The March Announcement is about

[Lee_Stricklin]

Copyright holders can relicence their work however they want, whether it's GPL or not (but they can't enforce the new license retroactively). Supposedly all contributors were contacted and only those who agreed to relicence will have their stuff used in the console game.

Problem is their is Quake source code in Nexuiz. Id (now owned by Bethesda) would have to re-license Quake's source code. If they can get past the license violations, I will pre order this game (no bullshit, this does look awesome and I always wanted to see this go mainstream), but they'll have to clear up all the problems first.

[parasti]

Problem is their is Quake source code in Nexuiz. Id (now owned by Bethesda) would have to re-license Quake's source code.

Good point, though I assume that the only source of possible remaining Quake code is DarkPlaces (not Nexuiz technically). I guess LordHavoc has that covered somehow...

[Samual]

I think I spotted Skyway, Running Man, Blue Sky (it was either this or Ruiner, but I know for a fact it was one of the two), and Starship in those screenshots on the site.

Hmm

[Lee_Stricklin]

I said I think I spotted those maps in some of them shots, but I don't know for sure. You probably didn't recognize any of them though because the art style is drastically different. The console Nexuiz has a steampunk/victorian and futuristic look to it, the PC version has more of a tribes/futuristic with a hint of anime and some randomness thrown in it. Number 7 for example looks quite a bit like Sky Way.

[azultain]

on console, 90% it is not free, but on pc it is still free? (the style is really different now, i agree)

[MirceaKitsune]

As I said previously, I don't understand why consoles like the Playstation or XBox even exist over the PC. If you have a good PC you can play any games as nicely as on any console, afaik. The only difference is that consoles are more restrictive and everything is paid for and controlled compared to the PC (and you get banned if you put Linux in your nickname on the XBox Live).

Also remembered this and couldn't help it:

[Sepelio]

Will this lead to our PC version being neglected I wonder...

Additionally will it actually match up to other more popular titles?

[azultain]

Maybe it is like the DLC, don't free on console, free on pc?! Maybe Lee vermeulen can answer? Why nexuiz on console? Nexuiz rest free or not? {if nexuiz become commercial game, i go on quake live <warsow is so much technical for me!}

[TVR]

Nexuiz 1.0 was actually a horrible release, so commercially it would have been a complete failure.
The game was still fun, but only a small minority of downloaders actually got a chance to try out the gameplay. Most didn't get a chance because of high default settings that they never changed, lack of servers set up in their area (primarily north america), and no bot support.
2.0 was high enough quality to release commercially though

Ah, foreshadowing for 3.0 and Zymotic.

[Vermeulen]

Im not at all amused by this. That someone can take other ppls work, work that was intended to be free, repackage it and sell it for their own profit without even so much as a pre-notice to the ppl that spent years contributing to the "donor project" seriously pisses me off. Im uncertain if ill continue to develop for this project, im a bit to enraged to think straight atm. This whole thing just stinks of disrespect to the current developers and community of Nexuiz. I doubt its even fully legal since none of the other contribs i talked to where asked or notified abt this.

I just wanted to say that I do owe you an apology for this, since I think it would have been better to let you and a few other developers know about this ahead of time. I did sign an NDA so I didn't want to release any information I wasn't supposed to, but definitely it would have been beneficial to let you and other developers know so this didn't come as a surprize.

I don't understand why a fan of Nexuiz would be upset with this change though, this does not affect the current GPL Nexuiz and would just give it more exposure, and give a different take on a game you like. The developers at Illfonic truly do love the game, that’s the reason they choose to port it over many other online games like Nexuiz, they do not plan to 'replace' the current Nexuiz but expand upon it and bring it to a new audience. When the chance for this came up I wanted to do everything I could to make it happen, because I do really like what Illfonic is doing with the project and not only is it a good chance for Nexuiz to see a new audience, but honestly it's also a good chance to get the company 'Alientrap' more exposure for future projects.
I think some developers from Illfonic (which is a small team like Alientrap, with a few Quake community developers on it) will start posting on the forums soon.