Stargate Worlds funding woes continue

By Oli Welsh Published 15 October, 2009

"We will not be able to provide any updates".

Things aren't looking too good for Stargate Worlds, the MMO based on the popular TV series and film. The chief executive of developer Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment has indicated that the company is in dire funding straits.

Approached by Massively after the game's website disappeared for a while, Timothy Jenson said, "our company has struggled in the current economic climate to raise the funding needed to successfully develop and publish our MMORPG.

"While there continues to be a lot of desire, enthusiasm and excitement about the project from our employees, investors and fans, we will not be able to provide any updates on the development of Stargate Worlds until sufficient funding is available."

Stargate Worlds' financial troubles first came to light late last year. "We have maintained a core of dedicated investors, but the new economic realities are forcing us to seek out additional sources of funding and that’s what we're doing," Cheyenne said in a statement responding to controversy over unpaid staff.

Earlier this year, Cheyenne also found itself facing a lawsuit for unpaid bills.

Read what Stargate fan Keza thought of Stargate Worlds at last year's Leipzig Games Convention if you want to know what - if we and Cheyenne are unlucky - you will be missing.

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  • gourry #1 2 years ago

    Its a pity as I can imagine there would be re-newed interest in this given the start of the new Stargate spin off series.

  • kingmong #2 2 years ago

    ... which is shaping up to be pretty good so far

  • viper_h #3 2 years ago

    ... which is shaping up to be pretty good so far

    If the last episode of SGU is anything to go by then no, it's not.

  • Spekingur #4 2 years ago

    SGU looks to be quite diffirent from what you normally should expect from Stargate. It feels a tad bit slow (if that's the right word) in the first episodes but I have no doubt the pace will pick up a tad more after a few episodes - as the Stargate norm is.

  • Dark_Stranger #5 2 years ago

    ... which is shaping up to be pretty good so far

    If the last episode of SGU is anything to go by then no, it's not.

    Its a lot darker, reminds me of BSG.

  • Climhazzard #6 2 years ago

    i was thinking that the filming style was like BSG and i dont think there was anything wrong with the last episode, its different to sg1 and sga which is good it cant carry on being just the same otherwise would be no point starting new series.

  • YenRug #7 2 years ago

    ... which is shaping up to be pretty good so far

    If the last episode of SGU is anything to go by then no, it's not.

    You are aware that the 'pilot' was across all 3 hours, aren't you? Whilst that desert planet was shown as a separate episode, try and consider it as the continuation of the 2 hour opener, because that's what it was; namely, "Air" parts 1, 2 and 3.

  • actionfitz #8 2 years ago

    im hopeful about SGU. Robert Carlyle is an excellant actor. Hoping his character doesnt turn out to be as much of a cunt as the pilot lead me to suspect. but hey, im not a script writer so I know fuck all. I'll sit back and wait to be entertained. :p

  • Kropotkin #9 2 years ago

    Bringing things back on topic, this is yet more evidence that the proliferation of MMO's has done very little for the gaming industry other than to suck talent away into sinking years into a game that will never see the light of day.

  • iokthemonkey #10 2 years ago

    I have experience of working with the chaps behind this on another project and all I can say is I'm not surprised there are problems. I don't wish them ill as they were nice guys but they were also victims of their own - frankly utterly OTT - ambitions.