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Considering how good Darksiders 2 is... This is very, very sad. Someone should do the third one...
Better pray to whatever deity you prefer that Platinum wins the bid.
Considering how good Darksiders 2 is... This is very, very sad. Someone should do the third one...
If a GOG and Steam release would have netted a decent profit, it makes one wonder why THQ just sat on the IP and never bothered to release them digitally. Especially when they were in dire need of money in some way or another.
just get uDraw out of lot 5. ,who will even think about getting uDraw?
yeah open world RF:G2 is a must
only Volition can make Red Faction, a Red Faction with geo-mod or Volition is pointless
I take it if you buy red faction you dont get the tech behind it, if so the red faction franchise might not be worth as much.
I would probably guess that a decision on how to continue with the Homeworld series could be initiated by testing the waters with a GOG and Steam release to see how well-known and how relevant the brand still is today.
Better pray to whatever deity you prefer that Platinum wins the bid.
Is Platinum really going to bid for the IP?
Is Platinum really going to bid for the IP?
Considering Platinum doesn't self publish someone would have to publish the game anyway, so it's hard to see them going for it unless it's dirt cheap.
Is Platinum really going to bid for the IP?
True, one can hope that there's a chance. But the probability is very small, seeing how the majority of the original creative talent is no longer at Relic, while their current focus is on getting Company of Heroes 2 out of the door, and continue the development of Dawn of War 3 (codenamed Atlas) *if* Games Workshop agrees to let Relic/SEGA continue working on the IP. Also, SEGA needs to pick up the Homeworld license in this situation if they ever want to have Relic make a HW3.
Furthermore, the fact that Creative Assemply is already working on a Warhammer game suggests that SEGA might position Relic as the 40K RTS studio.
I would probably guess that a decision on how to continue with the Homeworld series could be initiated by testing the waters with a GOG and Steam release to see how well-known and how relevant the brand still is today. Otherwise there are too many factors against a Relic-made Homeworld 3 scenario.
Games Workshop withdrew their objection entirely on 2/15 so my guess would be they reached an agreement with SEGA. The judge had originally declined to rule on it in order to give them time to figure it out
All right thanks for the confirmation. Great to hear.
This basically confirms that Dawn of War 3 is still in development barring any changes made by SEGA.
I would like to see Sony Santa Monica do a Darksiders game.
I'll take the rights to Aidyn Chronicles for $10.
Darksiders and Red Faction are the only games worth a damn.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=46832315
Also, I made a post a year or two ago on a comment made by a Relic employee:
WB should buy Darksiders.
I don't get why everyone wants Platinum to get it. I can't imagine them doing it without completely changing the style and tone. If they wanted to do a game like Darksiders, they'd be better off just doing their own original thing.
What if I want decipherable and intelligent cutscenes?Better pray to whatever deity you prefer that Platinum wins the bid.
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HOMEWORLD?!!!?!?!?!?!
That sounds like them wanting to respect Homeworlds history instead of sequilitising it to death.
I hope they go crazy on DoW 3's scale.
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HOMEWORLD?!!!?!?!?!?!
That sounds like them wanting to respect Homeworlds history instead of sequilitising it to death.
Who'd exactly be a good fit to make Darksiders? that game series was pretty much defined by Vigil, and having another dev pick up where they left off just seems...wrong. If that makes any sense. Other than trying to emulate the style, they could try rebooting it and making something brand new.
Someone needs to buy Red Faction and Summoner. Reboot both of those and its nothing but profit.
I think Company of Heroes 2 will be a good litmus test of what we can expect from Relic in the future, but then again the game was developed during the hardships under THQ, so maybe SEGA will be much better for their creative environment.
It's these damn kids these days.
That is true, yet you also have to realize that it is difficult to do proper respect to a legacy if you are under the watchful eyes of incompetent THQ executives and profit-hungry investors. This might have motivated the comment made by Noun.
If SEGA acquires the Homeworld IP, if SEGA sells the Homeworld games on GOG/Steam, if SEGA greenlights the funding of another Homeworld 3 in today's current risk-averse gaming climate, and finally if SEGA allows Relic's "new blood" to creatively pay respect to the Homeworld series with the new installment, then we might have the possibility of a proper Homeworld 3.
The stuff they said in the recent RPS interview makes me think that, at least the Black Hawk guys, aren't interested in touching Homeworld again. They've moved on.
Alright guys, in genuine seriousness, is there anyone interested in actively picking up Homeworld's IP rights? How do we do this? What's it take to set up a Kickstarter to get this done? If not a Kickstarter, do we go to investors? How can we make this happen?
There was an indiegogo before, but the pitch was bad ('we'll give it away for free!'), they clearly didn't do their research, and it failed miserably.
I'd like to try. For serious.
If the guys really wanted to do this fundraiser as efficiently and acceptable as possible, they should have:
- Contacted a lot of the key members of the Homeworld team. Get them on board, let them be the frontmen. If not, have them officially approve of the project.
- Started by simply aiming for obtaining the Homeworld IP. Their only goal should have been to get these games released digitally. DO NOT make lofty goals or even talk about making Homeworld 3.
- Be clear in their communication, do a more well-produced pitch video, and offer rewards or the like for the backers
- Show that they will and are legally obliged to hold the promise of a money back guarantee. That would instil much more confidence into the project.
- Promise to use the money earned from selling the Homeworld games on GOG and Steam to re-pay the backers.
And if that is sufficiently successful, they could get a lot of people with proven credentials and experience to help support a potential Homeworld 3 game.
That would be my recommendation to these guys if next time they want to be more serious about approaching their goals in a more realistic way.
Let's buy Homeworld.
Who's with me.
I've got $50.
Well I guess Crytek USA would be a good fit
Rocksteady seems like a pretty good fit for that franchise.
I hope those rumors of Platinum being interested in Darksiders are true.
Who'd exactly be a good fit to make Darksiders? that game series was pretty much defined by Vigil, and having another dev pick up where they left off just seems...wrong. If that makes any sense. Other than trying to emulate the style, they could try rebooting it and making something brand new.
I want to see Destroy All Humans! done properly
Most of RF's value is in the engine and its custom Havok physics, which probably won't come with the sale. The IP itself is pretty unexciting.YES. Give Red Faction a good home! It needs to return to its former glory with that 8GB GDDR5 memory goodness.
Can you imagine a proper Red Faction with all that ram??
Did Sega get the Warhammer license? Or is Dawn of War III dead?
I know they're just selling IPs, but do we know what happens to the engines? I imagine having GeoMod 2.0 would be a huge help in figuring out how to go even further on the destruction. I fear whoever gets the Red Faction franchise will do "cheap" destruction like say in Battlefield where a few pre-determined things can get destroyed in always destroy in pretty much the same way.