Is T34 vs Tiger abandonware?

murkz · 04-26-11, 02:45 AM

With the demise of Lighthouse Interactive, is TvT now classed as abandonware? I have been looking to see who now holds the right to the game but have not been able to find who is the new owner, if anyone.

Does anyone here know who now owns TvT?

If no one owns TvT is it then abandonware?

I have also asked on Simhq, to reach as large a tankers audience as possible.

Jeff

frinik · 04-26-11, 02:54 AM

Murkz soince Lighthouse went bankrupt I would assume they left debts behind and thus either a bank or some other financial entity would have seized the remaining assets to be used to repay part of the debts the company owed.One problem is that Lighthouse was based in Amsterdam but was partly Canadian-owned.thus would it be aEuropean Union bankrupcy or a Canadian one. Best would be to Google Lighthouse to find out who took over or inherited the company´s assets and may own the rights to all Lighthouse´s assets including copyrights to their games and products.

murkz · 04-26-11, 03:07 AM

I agree with you.

Various assets of Lighthouse where sold off but TvT seems to have been left unsold.

Hence my question as I have drawn a blank

frinik · 04-26-11, 08:17 AM

Well I am not surprised. The game does not have a good reputation and press.SF whose´s distribution rights in the West also belonged to Lighthouse seem to have found new outlets with Amazon and Gamersgate selling it online.I wonder if TvsT is not sold online as well????

frinik · 04-26-11, 08:27 AM

I checked online and could only find Gamersgate offering it but checking their webpage it says product not found which means they gave it up.Otherwise lots of torrent or free file sharing offering free downloads of Tv sT.I think this game no longer exists for commercial purposes and is just forgotten.

ZeeWolf · 04-26-11, 10:57 AM

I just made this thread a sticky, this is a great subject. As for me I have not
abandoned TvT.

Although I have found out that the story around this game
is really messy and a bit complex. Allot of, if not all those involved in the
development of TvT feel they have been screwed. Judging from what I've
learned the guys running the show could not hold it together. And I am just
speculating here,with the possibility of the bank roll running out before TvT
was completed. And yes and then just through it out there on the market
as a last ditch effort before abandoning.

ZW

04-26-11, 02:45 AM	#1
murkz Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 118 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Is T34 vs Tiger abandonware? With the demise of Lighthouse Interactive, is TvT now classed as abandonware? I have been looking to see who now holds the right to the game but have not been able to find who is the new owner, if anyone. Does anyone here know who now owns TvT? If no one owns TvT is it then abandonware? I have also asked on Simhq, to reach as large a tankers audience as possible. Jeff __________________ http://theantisocialgamer.blogspot.com/ http://panzersim.forumotion.com/forum.htm

04-26-11, 02:54 AM	#2
frinik Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 897 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Copyrights Murkz soince Lighthouse went bankrupt I would assume they left debts behind and thus either a bank or some other financial entity would have seized the remaining assets to be used to repay part of the debts the company owed.One problem is that Lighthouse was based in Amsterdam but was partly Canadian-owned.thus would it be aEuropean Union bankrupcy or a Canadian one. Best would be to Google Lighthouse to find out who took over or inherited the company´s assets and may own the rights to all Lighthouse´s assets including copyrights to their games and products.

04-26-11, 03:07 AM	#3
murkz Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 118 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I agree with you. Various assets of Lighthouse where sold off but TvT seems to have been left unsold. Hence my question as I have drawn a blank __________________ http://theantisocialgamer.blogspot.com/ http://panzersim.forumotion.com/forum.htm

04-26-11, 08:17 AM	#4
frinik Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 897 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sold Online? Well I am not surprised. The game does not have a good reputation and press.SF whose´s distribution rights in the West also belonged to Lighthouse seem to have found new outlets with Amazon and Gamersgate selling it online.I wonder if TvsT is not sold online as well????

04-26-11, 08:27 AM	#5
frinik Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 897 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tvst I checked online and could only find Gamersgate offering it but checking their webpage it says product not found which means they gave it up.Otherwise lots of torrent or free file sharing offering free downloads of Tv sT.I think this game no longer exists for commercial purposes and is just forgotten.

04-26-11, 10:57 AM	#6
ZeeWolf Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 1,724 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 1	I just made this thread a sticky, this is a great subject. As for me I have not abandoned TvT. Although I have found out that the story around this game is really messy and a bit complex. Allot of, if not all those involved in the development of TvT feel they have been screwed. Judging from what I've learned the guys running the show could not hold it together. And I am just speculating here,with the possibility of the bank roll running out before TvT was completed. And yes and then just through it out there on the market as a last ditch effort before abandoning. ZW