Auto Assault Shutdown Q&As
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Brown added that no jobs would be lost as a result of NCSoft's decision. NetDevil still has Jumpgate in active service and development continues on an update. They're also working on LEGO Universe and Warmonger. Nonetheless, the Colorado based developer put a lot of time into the project.
"We poured our life into that thing," Brown admitted. "We thought it was a cool idea... for whatever reason it didn't take."
And a snip from FiringSquad's Q&A:
Brown told us that he felt that there were several mistakes that the developer did that may have caused the game to finally shut down. One was high PC system requirements but Brown mainly put the blame on going into semi-open beta for the game too soon. "We found out that open beta isn't really for testing but for marketing," he told us. In early 2005 the company started letting outside players beta test the game and Brown told us that the reactions were not up to their expectations.
