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____     On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:40:47 +0100
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>RIGHT ASSHOLES SIGHT THE FUCKING PETITION OR NEVER BITCH ABOUT NO XCOM
>GAMES!!!
>http://www.PetitionOnline.com/xcom/

Online petitions do more harm than good you stupid honky bitch.
That's a really retarded petition too.
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"Bateau" <Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com> wrote in message
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> ____     On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:40:47 +0100
> \__/___  Rob NTL ran through the
>  LI-\o-' streets of alt.games.x-com
>      |   waving an axe and screaming:
>     / \
> >RIGHT ASSHOLES SIGHT THE FUCKING PETITION OR NEVER BITCH ABOUT NO XCOM
> >GAMES!!!
> >http://www.PetitionOnline.com/xcom/
>
> Online petitions do more harm than good you stupid honky bitch.
> That's a really retarded petition too.
> -- 
I agree - 'or whoever owns the rights to X-Com'. I mean, what exactly would
we be signing there. Get it right before you ask people to put their name to
it.

> "Bateau" <ItsFAKE@Not-A-Real-Address.com> wrote in message
> news:si6ajvgv7ac2uot43gqsoq1gkicb2jgb22@4ax.com...
> 
>>____     On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:40:47 +0100
>>\__/___  Rob NTL ran through the
>> LI-\o-' streets of alt.games.x-com
>>     |   waving an axe and screaming:
>>    / \
>>
>>>RIGHT ASSHOLES SIGHT THE FUCKING PETITION OR NEVER BITCH ABOUT NO XCOM
>>>GAMES!!!
>>>http://www.PetitionOnline.com/xcom/
>>
>>Online petitions do more harm than good you stupid honky bitch.
>>That's a really retarded petition too.
>>-- 
> 
> I agree - 'or whoever owns the rights to X-Com'. I mean, what exactly would
> we be signing there. Get it right before you ask people to put their name to
> it.
> 
> 
According to my knowledge it's Atari (former Infogrames)...

Tommy Persson <tom...@home.se> writes:

> According to my knowledge it's Atari (former Infogrames)...

Did something happen to Firaxis buying the rights then?

Anssi Saari wrote:
> Tommy Persson <tom...@home.se> writes:
> 
> 
>>According to my knowledge it's Atari (former Infogrames)...
> 
> 
> Did something happen to Firaxis buying the rights then?
As far as I know they never did

Tommy Persson wrote:

> Anssi Saari wrote:
> 
>> Tommy Persson <tommy-p@home.se> writes:
>>
>>
>>> According to my knowledge it's Atari (former Infogrames)...
>>
>>
>>
>> Did something happen to Firaxis buying the rights then?
> 
> As far as I know they never did
> 
Ah here it is, have a look: http://www.projectxenocide.com/firaxis.html

Tommy Persson <tom...@home.se> writes:

> Ah here it is, have a look: http://www.projectxenocide.com/firaxis.html

Yes, easily found with Google. Other bits can also be found. Is there
a reason this claim should be believed? 

Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> wrote in message news:<vg3isoy6gjo.fsf@sprite.modeemi.cs.tut.fi>...
> Tommy Persson <tommy-p@home.se> writes:
> 
> > Ah here it is, have a look: http://www.projectxenocide.com/firaxis.html
> 
> Yes, easily found with Google. Other bits can also be found. Is there
> a reason this claim should be believed?


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Dear Michah,
Could you please forward to me the actual email that you received including
the reply address on the email? While Steve Martin is our COO, he never sent
this email and I'm wondering who did.

Also fyi, Infogrames owns the rights to the X-Com series, not Firaxis Games.

Thanks for your help in this matter.
Lindsay Riehl
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Firaxis Games
410-891-3001 x104
lriehl@firaxis.com

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> Dear Michah,
> Could you please forward to me the actual email that you received
including
> the reply address on the email? While Steve Martin is our COO, he never
sent
> this email and I'm wondering who did.
>
> Also fyi, Infogrames owns the rights to the X-Com series, not Firaxis
Games.
>
> Thanks for your help in this matter.
> Lindsay Riehl
> Director of Marketing
> Firaxis Games
> 410-891-3001 x104
> lriehl@firaxis.com


Fireaxis licensed the rights to some old Microprose brands, but given that
Fireaxis is Sid Meier I would guess he'll be looking at remaking something
from his personal back catalogue.

The actual rights thing is complicated. Hasbro bought MPS, along with the
rights. They still own the rights via a sub-company. IIRC Infogrammes (now
Atari), licensed the rights for 25 years and have a large shareholding in
the sub-company. I don't know for sure if the license was exclusive, but I
believe it was.