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I wiped my phone this morning, and when I attempt to download Uniwar again from the appstore I get a message of

"The item you tried to be is no longer available".

Has uniwar been removed from the app store or is this some kind of bug?
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Same with me in my topic <Error: Uniwar "The item you tried to be is no longer availa"> posted ttoday...
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It's a general problem (or UniWar ist not more "valid" for apple / the apple store). I have it, too, and a friend of mine has the same problem after testing it.
I used the app-backup in iTunes to reinstall UniWar to the iPhone. That solved the problem for me, but the general "uniwar-in-the-appstore-prob" remains unsolved...
Greetings, Andreas
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I was afraid this was coming :(
http://www.startupgazette.com/2011/03/irvine-based-javaground-foreclosure-of-a-mobile-games-dream/

Both of the sites (http://www.xpressed.com/ and http://www.javaground.com/) appear to be down, and this forum could be next. I'll be creating a backup forum with a free host so that if this forum does go down also, the community will not be completely lost. I have registered http://uniwar.freeforums.org. Please bookmark this page, but continue using the official forums for as long as possible.

Interestingly enough, when digging around on the web I came across a funny quote: (http://www.uniwar.com/forum/posts/list/544.page#3236)
  kralux wrote: As the CEO of Javaground, I can tell you that this game will stay alive as long as the App Store is alive.

In fact, we are even in the process of greatly expanding our reach with many more handsets.
So tell your friends that there soon will be no excuses to not playing the game regardless of their handset.

Cheers,

Kralux

It's sad to see how people's dreams can fall apart so easily. I am not mad at the devs, javaground, or anyone else, I am merely sad that a great game like this has such an uncertain future. Hopefully another company will pick up Uniwar and continue development!
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Wow.
I think the devs deserve better than this.
They worked really hard on this game, and pretty much succeeded in creating a great strategy game.

If they make the map editor as an in-app purchase, I would definitely purchase it, just sayin'.
I've played this game for over an year, and it's been an amazing experience.

Hope the devs can make it through these hard times.

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"TAKE YOUR DAMN LEMONS BACK, LIFE. I DON'T WANT YOUR STINKIN' LEMONS."
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Noooo! I wonder if they will allow uniwar to continue then? Since it is still a revenue source, the creditors should release the game to some fans who can maintain the game and improve on it. I will be sad when the servers go down, because I love this game! Does anyone know how long online play will still be available?

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Still think this is a fantastic game and I'm still successfully evangelizing it. If someone can advise on what we could buy that would help keep the servers up let us know. Thanks lantry!

(and just as I creep up into the top 100 on random ranked play... )
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Looks like my panic may have been a bit premature. I have done some more searching, and found an article about javaground going under that is over a year old (http://cabanamobile.blogspot.com/2010/02/javaground-to-halt.html), and it says that their creditor was giving them ten days to come up with the money. This means that the deadline was passed a long while ago, and Uniwar is still going. Xavi's last post, in fact, was from about 3 months ago, which means that UniWar, if not javaground, survived the debt situation. I wish one of the devs would get on the forums and let us know what is going on. Here are the facts as I see them:
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2/5/2010: Javaground is reported to be in debt, and in very real danger of going under within 10 days (http://cabanamobile.blogspot.com/2010/02/javaground-to-halt.html)

7/15/2010: UniWar is released for Android (http://wireless.ign.com/articles/110/1106432p1.html)

11/20/2010: Date of Kralux's last post (http://www.uniwar.com/forum/posts/list/887.page#5979)

3/4/2011: Javaground USA, INC. is listed as dissolved in the California State Business Portal, and both http://www.javaground.com/ and http://xpressed.com/ are down. (http://www.startupgazette.com/2011/03/irvine-based-javaground-foreclosure-of-a-mobile-games-dream/)

4/5/2011: Date of Xavi's last post (http://www.uniwar.com/forum/posts/list/1067.page#6834)

5/20/2011: Date of Uniwar's last update. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uniwar/id311456818?mt=8)

7/17/2011: Today's date. Both http://www.javaground.com/ and http://xpressed.com/ are down.
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So: the debt thing happened a while back, no news on how it got sorted out or what the outcome was, but uniwar was still going strong, with a release for Android not long afterwards. Javaground USA, INC is listed as dissolved, and Javaground's website is down. However, there have been updates after this date also. My guess is that Javaground's office in california was dissolved, but development was continued by one of their other branches (one of the articles mentioned offices in italy, i believe). It would have been nice for the devs to let us know this, instead of having us find out by ourselves and panic like we did. It appears that the game is alright, but the fact that the Javaground site is down still worries me.

TL;DR version: I think UniWar will be alright, but it would be great for the devs to get on the forum and tell us what is really going on.

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Taking a look, UniWar shows as being released by TBS Games in the Android app store.

Gives me a little more heart that nothing bad is happening with the developers. I've supported this game since it was first released on iOS and have purchased two copies for that, and one for Android.

I've always loved the devs, and will stay supportive to them. Here's to hoping they develop a WP7 version so I can play it on my HTC Arrive.
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