Might I suggest a brief conversation with some MWM folks. I bet they have a lot of that kind of thing already pooled.
The Irish Girl/Atlas Revival project getting more prominence and even an official seal of approval for an Unreal Engine Port is a terrific example of what Iron Wolf was getting at regarding a communal aspect to CoH development.
Sure. Such things need co-ordinating.
However, you look at Unreal Engine 4 and the licensing options and the accessible pricing...and the Revival project is ripe to test the accessible model with community based development. And what better community than the CoH?
...the time is ripe for Iron Wolf's vision provided the CoH deal can be officially stamped with the 'unmasked' developer team.
The patient nature of dealing with a Korean culture/business makes perfect sense now.
Posts from Iron Wolf and Codewalker have intimated these cultural differences before.
But it's clear we're going to have to be even more patient. Maybe even months or even another half a year. Be nice to have an announcement by the 2nd anniversary though!
Getting an official seal of approval to license the engine and sub-license the IP to APR and others sounds like an inspirational idea. It lays the gauntlet down to the CoH community at least as far as a 1.5 CoH port to Unreal 4 goes.
Me? I'm happy playing Issue 23 for ten more years.
It's not a 'no' yet. And 'Unmasked' seem to be doing everything in their powers to understand NC Soft's business culture. It's a delicate matter of honour.
The intimation is that we know a lot more about why the original bid failed and will know even more if this one fails.
But it hasn't so far...
Azrael.