jim crowley Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 From the Wargamer site: "Recognized global publisher Paradox Interactive announced today that it has signed a worldwide deal with developer Battlefront.com to publish their upcoming PC title "Combat Mission: Shock Force"." Interesting development. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 tell me more? what's this? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Simple... just like we used to sign deals with CDV before, we have now signed a licensing deal with Paradox. They will be publishing CMSF worldwide into retail, including localized European versions etc.. Of course, we'll still be selling the game direct from here. No changes to that. We're happy to partner with Paradox, I can tell you that. They've been a great to work with so far, and it should increase publicy and awareness for CMSF by a notch or two. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Great News OK then, thanks for the update Martin, if you are happy, (and more succe$$ful), you can be sure that will keep the rest of us happy as well. tom w 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Steiner Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Will the Paradox version sold in the UK be exactly the same as the one sold directly by BFC? The CMBB version sold by CDV had some annoying differences for the purist - such as ahistorical unit names and emblems. N.B. - I accept that versions sold in France, Germany etc. will be "localized" (i.e. translated into each country's native language) but I wouldn't expect any differences between the UK version and the BFC direct-sale version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Cpl Steiner, the problem with CDV was that they are a German company, and they wanted to avoid problems with other versions of the game not originating from Germany to find their way back into Germany with CDV's logo. It could have caused legal problems for them, even if the games would have been produced and sold outside of German legislation. I assume that this wouldn't be an issue with Paradox at all, but of course since CMSF does not contain any Nazi stuff, it won't be an issue anyway this time. Having said that... I don't know at the moment if the versions will be exactly the same. We actually plan to release a deluxe version with printed manual and an extra gimmick (that's a surprise!) which probably won't have a chance to make it to the shelf, for example. But it's too early to tell much about it. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I've had nothing but good experiences with Paradox as a game company and publisher of other games. I'm glad to see CMSF will be published by them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Toe Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Hope all goes well with the release, but the people over at MMG were a bit under impressed with their attempts to market 2nd Manassas in the US, did a decent job in the EU though!? J_Toe [ADMIN: No commercial links please] [ February 13, 2007, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: Moon ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornfleek Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Hmmmm... Paradox & CMx2.... Forget CMC, bring on Hearts of Iron III with CMx2 battles... *drewls over keyboard* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moronic Max Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 CMx3: Beyond Hearts of Overlord 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Would the deluxe version include digital download so you can play while waiting for snail mail to deliver the manual and gimmick? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Yes, Speedy, that option will exist. Or you can order the regular version as "download & mail delivery". This option exists for all our games. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Well, one other major version difference towards CDV was that they insisted on using Safedisk copy protection, which caused quite a few people to show up with problems that the BFC customers didn't have. Is Paradox planning to do anything crazy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Zoidberg Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Originally posted by Redwolf: Well, one other major version difference towards CDV was that they insisted on using Safedisk copy protection, which caused quite a few people to show up with problems that the BFC customers didn't have. Is Paradox planning to do anything crazy? If Paradox does anything crazy, it won't be involving copy protection. Originally posted by fytinghellfish: I've had nothing but good experiences with Paradox as a game company and publisher of other games. I'm glad to see CMSF will be published by them. Agreed. I came over here from Paradox, and I expect many others will do so as well with the word out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Well I’m glad to here the retail plan is coming together. I’ll be buying my copies (1 x Mac, 1 x Windows) direct though so the boys in the dungeon will get a few extra Aussie Pesso’s (since I’m assuming the Paradox price and the BFC price will be similar). As for gimmick let me guess a piece of second hand Abrams track link (that will bump the postage cost up a bit)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1A1TC Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 A small rant I own all 3 CM games. Some came in the mail as a manual(book), with the cd stuck inside it. Unfortunatly, my mail man wasnt kind to it, and stuffed it in the box. I had to straighten out the bent cd. Will you guys have better shipping materials this time around? Or put a "fragile" warning on the envelope. TY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Originally posted by gibsonm: As for gimmick let me guess a piece of second hand Abrams track link (that will bump the postage cost up a bit)? I'm betting depleted Uranium residue extracted from burnt out Iraqi T72s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Great, I’ll save power not having to turn the lights on at night anymore. As long as it arrives in the post and not in its original form (i.e. a “Silver Bullet” sabot through the window - with the CD / DVD attached) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastttt Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 could have been worse they could have used starforce Originally posted by Redwolf: Well, one other major version difference towards CDV was that they insisted on using Safedisk copy protection, which caused quite a few people to show up with problems that the BFC customers didn't have. Is Paradox planning to do anything crazy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Not a problem - would have only purchased the Mac version in that case. Now I’ll buy both though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC- Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I think the best news about this is the fact that it will improve exposure of the game right away. In my area of the world the wargame department is a little thin to say the least. Most people want the first person shooters it seems. Hated to see the copies of the first three CM sitting on the shelves at the store months after they were on the shelves in more "high traffic" towns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Originally posted by M1A1TankCommander: A small rant I own all 3 CM games. Some came in the mail as a manual(book), with the cd stuck inside it. Unfortunatly, my mail man wasnt kind to it, and stuffed it in the box. I had to straighten out the bent cd. Will you guys have better shipping materials this time around? Or put a "fragile" warning on the envelope. TY Actually we've been shipping out DVD style boxes for the last couple of releases. Not sure if this will be possible for CMSF because of the rather thick manual, but if not, then I am pretty sure that the manual will be thick enough so that the postman will have a REALLY hard time bending it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markl Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Please excuse this qestion but will all versions need activation. (DVD not download) From memory I think this was going to be required for this title. I am still grappling with this idea, and still can not make up my mind. I have not upgraded to the new MS Flight Simulator because of that need. Sorry but had to ask as I own all previous titles and are still interested in this one. This has probably been discussed but I do not drop by that often these days. Cheers MarkL [ February 15, 2007, 01:55 AM: Message edited by: markl ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Markl, if you're referring to the online activation system eLicense that we're using, then yes. All titles, DVD or download, require it. eLicense helps us to enforce the License Agreement restrictions that you agree to as customer, and at the same time is no burden to the player because you can license, unlicense, move, copy and even transfer the used game(s) (together with the license keys) to someone else without restrictions other than those outlined in the End User License Agreement (and the only real restriction is that you cannot have more than 2 copies of the game active at any one time). Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Thanks!! Having enjoyed LAN play with CMBO/BB/AK with my sons AND having just returned an UNopened copy of Silent Hunter III due to its inclusion of Starforce copy protection, your games' licensing agreements are a huge boon to consumers. Thank you, Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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