"Ready At Dawn" Studios

[WarLocke]

As far I know FASA went belly-up some time ago and they put the last Earthdawn data into public domain?

Yes, FASA filed for bankruptcy a few years back. WizKids, known for their Mage Knight miniatures game, bought the BattleTech franchise. I don't know offhand whether anyone bought the rights to Shadowrun, EarthDawn, or Crimson Skies; they may well be in the public domain now.

Microsoft bought the rights to the BattleTech universe (as far as PC games are concerned) from Activision. MS also holds the rights to Shadowrun (bought directly from FASA, I assume). I kind of wonder why, since they're squatting on them - MS cancelled work on MW5, and has never even started a SR game. Bah. :angry: