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Nuclear Dawn Will No Longer Be Worked On

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Sad news guys, Nuclear Dawn will most likely never exit beta for Linux due to the developer no longer existing.

According to this forum post InterWave stopped being a business in December 2013, the post also confirms from another email that no one is working on it any more.

It seems the rights to Nuclear Dawn where passed onto GameConnect who don't have anyone to work on it.

So, save your wallets and don't go buying Nuclear Dawn right now.

Sadly these things happen, game developing is a volatile thing and companies can go under at any time. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Teodosio Feb 21, 2014
That's unfortunate, this game has potential.
abelthorne Feb 21, 2014
The situation is a bit strange: I wrote a comment in the article about Dark Matter (http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/dark-matter-25d-survival-horror-now-on-steam-for-linux.2593) in october to enquire about the Nuclear Dawn status, as Interwave was apparently closed since august last year. Yet, developement of ND seemed to continue, as the Linux beta began a few weeks after that. So I'm not sure: was the studio still active while the head company was already closed? Did the developers continue to work on ND on their own after the studio was shut down?
suore Feb 21, 2014
Maybe valve buy it
leillo1975 Feb 21, 2014
Quoting: TeodosioThat's unfortunate, this game has potential.

I don't have this game, but It was one of those who had in mind to buy....
OZSeaford Feb 21, 2014
Well I did fork out some money for that game, disappointed that I only managed to join a server once.

The UI was ok, the concept was good, and it was really pretty.

Oh well I suppose some of these "investments" do not pan out.
dimko Feb 21, 2014
I just bought it damn it
Xpander Feb 21, 2014
i dont regret buyig it... managed to have 4-5 hours of fun at least with it.
was 75% off also when i bought so no big deal for me.

hopefuly someone will buy this and re-release...it was great game, great concept.. but somehow lacked people.
Ilya Feb 21, 2014
Quoting: Xpanderi dont regret buyig it... managed to have 4-5 hours of fun at least with it.
was 75% off also when i bought so no big deal for me.

hopefuly someone will buy this and re-release...it was great game, great concept.. but somehow lacked people.
The main reason it lacked people was that it was that there was no cross-platform multiplayer. Unless there were a few linux beta testers online, you had the whole server to yourself. And the bots were not very smart.

I really hope someone will pick up the port and continue its development...
OZSeaford Feb 21, 2014
QuoteThe main reason it lacked people was that it was that there was no cross-platform multiplayer. Unless there were a few linux beta testers online, you had the whole server to yourself. And the bots were not very smart.

I really hope someone will pick up the port and continue its development...

Aaah finally I understand why I could see that there were 2 or 3 servers open, but I could not join them...

It is a shame as Nuclear Dawn was a good alternative to Natural Selection and Tremulous.

I also do hope that someone will try to get this game on track again.
manny Feb 21, 2014
maybe they should make it free to play (like LoL, dota, strife, etc.), since these games need people and many will overlook it.

and they were probably working on the linux version in order to include it in bundles and stuff.
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