DB goes into bankruptcy - this does not mean going out of business (title edited by Shan)
https://www.wbjournal.com/article/game-of-thrones-video-game-firm-in-framingham-files-for-bankruptcy
Or for those that have exhausted the ‘free articles’
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/371825/Beamable_once_known_as_Disruptor_Beam_files_for_bankruptcy.php
Or for those that have exhausted the ‘free articles’
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/371825/Beamable_once_known_as_Disruptor_Beam_files_for_bankruptcy.php
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I've always assumed that Tilting Point taking over Timelines was as part settlement of their ill timed investments in DB. (I'm assuming this because I am surprised that DB didn't sell it to an established mobile games developer, which suggests to me that DB had used the game as collateral against Tilting Points investment.)
Hopefully this draws a line under the whole debacle that was DB and that Timelines has a bright future under new owners. I'd still prefer if these new owners weren't just a small private investment firm though.
The press releases earlier in the year stated that WRG/TP were a customer of Beamable for some of the 'backend' mechanics of the game.
Hopefully WRG have since taken full ownership of this or managed to transfer out everything necessary onto their own servers and cut the dependency on Beamable? Otherwise there could be problems.
I doubt TP was using actual DB servers. It's more likely that TP had a license to use the DB game engine for the game. That code then would run on both TP servers and possibly our phones/browsers.
I am certain that TP knowing the financial state of DB had a clause in their license that they received rights to that engine code in the event of a bankruptcy.
Beamable, formerly known as Disruptor Beam, is not going out of business.
The services they provide to us are continuing as per usual.
I edited my original post as I might have provided incorrect context myself, sorry about that.
Thanks Shan
Besides, out of the millions that TP gave DB, where did all of that go?
The Star Trek License would have been transferred to TP/WRG with the game. DB filing for bankruptcy would have no impact on the license.
Unless they were behind on their licensing payments
That would have had to be settled to be transferred I suspect