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I think it's safe to say at this point that we are all playing a dead game.
I refuse to think that a company would be so inept in software development to work 2 years on some updates without using an existing user base for feedback. so that leads to the conclusion that they are not working at it, just keeping it afloat.

My theory is that the new owners bought it for the user base, with the idea that they might polish a little bit the UI and make some easy money.. however, they probably discovered what a headache is to work with the old code and the return of investment being too small (this type of game probably doesn't sell as well today), so they took the decission to cut their loses.

In a way, fair enough, I get it. And (through this annoying silence) they are honest about it. they haven't announced anything new as they know they won't do anything new.

So, I've personally lost all hope that we will see any meaningful updates to the game moving forward..I guess we should at least be grateful that they don't close the servers completely.

It will still probably be fun for a bit longer as there still is a decent amount of users around.

As long as the game at least breaks even, it makes sense to keep the servers running with minimal maintenance. But if the active user base drops to the point where operating costs consistently exceed revenue, shutting the servers down would be around the corner

As long as the game at least breaks even, it makes sense to keep the servers running with minimal maintenance. But if the active user base drops to the point where operating costs consistently exceed revenue, shutting the servers down would be around the corner

May be in the future I will be an offer for this game.
As a dev, and as a atrocious basketball's player, I cannot see this game go to die.

I love BB

Count me in! DS and AI Engineer here.

Not an expert in game ops, but a possible long-term alternative could be a community buyout and ownership if the game ever stops being commercially viable. That wouldn’t necessarily mean fully open-sourcing the game mechanics, but the infrastructure and platform could be community-maintained while the core game logic remains controlled or treated as a black box by a small trusted admin group.

Just about keeping the game alive in a sustainable way for the community that still cares about it!

I completely disagree with you , my old adversary and BB friend.

if I ask them what they are doing, it's not because i want to be annoying. I love the game and want to see it succeed and grow. call me selfish if you want, but it's in their interest as well..

now of course, they don't owe me or anybody here anything. they bought this, they can do whatever they want with it.

however, this company launched a very nice succesful app, I think they know how to do build a product, they've shown it.
so to me it's crazy to think that they take this approach of not using the community to validate ideas and game design and architectural decisions.
I think it's more probable that BB is not a business priority. and in that case, I disagree with you, BB is not necessarly going to live that long as time goes by and the user base shrinks. you don't really have a strong business case if you are left with 2000 users on the server.

so yeah, long story short, I believe that it is the sign of a good, healthy community one that asks for some sort of updates / commitments from the owners. and I think it's bad for the business to ignore that.

c'mon, it's not like anybody here asked specifics or timelines .. but .. something :) ..

saying that you are still 'working on it, thinking on it' its not enough. no commitment is being shown.





Last edited by therin at 2/10/2026 11:47:33 AM

The only thing we can do now is to hope and wait, they said things are ongoing, while it's taking a while atleast we keep enjoying the same game we always loved, without any drastic changes yet.

The fact that BB is still alive is thanks to it's players, and the only way to keep it going is to keep supporting the game by playing and especially by being a supporter or having an utopia team so they can cover the server costs.

The rest, if it comes will be a good surprise for us

While it does not come, let's keep enjoying the game we've always enjoyed for these almost 20 years of existence