Alganon caught 'stealing' a press release (sic!)

[Kashim]

It seems that in addition co copy-pasting WoW, company behind Alganon can also do the same with press releases.

Press release for Alganon

"'Traditionally, massively multiplier online games have been about three basic gameplay pillars – combat, exploration and character progression,' Derek Smart continued. 'In Alganon, in addition to these we've added the fourth pillar to the equation; a story. We delivered a fun, immersive adventure that gamers expect in a top quality massively multiplayer online game. To top it all off, we're not done yet. A whole new adventure with new updates will follow soon, starting with a consignment house, new classes, PvP and much more,'" proclaims the offending release.

Press release for The Old Republic

"Traditionally, massively multiplayer online games have been about three basic gameplay pillars – combat, exploration and character progression," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder and General Manager/CEO of BioWare and General Manager/Vice President of Electronic Arts Inc., "In Star Wars: The Old Republic, we're fusing BioWare's heritage of critically-acclaimed storytelling with the amazing pedigree of Lucasfilm and LucasArts, and adding a brand-new fourth pillar to the equation – story. At the same time, we will still deliver all the fun features and activities that fans have come to expect in a AAA massively multiplayer online game. To top it all off, Star Wars: The Old Republic is set in a very exciting, dynamic period in the Star Wars universe," reads a BioWare release dated in October 2008.

More at http://www.massively.com/2010/05/08/...-from-bioware/

[Orpheus]

My god, that game wants to die so badly.

[marcipaans]

Dear god. Someone sue them already.

[Synthaz]

Plagiarism at it's finest.

[Bryan]

I can't believe I was ever excited for this game.

[BLUEmorning]

EPIC FAIL. Seriously, they really stooped that low? They are so desperate.

[whitey]

that is ..just..word fails me

[Greed]

I gotta say I lol'd pretty hard.

[Darkspine]

I can't believe I was ever excited for this game.

what type of excited?

Just Excited or, Excited Excited? ^^


Have to hop on the waggon and say, Alganon needs to be sued.

[Thetake]

That's fail to the highest degree xD

[Reflaw]

The article at Kill Ten rats.com is rather interesting.

http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/05/0...nt-plagiarism/

haha derek smart commented on it

Derek Smart
May 9, 2010 at 6:06 am

This was brought to my attention by the good folks at Massively, Warcry etc.

I have not yet issued an official statement because, tbh, I don’t have all the facts yet. Being a weekend and all, I don’t expect to know what happened until Monday. I am about to rush off to church, but decided to just post this quickly to let everyone know that this just came to my attention.

I hired a PR firm to handle media relations etc for QOL when I came aboard. They were tasked with that press release.

While I’m certain that there is a reasonable explanation for the similarities in the releases, I simply do not want to speculate but only to say that we are going to investigate this tomorrow.

Next week I will issue an official statement once I have all the facts.

...He probs read the comments of people speculating it was a hired PR firm...blaming it on them...or maybe the PR guy did it deliberately for the lols

[Creid]

Everyone, including people previously unfamiliar with Alganon, is now talking about this game. Seems like the pr department did exactly what they should do.

[cinderboy]

Everyone, including people previously unfamiliar with Alganon, is now talking about this game. Seems like the pr department did exactly what they should do.

Quest Online: We want publicity for the game.

PR Firm: Roger.

[Jin-Roh]

Kill it with fire!

~Roh