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Some of you guys never read the news so I figured I'd mention it here too.

Volition Wath is closing. No doubt quite a few of you are going to be in for a shock with this annoucement and maybe some of you aren't as surprised as you thought you might be.

Back in December of 1997 I saw my very first advertisement for Descent: FreeSpace and I was hooked almost right away. A game that combined the fast action of Wing Commander with the depth of play of TIE Fighter was a surefire winner and we all know that it was. In 1998, I made my first FreeSpace themed website and it served as the basis for FreeSpace Watch and the creation of this network to cover all of the Volition games.

Its now 2004 and things have changed. Most of us are older now with new responsibilities and new interests. Our time here in this community is up. We've had a fantastic time running this website but as with all good things...they come to an end.

We'd like to thank the legions of loyal visitors to our website, we'd like to thank the additional staff that have helped us from time to time, and we'd like to thank the members of our hosted teams for working with us and being as much a part of this network as everyone else. Above all else we'd like to thank our host Telefragged for making Volition Watch and all of our subsites (and especially VW Archive which went above and beyond the call!) possible and for allowing us the freedom to be a part of this great community.

Our site is closing but our friends and neighbors at HardLight Productions continue on. Many of the familiar and unfinished projects that existed here will continue on there.

Volition Watch will remain available for an undetermined period of time. We won't be posting any new content so you are still welcome to enjoy our Volition Art section, read our interviews and articles, and search our forums for helpful hints.

Thanks to everyone!

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What of Black Water Operations, what will happen to the campaign??

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Our site is closing but our friends and neighbors at HardLight Productions continue on. Many of the familiar and unfinished projects that existed here will continue on there.

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Do people EVER read?! Meh.


Summary of statement: VWBB = Dead
BWO is going to HLP. Go there too.

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Well.....thats too bad. Is there a way that I could get my hands on the V archives files without having to download them all manually so when I get my server up and running I can mirror those files? I could even mirror this site and any one else who wants hosting. Anyone needing FS2 hosting just let me know.

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I'm really sorry to hear that. I've been a Freespace fan since it was released(I can still remember the excitement when I first saw the intro!) and I visited Planet Freespace every day. The site has come a long way since then and it pains me to see it finally die I hope HLP can live up to the task of replacing VW!

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...You've not been to HLP, then. It's 20x more active than the VWBB is.

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Indeed...it replaced VW ages ago...

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Incased someone hasn't noticed: http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=106

Please join us there if you haven't already. We'll keep you guys notified on how things are going with the campaign.

New screen shots and information due probably in a months time.

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...You've not been to HLP, then. It's 20x more active than the VWBB is.

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