[johnnythewolf]

Bummer.

[MusicallyInspired]

It's not just for Early Access adopters but also people who own Bombshell Deluxe. Course, we don't get all the LATEST updates that Early Access peeps get.

[Micky C]

Oh yeah I forgot about the deluxe situation. I guess that sort of is a demo, in that you only get the initial early access campaign, not the heskel house of horrors nor the full version on release. Not sure whether you get maintenance updates or not.

[TerminX]

Correct, updates for the people who purchased the deluxe version of Bombshell ended a while back. That version still has texture filtering, but the performance optimizations that prevent filtering from working now hadn't been done yet so the experience is poorer overall.

We do plan to support it in the full version but it hasn't been a high priority because it's not the intended experience.

[Master O]

TerminX, on 05 June 2019 - 04:50 PM, said:

Correct, updates for the people who purchased the deluxe version of Bombshell ended a while back. That version still has texture filtering, but the performance optimizations that prevent filtering from working now hadn't been done yet so the experience is poorer overall.

We do plan to support it in the full version but it hasn't been a high priority because it's not the intended experience.

Is the lawsuit going to delay the full release of Ion Maiden? I can't say I'm the only one who is concerned about that.

[Jimmy]

It's a valid concern, but also an unfair question to publicly ask the team, really. I'm not speaking for them, but just think about it for a second. Of course the team wants to release it as soon as possible but once lawsuits hit, anything can happen. They might have an idea of how the lawsuit will effect things going forward. But they can't really know until the game and/or the lawsuit are complete. Just hope for the best and spread the gospel; this lawsuit is bogus.

[Zaxx]

An ongoing lawsuit shouldn't really affect the game's release I think, considering how late it is any effect it could have will be felt post-launch (like a title change). Anyway I have no idea what's up with Early Access in the legal sense but they way I see it the game is already released: you can buy it, you can play it, just not all of it.

[MusicallyInspired]

The Tardigrades/Star Trek Discovery plagiarism lawsuit didn't stop Discovery from going on to a 2nd and 3rd season.

[Doom64hunter]

Though I'm really not an expert at this stuff, I imagine that since the lawsuit is about the infringement of trademark and thus resulting confusion over the name (among other things which are really just riders to make their suit sound more significant), a marketing campaign for the release of the game could potentially increase the amount Iron Maiden will ask for in damages, or lead to further escalation.

This is just my own speculation though.

[OpenMaw]

MusicallyInspired, on 06 June 2019 - 04:40 PM, said:

The Tardigrades/Star Trek Discovery plagiarism lawsuit didn't stop Discovery from going on to a 2nd and 3rd season.

Yeah, but that's multiple companies against one individual who was making the claim. CBS/Paramount/Netflix/Bad Robot all have money.

[Master O]

Jimmy 100MPH, on 06 June 2019 - 08:10 AM, said:

It's a valid concern, but also an unfair question to publicly ask the team, really. I'm not speaking for them, but just think about it for a second. Of course the team wants to release it as soon as possible but once lawsuits hit, anything can happen. They might have an idea of how the lawsuit will effect things going forward. But they can't really know until the game and/or the lawsuit are complete. Just hope for the best and spread the gospel; this lawsuit is bogus.

The problem is, that with the way the US legal system is, Iron Maiden's lawyers could tie this up in court for years, even decades if they really want to.

[Hank]

Master O, on 07 June 2019 - 04:34 PM, said:

The problem is, that with the way the US legal system is, Iron Maiden's lawyers could tie this up in court for years, even decades if they really want to.

Nope. Lawyers won't do this. They are hired. Law makers on the other hand are elected officials.
Only asinine publishers think like they are beyond it (a very fucked up system).
Remember the anti alcohol movement in the mighty US? Those stupid laws were enforced. Sure, wait for rational laws to win over it, but ... jail in the mean time?
God Damn ignorant 3D Realms, please die, you utterly useless entity. Tell me the location of your grave, so I can piss on it. Thank you, and I do mean thank you.

[NightFright]

Wishing death upon 3DR is like sawing off the branch on which you are sitting if you wanna play IM (or whatever its name will be). Mistakes might have been made, but now it must be about damage control, not calling names.

[OpenMaw]

NightFright, on 08 June 2019 - 04:57 AM, said:

Mistakes might have been made,

It was worth the risk. I assure you.

[icecoldduke]

I just read about the lawsuit. I personally think it's bullshit and I wish Richard, Evan, and the entire team the best of luck. Unfortunately these guys can keep you in legal hell for the foreseeable future, which is beyond disgusting. This game needs to get released, I'm at a loss on words. Anything I can do guys let me know.

[Forge]

NightFright, on 08 June 2019 - 04:57 AM, said:

Wishing death upon 3DR is like sawing off the branch on which you are sitting if you wanna play IM (or whatever its name will be). Mistakes might have been made, but now it must be about damage control, not calling names.

^this

same as hating gearbox games just because Randy is a half-wit.

[Master O]

Assuming the lawsuit doesn't delay Ion Maiden, will Ion Maiden itself still meet its end of Q2 2019 deadline for the full release?

[Fox]

icecoldduke, on 11 June 2019 - 08:09 AM, said:

I just read about the lawsuit. I personally think it's bullshit and I wish Richard, Evan, and the entire team the best of luck. Unfortunately these guys can keep you in legal hell for the foreseeable future, which is beyond disgusting. This game needs to get released, I'm at a loss on words. Anything I can do guys let me know.

We will not be stuck in a legal hell.

[Micky C]

Isn't the deadline roughly 2 weeks away or less? That's pretty damn soon.

[NNC]

Honestly, I didn't expect this to be released at the end of Q2 even without the lawsuit, september would have been a more realistic deadline, but with this debacle, I guess we will be lucky to play IM (or whatever it will be called) at the end of the year sadly.

[DukeNukem64]

Fox, on 15 June 2019 - 11:51 PM, said:

We will not be stuck in a legal hell.

Can you elaborate on that?

[Master O]

I know the perfect name change for this game:

Ion Maiden Forever

because at this point, it's looking like this game will never be fully released.

[Aristotle Gumball]

Master O, on 16 June 2019 - 08:01 AM, said:

I know the perfect name change for this game:

Ion Maiden Forever

because at this point, it's looking like this game will never be fully released.

Waaaaah. It's not looking like that at all, calm your tits.

[enderandrew]

Micky C, on 16 June 2019 - 12:47 AM, said:

Isn't the deadline roughly 2 weeks away or less? That's pretty damn soon.

Last we heard, they were working on a trailer to announce a new release date.

Sounds like it is officially delayed and we're just waiting to hear what the new release date is.

[MusicallyInspired]

Master O, on 16 June 2019 - 08:01 AM, said:

I know the perfect name change for this game:

Ion Maiden Forever

because at this point, it's looking like this game will never be fully released.

Yeah, cause it's been in development for like 8 years now it looks like the end isn't anywhere in sight.

[Mark]

Fox, on 15 June 2019 - 11:51 PM, said:

We will not be stuck in a legal hell.

Rumor is that Mblackwell bent over and reached for his ankles and "took one for the team" to save the game. The weird part is I heard he was smiling the whole time. Remember its only a rumor.

[The Battlelord]

Oh look here! This is too similar... let's complain about Duke Nukem 3D!
Why such things did not happen in the past!? Not so easly at least .

[Mark]

Because 3DR used a different font.

[Aristotle Gumball]

Just seeing that cover makes me want to play it all over again.

[Master O]

10 days till the end of Q2 2019....

Will IM get delayed again?