Boku Games Cancels Its Contracts with Shrapnel Games

[KG_Jag]

It looks like 82nd Airborne may indeed be vaporware. How many years ago did I place my pre-order, and what was the tone of Shrapnel's response when last I asked about when I could expect delivery?

Here's the Boku announcement:

"BOKU STRATEGY GAMES CANCELS CONTRACTS WITH SHRAPNEL GAMES

Fort Wayne, IN February 1st, 2007. Software game publisher Boku Strategy Games announced today the termination of all contracts with Shrapnel Games. Boku Strategy Games has full ownership, rights and interest to our award winning game line. This includes Horse and Musket:Great Battles of the 18th Century, expansion packs, Horse and Musket 2 Series titles, Dragoon: The Prussian War Machine, Prussia's Glory, Combat Command 2 series and The War Engine. This also includes our unreleased board game, BaseBrawl.

All work from Boku Strategy Games on the long delayed release of 82nd Airborne has also been cancelled. "We are sorry to the fans who have been waiting for this release but they are going to have to continue to wait." says Michael Cooney, owner of Boku Strategy Games,
"We worked hard on this title for two years, updating it and getting it through beta testing. All that was left was for Tim Brooks to do his
bit - create the actual scenarios - and, four years later, we're still waiting. It's time for Boku to move on."

Boku Strategy Games solicited their work on 82nd Airborne to Shrapnel Games but only received an offer of $500. "We find this amount quite bizarre given that over a thousand hours was put into this effort. We have yet to see any monies from our development and would like to ask Shrapnel Games if they ever intended on selling this game after collecting on all the pre-sales", questions Mr. Cooney.

Boku Strategy Games is currently looking for a publisher of their unreleased board game BaseBrawl and plans to announce a long term deal for our current computer games. We will have more news on current and future titles in the near future."

Here are links concerning same:

BOKU STRATEGY GAMES CANCELS CONTRACTS WITH SHRAPNEL GAMES (http://www.bokustrategygames.com/)

and

WORTHPLAYING - - All about games ! (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=40315&mode=thread&order=0)

[KG_Jag]

Here's the link to their 3 page response to Boku:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blog/

[Lempereur1]

Howdy!

Can you email me the phone number for Boku Games?

Storm Eagle Studios would love to talk to them about distributing Boku Games!

If you dont have contact info, have them email me.

jimrose@stormeaglestudios.com

[KG_Jag]

Sorry, it appears that you are too late. Word is that they going with Matrix.

[Redwolf]

Matrix seems pretty popular these days, that's for sure.

[KG_Jag]

As expected, Boku Strategy Games, formerly associated with Shrapnel, has associated itself with Matrix.

Follow the story through this link:

Boku Goes with Matrix - Kampfgruppe Forums (http://www.kampfgruppe.us/showthread.php?p=42074#post42074)

P.S. This thread should be moved to PC games.

[Aries]

I don't care where Boku is, as long as they are out there I suppose.

Well I suppose that needs to be better stated. Whatever happened between Boku and Shrapnel is not my business :)

I think over all though, Boku's games of the Combat Command series might either be well received at Matrix Games (as Matrix Games is after all home to a number of great board game looking wargames), or it might have just become one of several similar design looking titles at Matrix Games, and now have to deal with some fierce competition. Ie vs SSG's games, and TOAW.

Oh well, I like the Combat Command games myself. I think they will do well to get some exposure through the Matrix Games label. Not that Shrapnel was NOT doing well by them, but I think no one will disagree, Matrix Games is a very VISIBLE label these days.

I am not familiar with their other titles, so it will be up to others to comment on them.