Notice: 16 June 2011 12:30 UTC MindArk wants to inform our users that the cooperation between SEE and MindArk has been terminated. From now on, MindArk will run the operation of Planet Calypso. Participants of the Entropia Universe will not in any way be affected. http://www.mindark.com/partners/
Some clarification needed. I thought MA was separate from the running of planets, hence we had FPC to run calypso which was separate from MA. Then FPC was bought by SEE.So should calypso not revert back to being run by FPC? Also if SEE are not working with MA does that mean planet michael? and other SEE planets will no longer be developed?
SEE as a whole is no longer listed on the partner page: http://www.mindark.com/partners/existing-planet-partners/ And both Planet Michael and Universal planet have gone missing from the planet roster: http://www.entropiauniverse.com/entropia-universe/the-planets/
Those sites are not regularly updated and don't include Theryon Wars for example or beladcom in planet roster so are zero evidence for anything
Now is the time for our intrepid reporters to show us what they're made of and go out and find all the gory details about this!
One thing that I have seen is that First Planet Company is not registered as a company anymore in Sweden. In stead the link posted in the thread about the discovery that SEE bought FPC now goes to a company AR Universe Aktiebolag (publ) where David Simmons is the CEO. Marco is not listed as anything in that company. The registration of the company was on 2011-02-18, so I guess they did a name change. It also lists MindArk PE Aktiebolag (publ)as the parent company. When you look for Marco in the business register of Sweden, you will see that he is not involved with anything related to EU. SEE Digital Studios Ltd still exists, but the register does not list anyone as CEO or on the board, so my guess is that it will be dismantled.
Both www.planetcalypsoforum.com and www.planetcalypso.com still mention the copyrights are with SEE Virtual World Calypso, LLC
When you do a search on the name you gave RAZER - AR Universe Aktiebolag (publ) - there are several tabs you can click on for more information.
OH and I was just getting used to calling them FPC, still needed to get used to SDS and I can now just call them MA again, man this is confusing !! Maybe we can change it back to Project Entropia to and make sweat worth 13ped a K again, like in the old days.
Namnhistorik AR Universe Aktiebolag (publ) 2011-02-18 First Planet Company Aktiebolag (publ) 2008-12-12 Not sure what this tells us, other then that FPC has been renamed to AR Universe Aktiebolag a few months ago. Still confused about what happened. just putting info on here when I find it, might not have anything to do with anything
How about that (Google translation from Annual Report 2010): "In December 2010 it was sold by the company developed planet Calypso to the company SEE Digital Studios AB through an asset deal with a purchase price of $ 6 million or about 41 Million. The purchase price is payable in six installments, the first of which was made in connection with the transfer. SEE has after this payment could not follow the agreed payment schedule. MindArk has, however, fully protected by the agreements previously in place and controls revenue streams from the planet, which therefore constitutes a security for nonpayment." Also interesting: "Uppföljning av SEE ‐ affären" = 'Successor for SEE business'??? (Swedish guys?) was an item of the agenda of the shareholder meeting in May: Presentation for Shareholders 19 May 2011 EDIT: Parts of the presentation showcased by MindARK Chief Marketing Officer Christian Björkman at TEDxGöteborg in May can be seen in this video: >
Google translation of the new company page is interesting: http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.121.nu/onetoone/foretag/ar-universe-ab-(publ)&ei=44z7TZzEL8LAhAfz55G1Aw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ7gEwAA&prev=/search?q=http://www.121.nu/onetoone/foretag/ar-universe-ab-(publ)&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1920&bih=989&prmd=ivns Employees Number of employees: 11 Sex ratio: 100% men Name History AR Universe Aktiebolag (publ) 2011-02-18 First Planet Company AB (publ) 2008-12-12 Proposed name 650861/2010 - GL Universe Ltd 20101222 11 men working in it and none are women. So it's likely 11 of the old FPC crew are there and it doesn't include Hanne :( Also the fpc name was changed to AR universe Aktiebolag which could mean it may be developing other planets apart from Calypso since the name is a generic one. I'm not sure what the proposed name section is about maybe google translate made some kind of mistake?
There are several paragraphs in the Annual Report 2011 suggesting FPC was renamed to AR Universe and FPC/AR Universe was sold to SEE, fx: "At the turn of 2010/2011 completed all 15 employees in AR Universe his employment with the asset sales in the AR Universe (formerly First Planet Company) which also meant transfer of all employees" (Google translated) Looks like SEE just paid 1 Million of the aggreed 6 Millions and failed to transfer the remaing 5 Millions as aggreed in the contract: four installments on October 15, 2010, and January 15, on 15 April and 15 June 2011. (-> MindArk's Annual Report 2009 (Swedish)). So MA canceled the the deal on 16 June.
as true as that is, if the SEE and Jackson planets have been removed from the rosters, they've been updated on this occasion and that suggests they've gone. at the intrepid reporters, i wouldnt expect online company registers to be updated very quickly. what im curious about is the ownership of the Planet Calypso forum, which is presumably owned by SDS and could potential close at any time if they are no longer involved in the game.