Troika Games closes its doors. Official

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:06 pm

[Company -> Update] - More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... ?title=Tim Cain">Person: Tim Cain</a> | More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... itle=Jason D. Anderson">Person: Jason D. Anderson</a> | More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... tle=Troika Games">Company: Troika Games</a>

Direct from Leonard Boyarsky.




<blockquote>As many of you
may have already heard, Troika has laid off all of its employees and is closing
its doors due to our inability to secure funding for future projects. We have
not yet made the decision as to whether Troika Games as an entity will regroup
and pursue future projects or simply cease to exist. We want to thank all of
our fans for their support these past seven years, it has really meant a lot to
us that there were people out there who enjoyed our games enough to create fan-sites
and follow our progress as a company. But we especially want to thank all of
our employees - we had the pleasure of working with the some of the most
dedicated, hard working, creative people in the industry, and we really
appreciate all that they did for Troika.



Thanks
for everything,

Tim, Leonard, and Jason

</blockquote>
Don't leave us to an industry of generic rubbish, guys

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:08 pm

Well. fuck.

I do hope they would be able to somehow work together (The three founders), and make some more great games.

jiujitsu · Post by **jiujitsu** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:51 pm

Damnation!

Shadow Phoenix · Post by **Shadow Phoenix** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:01 pm

That's just fu**ing depressing...

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:47 pm

"We have not yet made the decision as to whether Troika Games as an entity will regroup and pursue future projects or simply cease to exist."

I'm curious about this - do they have the funds to reform the company and start afresh?

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:19 pm

Maybe but I doubt it, most likely they will just try to join a company together with Troika pals on the resume or something.

jiujitsu · Post by **jiujitsu** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:27 pm

Dammit, let's start a donation paypal account for real this time.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:56 am

jiujitsu wrote:Dammit, let's start a donation paypal account for real this time.

You mean all that money I sent in didn't go to Troika!?

Sol Invictus · Post by **Sol Invictus** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:14 am

just replay arcanum eh?

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:20 am

I'd like to know where they end up, hope it's a decent spot somewhere. We might see them make or influence some good games yet.

Maybe they'll get some cushy jobs with Herve working on the new SLAM DUNK FOOL game?

Post by **King of Creation** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:34 am

Good luck to everyone at Troika. You're all great people. Thanks for everything over the years.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:21 pm

I'm sure they'll end up doing some great/decent games; this kind of talent and experience just can't be wasted like that, were it merely for the down-to earth goal of making money on it.

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:39 pm

It's a shame we never saw them as regulars on the various forums. Especially as some think of them as near-gods.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:21 am

What the hell? I disappear for four or five months and you guys let Troika go? Jeez. Nice and responsible.

Back on topic, Troika hasn't made anything great that I know of, Arcanum had a great plot (but poor gameplay in my opinion), and I hear good things about Vampire, but it's the simple idea. I can't think of another company that I have even the vaguest hopes of producing a mediocre game. Oh well.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:45 am

jetbaby wrote:I disappear for four or five months...

Say that again? You've been away that long and still manged to have made _that_ number of posts since January 2004? spammer!

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:20 pm

Eh....

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:16 pm

Arcanum had a great plot (but poor gameplay in my opinion)

you eat poop

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:23 am

Been gone since... November-Decemberish. Dunno exactly when.

And you're god damn right, Llama. Mmm good.

Claw · Post by **Claw** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:13 pm

jetbaby wrote:Back on topic, Troika hasn't made anything great that I know of, Arcanum had a great plot (but poor gameplay in my opinion), and I hear good things about Vampire, but it's the simple idea. I can't think of another company that I have even the vaguest hopes of producing a mediocre game. Oh well.

Is that language you're using supposed to be English? Because I usually understand that. What did you mean by "vaguest hopes of producing a mediocre game"?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:29 pm

You use languages?