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AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« on: February 16, 2006, 09:32:11 pm »
Fry's when I last looked, did not have Empires at War!!!!!! >:(

Looked on the website and they have it. what gives? :(




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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2006, 12:45:35 am »
They pushed back release a day for the game, maybe they were having distribution problems. My local stores were all carrying it.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2006, 11:18:01 am »
I finally got my hand on EaW. I will post screeniies later in my other thread.




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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2006, 11:20:07 am »
Sweet.

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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2006, 12:08:35 pm »


Empires at War?  Is this a re-release or something?

Or is this a completely different game?

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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2006, 01:08:54 pm »
Lucasarts released a Star Wars RTS called "Star Wars: Empire At War"
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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2006, 01:38:18 pm »
Lucasarts released a Star Wars RTS called "Star Wars: Empire At War"

Ah, OK.   Thanks Risky.

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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2006, 10:03:41 pm »
Isn't that a copyright infringement?

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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2006, 10:12:28 pm »
I'm not really sure who the owners of the name "Starfleet Command Volume II:  Empires at War" are at this point, but I don't think they really care enough to pursue it in court.

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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2006, 10:14:12 pm »
one is "empire" the other is "empires"...clearly something different :)
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2006, 11:37:35 pm »
One letter difference isn't always enough to deter a lawsuit, but even if it were "Empires at War" I don't think it would be pursued.  SFC2: EAW is basically a dead game anyway and has been nearly completely supplanted by Orion Pirates.  If anyone tried to sue LucasArts because the names were too similar, it would just cause a lot of trouble for no real purpose.  I can't really see anything good coming out of it.