Interzone Futebol on the Television News!

More information on this scandal here: http://kranzky.rockethands.com/2010/02/13/interzone-the-downward-spiral/

Tax Probe: The Australian Tax Office is investigating an international gaming company after it was hit with a million-dollar tax bill and closed its Perth office without warning. Interzone was set up with the help of a half-a-million dollar State Government grant. From ABC News Perth.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• fraud
• deception
• lies
• interzone
• futebol
• marty
• brickey
• mike
• turner
• perth
• chicago
• big
• collision
• games
• gamigo
• bigworld

[800bhp]

This is what comes of ripping of someone elses idea, I have been playing Football Superstars since BETA and the game just gets better and better. Seeing these jokers fold is no surprise $500k AUD for 3 years dev..? I think the FS guys have invested around $17m AUD over the same period...! I do however feel sorry for all the workers & their families as they have been treated very badly, I hope the man at the top gets his comeuppance...!

[jasonhutchens]

@800bhp Ummm... no. The AU$500k is what people are owed, not the total investment. That's closed to AU$30m. And, if you do your math, you'll see that the Interzone futebol game was in development *before* Football Superstars was announced. So how could we be ripping them off? Huh?

[SamusvsChief]

Wow, it doesn't even tell about the illegal actions of the CEO and directors. That's sad.

[FIST4JESUS]

Awesome neckbeards.

[FUCKTHEREST92]

@sonikku35 I've played Football Superstars before but it was better in 2009 when you had a whole city and 14 teams competing. Now they reduced that to 4 teams and a small, unsignificant area where you can't do anything at all. It's just boredom. At least in Interzone Futebol you had a whole city not just a small area. If FS is meant to be the only football MMO game in this world, then at least they should make it like it was back in 2009 with more teams and a larger area such as a whole city.

[sonikku35]

@FUCKTHEREST92 I didn't say they'd suceed.

[FUCKTHEREST92]

@sonikku35 And more exactly when is this game gonna be released?

[sonikku35]

@FUCKTHEREST92 Nope, they're gonna steal all the work they didn't pay for and have someone else complete it.

[vgmaster9]

@mpain69 I prefer the anime-like looks of the characters here over the gritty looks of the one in FS. It also looks like you could do alot more here.

[Xenocide664]

I really hope that after the CEOs marty brickey and producer mike turner who stole everything to the IP that a lawsuit is successful, I think activision set a bad precedent by making it seem okay for publishers and producers of video games to treat the developer end like this, namely completely ignoring contractual agreements. Art is not free, and unlike unskilled labor replacements are a dime a dozen, or even possible to replace in many cases because of the uniqueness of each artist.

[FUCKTHEREST92]

So the game is down for good? WOW!

[hsd628]

800bhp Interzone were developing this idea from early 2006. They invested over 30 million dollars. The only reason it failed is because their management are criminals - that's what it looks like based on the news story anyway.

- Longtime IZ Futebol player - I played the Brazil AND the Australian beta, and I think it was a superior game to FS, based on on-field gameplay, anyway. Nobody cares about teh "social" shit.

[bsquatch]

Sounds like Sensory Sweep Studios here in Utah. What a bunch of knuckleheads.