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Triton Runs Out Of Steam News
Jon Wilcox
10/10/2006
The digital distribution system Triton is shut down as parent company goes bust; lone voice promises that gamers won't be left in the cold...
Whilst Valve's digital distribution system Steam continues to gather...steam...gamers who purchased 2K Games' Prey over another system called Triton have found themselves stuck in recent days.
The system allowed gamers to play the title even if it hadn't been fully downloaded, as long as they remained connected to Triton - but with the collapse of parent company Digital Interactive Streams, players who had bought the game and hadn't completed the download now find themselves out of pocket, and unable to play Prey.
Apparently developers 3D Realms and Human Head were caught unawares by the collapse of Digital Interactive Streams, and are yet to issue a comment about the situation...though a lone voice from Triton has.
Speaking about the collapse on the official 3D Realms/Prey forums, a former Triton employee known as Owando has said that a patch will be made available in the future that will remove the dependency on the live system:
"I can't go into details, but I can say that all users that purchased the game from Triton will not be screwed, or left out in the cold. There will be a patch that will remove the dependency from the live system and allow you to backup / copy and play your games. Next step will allow you to run the games direct without any of the triton code."
Reassuringly, Owando finished by saying, "I told the community that I would support and resolve any of these things if it happened, and I intend to keep my word personally."
A solution for gamers caught with only a partial download is yet to emerge from any of the parties...we'll have more on the situation in the future.
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