Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire

Lawsuit

Insolvency issues of Strategy First led to the inability to provide full royalties to developer i-Deal Games Studios for Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire. This prompted i-Deal to take legal action by sending an official Notification of Termination to Strategy First on the grounds of "breach of contract" on 8 June 2004. By 26 July 2004, the contract was formally terminated. No payment or settlement was officially reached by the two companies.

Release

The first release of Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (version 5.x) was heavily criticized for being bug-plagued. This was due to Strategy First's decision (February 2004) to release the game before quality assurance testing was finalized. Subsequent releases published by Zuxxez/TopWare (versions 6.x) were improved, but the 5.x releases could not be updated.