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Legions @ GDC

Name:	Timothy Aste
Date Posted:	Mar 04, 2008
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GDC was fun this year, had it a bit different as was just there showing of the game to press and doing demos in the meeting room. As always, very inspiring event to see what is going on around the industry as a whole and spotting hot trends and cool new stuff. One thing about GDC is that as much as it stays the same, the more it changes! Tons of opportunity right now for indie devs out there.

Always fun to meet up and hang out with community peeps (Sickhead, SynapseGaming, MaxGaming) and other non indie industry familiar faces and friends.

Probably best press coverage:

www.gametrailers.com/player/30963.html
shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=789

Had some big name people come by and give the thumbs up which was a nice feeling.

Anyhow, 5 very talented devs (well 4) putting in a LOT of long hours to get to this point on Legions. Todd Pickens, Matt Ostgard, Thomas Buscaglia and Adam Larson. I help out here or there too!

We keep track of our forums pretty well over here:

http://forum.beta.instantaction.com/smf/index.php/board,23.0.html

Anyhow, Legions got some good press down there, here's a quick summary if you missed it (lots of this is repeat):

www.gamevalor.com/?p=627/fallen-empires-legion-developer-walkthrough
www.legionsplayers.com/
www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=789
feed.splash.de/2008/02/24/fallen-empire-betaphase-ende-marz/
www.tomshardware.com/forum/99187-13-tribes-sequel-sort
www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51444
www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1174
ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/36930/Fallen-Empire-Legions-Trailer-Screenshots
www.webdonews.fr/jeux-video/2008/02/22/gdc-fallen-empire-legions-illustre/
whatthecrap.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fallen-empire-legions-developer-walkthrough
futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75750
www.combatsim.com/story.php?id=7910
fulgore.net/8554/gdc-08-exclusive-fallen-empires-shakycam.html
www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=529425
whatthecrap.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fallen-empire-legions-developer-walkthrough...
www.dailymotion.com/video/x4gulb_fallen-empire-legions-gdc-trailer_videogames
fangaming.com/fileinfo.php?fileid=3146&gameid=670
shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=789
www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=49910
www.n4g.com/News-112313.aspx
www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3166479
hhev.nerdelphia.com/video-game-news/02/21/2008/gdc-08-fallen-empires-legions/
fulgore.net/8535/fallen-empire-legions-trailer-gdc-2008.html
gameinfowire.com/news.asp?nid=11746
www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=242723
www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=19701

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Donald \"Yadot\" Harris (Mar 04, 2008 at 03:18 GMT)

Over 9000 views and still rockin' a rating of 8. The game looks awesome and the ease of use on IA is pretty nice. You guys have a really nice 1-2 punch going on here. Easy to get to and fun to play. Good job GG!

Jeremy Alessi (Mar 04, 2008 at 04:09 GMT)

That is some amazing press! Great job!

Todd Pickens (Mar 04, 2008 at 05:20 GMT)

"I help out here or there too" ...HA! There you go being all humble Tim.

There is no way Legions would be alive and rocking today if it were not for you.

I love the mid- air shot in the shaky cam footage. Awesome stuff.

Hokuto (Mar 04, 2008 at 14:37 GMT)

Hi,
good stuff, like many here (I guess) I was a Tribes fanatic :) so I look forward to play Legion.

1)How close to Tribes are you actually keeping it? Will you have deployable turrets, inventory units, repair gun, etc...? Or are you doing something different? Just curiosity... and if you cannot say because it has to be kept under wrap it is fine, I'm sure whichever way you are going, Legion will be a lot of fun to play.

2) in the video you (well the guy doing the talking in the video, it may have been you) mentioned about the mod based business model; did you mean something like actually selling mods as opposed to allow free modding? I simply didn't understand what the speaker said...

Anyway, can't wait :)

Russell Fincher (Mar 04, 2008 at 16:51 GMT)

It was great to see you all again as well. There was a lot of activity around the GG booth this year in general. The Legions stuff is looking sweet! Nice work all around, Garage Games.

Andrea (Mar 04, 2008 at 17:13 GMT)

Great Job !!! ;-)

Jeremy Alessi (Mar 04, 2008 at 22:14 GMT)

I think what he was getting at with the MOD speak was that modders could spend relatively little time on a single gameplay mode without making it ultra polished and if people like it then take it further. The bottom-line being that so long as it's fun it's worth investing more time into it. With Instant Action the turn around times are fast so they are going after the core gameplay first and using the platform for empirical purposes instead of spending all this time behind closed doors not knowing if the game will hit or not.

Paul Dana (Mar 09, 2008 at 01:28 GMT)

Wow that's some amazing press and the game is looking awesome. Nice work guys.

Vashner (Mar 10, 2008 at 17:00 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

Yea I think the "dark times" are fading and PC gaming is starting to shine again. Let's hope Legions of fans buy Legions. :) I know I will...

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