VG - Interview with Brad McQuaid on Sigil, Soe, Microsoft : Vanguard News

Finally, Brad speaks out on what has transpired in the last few years concerning the relationship between Sigil and Microsoft, and what happened behind closed doors. Why was Brad gone for so long? Why did Microsoft withdraw funding? Find out Here!

"When games like WoW were getting heavily into development and dollar amounts on games like EQ2 and WoW were becoming public - we said it would always be our understanding and agreement that we would compete with these guys. They backed down off of that and said that it was no longer their goal and at that point, the money started drying."

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