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On the Quarter to Three forums, there has been an interesting exchange between Rob Merritt and a former Troika employee under the handle of Linoleum.

Rob Merritt originally posted:
<blockquote>Heard some interesting rumors on Trokia from a former employee. They said that Trokia was offered two contracts to do rpg games on Next Gen console platforms. These contracts were good contract too that would of easily kept the company afloat and many of the employees wanted to take them just based on the licensed. The management refused to take them and held out hope for a similar contract on the pc platform. Which never came and the company folded.</blockquote>To which Linoleum responded:
<blockquote>That's news to me, although it might have occured after I left. However, after Vampire was out the door, I don't think Troika would have turned down Extreme Paintbrawl if it would have kept the doors open. They were doing a small DARPA project for crying out loud.

It sounds like a case of telephone, Troika was asked to prepare a proposal for a next-gen console treatment of an established RPG series at the beginning of 2004. However, in the end the publisher decided to do it on current-gen with an internal studio.</blockquote>For the curious, DARPA is a research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense.

Link: Relevant posts on the Quarter to Three forums.

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aye, the rumor sounds like it was just cooked up by someone to further glorify the troikan management. While I will gladly agree that they were great guys, I doubt they would have turned down the chance to keep the company going. Though if they did do that... Very pleased with them. Does anyone know what RPG they are talking about?
 
lilfyffedawg said:
aye, the rumor sounds like it was just cooked up by someone to further glorify the troikan management.
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"glorify"? I believe "condemn" would be the better word. It would fit well into the whole "mismanagement" line.
 
Claw said:
"glorify"? I believe "condemn" would be the better word. It would fit well into the whole "mismanagement" line.
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I'm thinking more along the lines of the crazed people who claim that anything console = BAD BAD BAD. So by refusing to publish for the consoles, the Troikan management are keeping it real and refusing to sell out :). That was the logic I was getting at there but aye, from a business perspective, it would certainly imply mismanagement and is hence, the reason it was probably (and has since been stated) crap.
 
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