A few weeks ago, Friday the 13th: The Game developer Gun Media announced that it was involved in a copyright lawsuit between the director of the original Friday the 13th movie, Sean Cunningham, and the film's writer, Victor Miller. Since the lawsuit is ongoing, no new Friday the 13th products can be created or sold until the case is settled, so Gun Media announced that future content would have to be suspended.
Now, in a clarification on the Friday the 13th: The Game forums, studio president Wes Keltner announced that all future content would be shelved - and might not be continued in the future. In his own words: "Development on games can't just pause indefinitely and pick back up again; it doesn't work that way... we can't keep building content that may never see the light of day."
By the sounds of it, then, this could be the end of post-release content for Friday the 13th, unless the ongoing lawsuit reaches a resolution soon.
Have you enjoyed playing Friday the 13th? Get camping in the comments below.
[source forum.f13game.com, via f13game.com]
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Noooooooooooooo...!
That's a real shame. I haven't played this yet, but I heard it was decent, if a bit janky. It's probably dead now though, even before this announcement.
Oh dear - must be gutting for the devs.
This has to be 1 of the strangest lawsuits ever. Ive been following news of this game since before its release. How the heck is Cunningham suing, when he gave his blessing and go ahead for the game?
@Orpheus79V They still plan on giving dedicated servers for the game. Just only theyre will not be new content till the lawsuit is settled,so its not 100% dead yet.
I feel bad for the developers. Friday the 13th hasn’t been a perfect game by any means, but they have worked hard on it, and the game is fun. Hopefully this gets sorted out.
Pathetic.
That's one petty director, if nothing else this game is good marketing for any future movie ... which he doesn't even seem to be working on. So what's the point of this lawsuit, en ego trip?
So much for the campers single player mode 😔
@hulkie If you have been following this lawsuit like you say you have then you would know it has nothing to do with the game. The writer Victor Miller of the original Friday the 13th screenplay claims that he is entitled to more money because it was his idea. The director Sean Cunningham said that Miller wrote the screenplay under contract by the movie studio so the Friday the 13th IP belongs to the studio.
It's just like Hideo Kojima with the Metal Gear franchise or Igarashi with the Castlevania series basically.
@Bonbonetti See my post above.
@Anchorsam_9 The game devs will continue working on bugs and patches to fix problems and such that they can do, they just can't add any new content.
smells fishy too me terrible game anyway so no loss
I haven't played this game, just because I always heard that the community was near dead, but I do play Dead By Daylight (which is fairly similar) and that game is highly recommended! Love it. Plus it's on sale for $12 right now!
I think this is a blessing in disguise for the devs to be honest. The game is barely played, and even after several patches and "content packs", the game is still chock full of terrible animations, bugs, and glitches. They might be saying "oh darn" to the media, but I can guarantee they're high-fiving each other at the office, as they're now free to make their next Kickstarter without much of an obligation to this game or it's community.
@Tasuki The company came to a monetary agreement with the developer and is now wanting more. Breaking a binding contract is not only sleazy, but illegal you know?
Well that's fine I just sold my copy to gamestop for 20 bucks around what I payed for it. I had my fun with it...
@ReanSchwarzer7 What are you talking about? The lawsuit has nothing to do with the game. It's the Friday the 13th IP as a whole. The game devs did nothing wrong.
@Tasuki I know, but the IP holder is by taking the developer to court...
@ReanSchwarzer7 Get your facts straight man, it's the creator of the Jason, and the characters who's botching things up. He's claiming that he should get royalities since he created them even though he created them while working under contract by the studio. Has nothing to do with the game devs.
Meh, I had lost interest in the game when it was revealed to be multiplayer focused.
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