Nexuiz.com makeover? Nexuiz going to consoles?

[Dokujisan]

I just saw the Nexuiz.com site got a makeover.

Who is illfonic?



The http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/ site is still there.

What's going on here?

[Hew]

Can't wait to see the source code.

[C.Brutail]

So, it seems illfonic is a developer group, who ported the engine to XBox, and bought the rights to sell the new game under the name of Nexuiz.
Too bad, that we won't benefit anything from this, because imho the media with the new XBox version won't be GPL. At least I would be very much surprised the other way.

[Rad Ished]

You mean the Nexuiz name is not copyrighted? Who are these developers? are they people from the Dev team?

[C.Brutail]

Probably not, but let's wait what Vermeulen or morfar says.

[halogene]

Wutt? This is what I expected least. I thought it was something Nexuiz-related. Well, it is, but I mean, in another way. The OTHER Nexuiz.

Is this even legal? In many jurisdictions, a trade mark doesn't necessarily have to be registered for protection, but as far as I know all this usually relates to commercial usage of marks.

/me is not amused.

Who the heck is illfonic?

[sev]

IllFonic brings Alientrap Software's Nexuiz to next-gen gaming consoles around the world while staying true to the game play refined over the years through open source development.

Thanks, open source community

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[Rad Ished]

It's these two people:

I detect too much devotion to b33r thread.

[Silica Gel: Do Not Eat]

Anyone know of a good emulator? So that I can run the new version of nexuiz on my PC.

[LordHavoc]

I can not say much about the game until it is out, but I can assure you that it is not being released as GPL and permission was obtained from the contributors of the content used (engine, qc, map sources - all art/sound assets are being redone from scratch).

The game is coming to PS3.

The audience for console Nexuiz is entirely separate from GPL Nexuiz (most of the GPL Nexuiz players do not like using gamepads), there should be no conflict or overlap other than some marketing confusion (as is normal when two games share a name and website).

GPL Nexuiz development will proceed as usual and this should not affect it in any way, Illfonic has licensed the relevant materials and name with no intention of interfering with the GPL Nexuiz development.

Any contributions to GPL Nexuiz do not have any bearing on the new Nexuiz game, there is no chance of being "ripped off", individual permission must be obtained (as dictated by copyright law).

As far as I know the new art will not be coming back to GPL Nexuiz, as it was made specifically for this game (much like Quake Arena Arcade for Xbox360 has different art from Quake 3 Arena and Quake Live, with no return of updated art).

I have not been able to speak about this until it was unveiled, and still have to watch my wording, so I'll leave it at that.

P.S. the console Nexuiz is fun!