After reading that developer Ritual Entertainment had been aquired by casual games house MumboJumbo, I assumed we'd never hear from the SiN crew ever again. I also theorized that SiN Episodes: Emergence was a certified sales failure (fortunately, that's not in print). Turns out I was about 74.2% wrong.

The Ritualistic community spoke with 3D Realms' moustachioed Richard "Levelord" Gray to get some clarification on the merger. On the questionable success of the first SiN episode:

The first episode did well, but not good enough to completely self-fund the second episode. It sold over 150,000 units, which is better than many shooters. It more than paid for itself, but not enough to entirely fund the next one.

And the future of SiN?

What we plan to do right now, both Ritual and MumboJumbo, is establish ourselves in the casual gaming market with strong new franchises and then return to SiN at a later date. We love SiN, make no mistake, and we definitely want to return to it.

Good news for fans. Let's just hope they're not put on some Puyo Pop clone and burn out before they focus on their next chapter. Michael McWhertor

Going Small - How the MumboJumbo Merger Will Affect Ritual

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