"Years ago, SEGA of America didn't even remember they owned the Streets of Rage franchise, and now they want to put a stop to an incredible fan project from releasing as freeware, which has spanned almost a decade of work?"

"This reminds me of the time Square Enix stopped some people from finishing their Chrono Trigger remake project. Laws whatever, copyrights whatever. They aren't making money off of it and it's meant for private entertainment, so why the **** is SEGA being so selfish? It's not like they are going to make a new good Streets of Rage game anytime soon. All they are good at is milking past games and their modern games suck so badly."

While things aren't looking too good for the Streets of Rage Remake project, Bombergames can at least take solace in the fact that their work hasn't gone unnoticed. While the game will surely be available through other measures, Sega's action now makes any downloading of the material illegal. Strangely enough, Bombergames claims that Sega knew of the fan project quite a while ago and didn't make any move to stop it, leading to some confusion and disappointment over the timing of this cease-and-desist.

STAT CHECK -- 12:15PM PST, Apr. 12, 2011

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