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Arx Fatalis Source Code Released
by Alice O'Connor, Jan 14, 2011 8:40pm PST
Over eight years after launching, Arkane Studios' RPG Arx Fatalis, has received a new patch and, more excitingly, had its source code released.
Patch 1.21 improves compatibility with modern systems, which means that if you fancy poking around under the hood of Arx Fatalis, you can safely do so--without first risking your beautiful, beautiful skin attempting to remove the angry, clawing family of possums nesting there.
You can find the source code on FileShack, along with the patch. The full game, meanwhile, can nowadays be bought from Steam, GOG, Direct2Drive and elsewhere for around $5.
Arkane was acquired by ZeniMax Media--also owner of Bethesda, MachineGames, id Software and Tango Gameworks--in 2010. Their current project is presently a mystery.
Cheers to some chap named Nick Bredon from the Bethblog for the tip-off.
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Every game source release I've ever seen has been like this. Even the Quake/Doom sources, which were written by a pretty smart dude, are travesties of software design.
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Back when id Software was bought by ZeniMax, there were a lot of people concerned about what would become of their source code releases. Carmack at that year's QuakeCon said it was up to the ZeniMax guys whether or not more code was released, although the fact that the years-prior open sourcing of Wolfenstein 3D and Quake 2 led to the iPhone port of Wolf3D which made id a good little chunk of money.
And in the years since we've seen DOOM Classic on the iPhone, but id hasn't released any more source code, mainly because the next code to release would be id Tech 4 (DOOM 3 engine) and they can't do that until after Rage ships - if Zenimax will let them.
So the fact that Zenimax acquired Arkane studios and then allowed them to release this source code means they're not opposed to the idea of releasing source for old games.
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I love this game. There need to be more like it.
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