[Robman]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

The details of Devolver Digital's ownership of the Shadow Warrior IP have not been made clear to the public.
I don't know how the deal was broken down, and it is unclear if DD only owns the SW IP from the reboot forward, or if it includes the entire series.

In the former, 3DRealms would still retain the original 1997 SW and, in turn, it's alphas and betas.
If the later, DD would be in control of any and all SW related material.
As this point, asking for alphas or betas for Shadow Warrior is almost pointless. You would need clarification on who owns what before asking for anything specific from either publisher.

That's why I'm asking. I've been in touch with 3dr before, I haven't spoken to DD before and at this point don't really have plans to do so. All I'm asking for is some answers from the 3dr staff. If you don't work for 3dr, or don't know the answers to my questions than there's a high probability that there's no need to respond. I don't mean to come across as crass, but at the same time my patience is running thin with this. The original announcement was in April of 2014 and we've literally heard SFA about SW and yes even the other games. Sw however being more important than say, Wacky Wheels or something.

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

You're generalizing. Assuming all Apogee/3DR fans were feeling the same way about this simply because a group of them are.
Remember, not all Apogee/3DR fans use Duke4.net. And, even so, I'm a HUGE Shadow Warrior fan. But, my interests in the betas and alphas is... basically zero.
I love the final game, before that... while interesting to see it's development cycle and how it changed, means very little to me personally.

Of course I'm generalizing, I'm not going to try and contact every apogee/3dr fan personally. I will however pay attention when the views for a certain topic far exceed anything else.

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

My favorite game out of the big Build Trilogy is BLOOD. I have an early Alpha build. And, this is my FAVORITE build game, the one I've played more then anything.
I've messed around with the alpha... maybe twice. My love, is for the final release.

Just remember, that while there are fans excited for early/preview builds and unreleased material. There are also fans that have little to no interest in such things as the final released game is what they love, and were their interests lie.

We all know the Blood IP is locked up tight. Blood's a cool game but it's too occult for me personally and it's floaty pseudo physics make multiplayer odd. Sw is accurate, agile and the weapons make sense especially in a multiplayer setting.

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

Because until the lawsuit was settled recently, past Duke titles were handled by 3DR. So, asking about those here was the proper thing to do.
Now, that the lawsuit is settled and Duke is fully owned by GBX, such discussions have no real place here as there's little/nothing 3DR can do.
Without GBX's approval.

I was being sarcastic
This thread was made after the ruling btw.

Why is it so hard for 3dr to get active in their own forum? It's pretty easy.. a few clicks of a mouse and a few tickles of the keyboard to enlighten their audience.