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From RSOF QFC: 23-24-206-63602932

 

I wanted to personally let you know that we have taken the decision to pause the development of Stellar Dawn for the time being.

 

This very difficult decision was driven by the massive year we have ahead of us. We feel we need to focus our resources to ensure we stay true to our values of delivering only the highest quality game experiences.

 

I know this news will come as a disappointment to many but I want to stress that this is not a decision we have taken lightly. The Stellar Dawn team has achieved a great deal developing the game over recent years and should rightly be proud of their achievements; however, we believe that this temporary move is in the best interest of the studio as a whole.

 

I know that many of you have been following the games development loyally over recent years and, on behalf of the development team and Jagex Game Studios, I wish to thank each one of you for the support you have shown.

 

Rest assured that we will review the status of the Stellar Dawn project in the future so long as an appetite for the game remains. I hope Jagex can rely on your ongoing support.

 

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I was kind of thinking this is what happened since there was no news of it in so long. What's everyones reaction/ opinion?

 

Personally I was looking forward to their take on an MMO set in space. Oh well, maybe sometime in the distant future they will resume development.

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Moved to the general video game forum since it's not related to RuneScape :)

 

I'm honestly really, really disappointed to see this happen. Jagex really dropped the ball with Stellar Dawn. The employees kept saying they had some epic plan and that withholding information was part of that plan, but it would pay off in the end. Considering the huge lack of updates and communication, I guess I'm not surprised.. just disappointed.

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All the devs are on Transformers probably, thats why.

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Moved to the general video game forum since it's not related to RuneScape :)

 

I'm honestly really, really disappointed to see this happen. Jagex really dropped the ball with Stellar Dawn. The employees kept saying they had some epic plan and that withholding information was part of that plan, but it would pay off in the end. Considering the huge lack of updates and communication, I guess I'm not surprised.. just disappointed.

This. The entire MS/SD project has basically been a huge failure since the beginning.

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Maybe it got canned by the new investors because, like runescape, it was too difficult to to force micro-payments into it :P

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Maybe they figured it wouldn't be able to stand up to games like SWTOR, or EVE. Plus it would take away players from their precious Runescape.

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Then again they could be putting more work on rs to implement more stuff and to improve performance, so that they stop losing players. That would be surprising though.

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I can understand the decision, but I do agree there was just too much lack of communication for this to all be seen as to have gone off without a hitch. StellarDawn's forums were not being attended to by Jagex, there was no communication about it.

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Then again they could be putting more work on rs to implement more stuff and to improve performance, so that they stop losing players. That would be surprising though.

Well the two aren't really that related. When they started Stellar Dawn they didn't move people from their RuneScape team over. They hired new people for SD.

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tbh, i don't have hig hopes for it even if it comes out, ther is already many scifi online games out there, planets side 2 (f2p) is on its way now that's something I'm having hig hopes for :)

 

I'm really afraid that even if they resume development, the material already developed will have to be updated to new standards.

Guessing Transformers needed some help hitting its deadline.

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I suppose its a sacrifice to save Transformers from coming too late than demanded

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Hopefully if their transformers game is successful enough they will have extra funds to filter into SD and get it back up again.

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So...they have time to make crappy games like 8bitrealms, but they can't spare a few staff members to finish off Stellar Dawn? Wasn't that supposed to be released as a finished project by now?

 

Way to suck Jagex.

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Jagex fails so hard. Seriously they are supposed to be a MMORPG developer and they have only managed to release 1 MMO in 11 years and its extremely mediocre at best. RuneScape isn't going to live forever, don't they have any plans for their future at all?

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Jagex fails so hard. Seriously they are supposed to be a MMORPG developer and they have only managed to release 1 MMO in 11 years and its extremely mediocre at best. RuneScape isn't going to live forever, don't they have any plans for their future at all?

Yes, they are currently developing a Transformers MMO, which is probably why they put Stellar Dawn on hold (so they can put more focus and effort into Transformers).

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It's disappointing to hear this. I was really looking forward to seeing how they would overcome removing a lot of the grind in Stellar Dawn. I suppose Transformers is far more important money wise as it has a higher guarantee of success.

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Jagex fails so hard. Seriously they are supposed to be a MMORPG developer and they have only managed to release 1 MMO in 11 years and its extremely mediocre at best. RuneScape isn't going to live forever, don't they have any plans for their future at all?

Yes, they are currently developing a Transformers MMO, which is probably why they put Stellar Dawn on hold (so they can put more focus and effort into Transformers).

 

lol. Transformers.

 

Anyway, great way to suck, Jagex. I was looking forward to that game. It looked epic.

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I'm sure one day I'll remember what I wanted to put here for real...had to move computers since mine was the only one with a free scanner at work.

 

Anyway, this doesn't come as a surprise to me. Stellar Dawn is the new Duke Nukem Forever.

 

Looking back at their portfolio though, I'd be really worried if I were an investor right about now - Funorb is pretty much on its deathbed, that one flash game Jagex published War of Legends mostly faded from everyone's memory, 8Realms doesn't seem all that interesting of a Facebook game, and RuneScape's popularity has been on a downward spiral since the first time they removed Wilderness/FT.

 

Five years is a long time in the game industry. Almost too long to wait to get a good product out for a demographic that is ridiculously fickle.

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Could see this coming. I'd also not be surprised if they make a post in a few months stating that it's been canceled completely.

 

Still hoping that they can make it work however. I've always been interested in it, ever since the mechscape rumors started.

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