Free Warzone 2100

To:  Eidos Interactive

Gamer's of the world unite.

We need your help! You are an important element in the gaming community, and we need you to support the open-sourcing of Warzone 2100.

Let me provide a little background history of Warzone 2100.

Released in April 1999 Warzone 2100 was the first 3D Real-Time-Strategy game. It stood-out back then and almost 5 years later it remains unrivaled in its particular innovations. Pumpkin Studios created it and Eidos Interactive distributed it. Warzone 2100 was advertised very little, and after 7 months and 10 patches Pumpkin Studios was disbanded and shortly thereafter Eidos ended all support for the game.

This is where you can help.

In October of 1999 NEWST was formed to continue enhancing and supporting the game. In February of 2003 NEWST became Pumpkin-2. Over the years, members of the group have created mods, maps, editors, utilities, Artificial Intelligences and even an anti-cheating game server. Warzone 2100 is a game that commanded our continued support. We simply could not let it die with the demise of its creators.

But we have reached an impasse and this is where your vote can help make a difference.

In order to continue Warzone 2100’s evolution we need the source code. This petition's mission is to draw Eidos Interactive's attention to the persistent interest in the game. They are the legal owners of the copyright and have (to-date) shown no intent to do anything with the source code.

The original creators of the game (Pumpkin Studios) gave us their blessing from the very beginning of our efforts and have recently reaffirmed that they would love to see Warzone 2100 open-sourced. The only hitch is that Eidos has to approve it and we believe that their attention is focused on other matters.

Help us bring Eidos Interactive's attention to the long forgotten buried treasure they have in their vaults and cast your vote to open-source Warzone 2100.

With the open-sourcing of Warzone many fresh and addicting strategy gaming experiences will become possible, including (but far from being limited to):
• A brand new campaign
• Truly advanced A.I.
• The creation of the next-generation in RTS game-play design.

The following links will provide more information:

Original Reviews of the game can be found here:

Review 1 with Demo's http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warzone2100/index.html
Review 2 http://pc.ign.com/articles/160/160652p1.html
Review 3 http://www.strategy-gaming.com/reviews/warzone_2100/index.shtml
Review 4 http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue108/games.html

The creators of the game formed a new company and can be found here: Pivotal Games http://www.pivotalgames.co.uk

For information about us, Pumpkin-2, all the work done over the years, playable demos and next-generation projects in the works you can found at:Pumpkin-2 http://www.pumpkin-2.co.uk/

For information about the mod community in Germany please check-out: Warzone2100.de http://www.warzone2100.de/

If you have questions, comments, or merely wish to talk to us, please visit our:Forums http://www.pumpkin-2.co.uk/forums/index.php

Information about ''DGO'', the anti-cheating game server, can be found here:Direct Games Online http://www.directgames.net

We thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Free Warzone 2100 Petition to Eidos Interactive was created by Pumpkin-2 and written by Mark Sprague.  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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