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Bard's Tale Pokes Fun at Game Leaks 22

Posted by Zonk from the warezvertizing dept.
ZIA writes "In response to the continued trend of games being warezed before release, inXile Entertainment, developers of the forthcoming action role-playing game The Bard's Tale, have sent out an amusing press release that pokes fun at the issue. "The Bard's Tale is a highly original game in the same category as a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2 and Halo 2 so we feel some sort of leak that sounds similar to what they have experienced may be the next logical step in our launch plans."
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  • and it doesn't necessary look connected, but does anyone know if this is related to the old Bard's Tale game? Is it a remake of the same? Ah, how fondly I remember sitting in front of that Amiga watching "99 Berserkers miss" scroll across the text window.

  • Look at us! (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 23, 2004 @10:47AM (#10608845)
    The press release reads like a cry for attention. It looks as though they're saying "Hey, maybe if we get leaked, we'll get in the news too!"

    And with the release date 3 days away, i can't imagine they'd really care. They may even leak it themselves just for the news attention.

    • Re:Look at us! (Score:3, Insightful)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Uh, that's exactly what they're saying. It's a joke with self-mockery.

    • [sarcasm]Shocking[/sarcasm] (Score:5, Funny)

      by Xtifr ( 1323 ) on Saturday October 23, 2004 @11:52AM (#10609226) Homepage
      The press release reads like a cry for attention.

      Oh no, a press release that tries to draw attention to a company's product(s)?! That's horrible! How dare they!? Next thing you know, they'll be paying to have their product mentioned in national publications, maybe even on television. They might even try to bribe certain unscrupulous, underhanded journalists (called "ree-vyOO-ers") with copies of the game in a blatant attempt to get detailed articles published about their products. When will it end? Aren't there laws against this sort of thing?

      Stan: they advertised their own product!
      Kyle: YOU BASTARDS!
    • Wait, hold on - are you being sarcastic, too? Because I guess you missed it but uh so were they. That's the entire point of the game.

  • Dying laughing... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by eviltypeguy ( 521224 ) on Saturday October 23, 2004 @11:41AM (#10609162)
    But the funniest thing has got to be the flash they have up on the Bard's Tale site.

    http://www.the-bards-tale.com/uk/

    Try mousing over the woman's breast area several times, after the 6th or 7th time it launches a page on sexual harrasment :)

  • Obvious... (Score:2, Interesting)

    by pyro jackelope ( 771283 )
    The best way to market a product (If it deserves to live) is to let the public have it.

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