75]

I think the only game I played of theirs was Chaser. And that was astronomically dire.

Have to disagree with that one, Chaser was dull at the start but as it unfolded it turned into a really great FPS. I was gutted when i couldnt get windows 7 to play it

Other than that, and the stargate fiasco (unforgivable) then it's one less company pumping out bad games.

 

[RDM]

They also did the rather excellent Silent Storm, which I loved to bits.

 

[LokiS]

Is the second one as good as the first? I only played the first, but got Spellforce Universe for a tenner recently for all the expansions and spellforce 2, but still havnt played it.

I know, I'll install it now!

I didn't play the first one but thought the second one was great, well worth putting the time in, lots of puzzles good gameplay. I think the expansion was good too.

If JoWood had anything to do with Drakensang and Spellforce (I remember seeing the logo in other similar games) then it seems a shame, I really liked those games.

They also did the rather excellent Silent Storm, which I loved to bits.

and this, very good game too.

 

[HAz]

anything with jowood in was basically ****

 

[MeddlE]

Loved Soldner but it was let down by poor support, never bought anything with Jowood on it after that.