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A Vampyre Story 2 "could be cancelled soon" 04 Jan, 2012 / 3 comments

A bleak report on the status of A Vampyre Story 2: A Bat's Tale has been making the rounds, and while it's not super-revealing if you read Mojo it does bring the source of the project's ailments into a bit more focus. While updating PC release dates, German game site GBase contacted Bill Tiller for a more accurate target for the trouble sequel. Here's the translated response they received that's been spreading across the internet:

AVS2 got 30% done. Then due to a couple of game companies that failed to do what they the said they would with our engine they ran us over budget and so neither AME or Crimson Cow had the money to finish it. So Crimson Cow has the rights to do it, and they have tried to get it funded a few times and are trying now, but so far no luck. So call it on hold. It could be cancelled soon though. I'm not sure.

This shines a bit more light onto what exactly the nebulous financial troubles that have beset the project are. It seems that the budget Crimson Cow allotted for the game ran dry when Autumn Moon outsourced some of the programming duties to undisclosed parties that proved incompetent. I'm assuming this went down during the end of the first game's production and is what caused its year-long delay.

A few sites are jumping on Bill's case for describing the game as been 30% complete when earlier he apparently estimated it at 40%, but that seems kind of pedantic. Bottom line is that while both the developer and the holder of the publishing rights would like to see A Vampyre Story 2 made, its fate is predicated on the materialization of an investor, and there's possibly a closing window of opportunity (else why the threat of cancellation?). Any takers?

Source: GBase

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    Glottis on 01 Feb, 2012, 17:01…
    Just noticed they closed Amegames.com
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    jp-30 on 04 Jan, 2012, 07:07…
    Damn. Good luck, Bill.
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    Scummbuddy on 04 Jan, 2012, 05:11…
    Really a shame. I hope the best for Bill, his team, and his dreams.

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