The Free Ryzom campaign is unsuccessful

The Free Ryzom Campaign has announced that its bid to buy the Ryzom game from its bankrupt creator was turned down by the court. “At the end, there were three offers presented, and the other two were bigger than our’s. They are keeping more employees than we do, and offer more money.” The project is now discussing how it could continue and achieve its goal of creating a free multi-player online game. With the energy and resources they have pulled together, they could yet do interesting things.

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