Sony Online Acquires Vanguard Developer Sigil

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Sony Online Acquires Vanguard Developer Sigil


<p><img src="http://www.gamasutra.com/db_area/images/news2001/13956/sigillogo.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"/>Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it has offically acquired all the "key assets" of Sigil Games, including the developer's "tentpole property," the MMORPG Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. The spectre of the acquisition was raised in late April, when Sigil CEO Brad McQuaid has revealed via a forum post that the company and publisher Sony Online Entertainment were "going to become even tighter - much tighter," so that Vanguard could "both continue to be worked ...</p>
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[KJFett]

ha, called that one way back when. I wonder how SOE will screw them over now. I feel sorry for the guys on the VG team. :(

[Mael]

for once I dont think u can blame this on soe... if sigil was still with microsoft they would have had to release in june of last year. It just came down to sigil biting off more than they could chew