anon_mastermind
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Oh wow I was just wishing I could play this again. Had so much fun with it back in the day.
Took me a second to realize what you meant.Any way to switch MGS and Steam logos? :lolyou'll know it when you see it
I always feel slightly embarrassed to want Viva Pinata so badly. But Pokemon + Harvest Moon, who could turn that down.Give us more Microsoft!
.Awesome I would totally buy that
Give us more Microsoft!
I would love a Rise of Nations remastered edition game was epic!
Just remembered, have we heard anything lately about the Homeworld 2 update?!
Give us more Microsoft!
Give us more Microsoft!
As for assets that did sell, Land said five parties actively participated in the auction and two lots were ultimately sold. One lot included Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends games and associated intellectual property; the second was for the Big Huge Games trademark itself.
Gross proceeds for both lots was $320,000, though buyers were not mentioned. In total, more than 20 parties expressed interest in the assets, Land said.
So as far as Rise of Nations goes, somebody seems to planning to do something with the games since that is the stuff that got bought from the 38 Studios IP Auction.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/38...doms-of-amalur-reckoning-sequel/1100-6416719/
The issue, as I've said, is that the buyer only bought the Rise of * IPs; the fact remains that whatever "portions" were owned by Microsoft when the games released are still owned by Microsoft. This is the reason why there are two distinct apps in the Steam registry for RoN Gold and neither went anywhere.
Cant it take time though? For example FF 7 took forever to come.
FF7 took forever because Squeenix decided to take forever: Square bought Eidos way back in 2009.
The issue, as I've said, is that the buyer only bought the Rise of * IPs; the fact remains that whatever "portions" were owned by Microsoft when the games released are still owned by Microsoft. This is the reason why there are two distinct apps in the Steam registry for RoN Gold and neither went anywhere.
So there is not chance it can happen?
What if the buyer was Microsoft?
There's a chance, sure, but what it boils down to is, either:
1) Microsoft and RoN IP Owner agree on a revenue split, or,
2) RoN IP Owner buys out the "portions" Microsoft owns
Both are rather sticky situations. Similarly, Wolf09 hasn't returned to Steam despite publishing rights defaulting to Bethesda almost two years ago: either Acti and Bethesda agree on a revenue split, as the game was developed by Raven (an Acti-owned studio) and published by Acti, or Bethesda forks over enough cash to buy the game outright, the latter of which is a particularly bad road to take if Acti is demanding that Bethesda pay for whatever development/marketing costs sales failed to recoup during Acti's tenure.
That's a big "if" considering the auction was almost three months ago. Microsoft buying RoN would mean it owned everything pertaining to RoN and so there'd be no roadblocks. Both RoN Gold apps in the Steam regisry are as lifeless as ever.
Man, I remember playing this a lot, so many LAN wars with friends back in the day. IIRC I usually played as Zeus, Hades or Cronos. This thread kinda reminded me how I miss Ensemble and RTS games (are there good modern ones?).
As far as precedents for updated re-releases go, how is AoE II HD?
It is also these things take time.
RE: Bethesda and rights, it took them a REALLY long time to restore Doom and Doom 2 to XBLA after they assumed the rights for those games, but they did get both done eventually. I think 15 months for Doom 1. Wolf 3d only took a few months between delisting and relisting though.
Haha, there's that, too, but there'd be discernible movement if a single party owned Rise outright.
The clock continues to tick vis-a-vis Fallout, too.
Edit: "The clock is continues to tick"? Me fail English?
Possibly but Rise of Nations could be also seeing some sort of new Super HD Extended Remix Gold Turbo edition which would warrant a new entry. Also, games can sit in the Steam Registry for ages before getting released or even an update. We saw this with Final Fantasy VII and VIII. All that is really known at this point is somebody wants to revive this IP and Big Huge Games in some fashion.
Well, in the absence of a smoking gun, I submit that it's possible MS did buy the Rise IP, but by the same token it stands to reason that Microsoft, assuming for the moment that it did purchase the IP, would maintain whichever of the two RoN Gold apps it submitted to Valve years ago. Time will tell. I suppose.
Indeed, also, the important thing to note about the IP Sales is that somebody paid good money to own the Rise and BGH IPs, If nobody wanted this revived all of that would still be on the shelf next to KoA and 38 Studios.
Image on that twitch page:
Itsreallyhappening.gif? Or is that just a stock image?
Image on that twitch page:
Itsreallyhappening.gif? Or is that just a stock image?
OMGFG, Age of Empires online
AoE Online may be coming back with Steamworks integration:
Now, this flag by itself doesn't necessarily mean anything (e.g. AoE 3 has long had it, too, but as the game lacks Steamworks achievements the stats link just takes you to Steam Community), but the fact it was added now, months after the game was pulled, is interesting.
I loved this game so fucking god damn much. It was just awesome...
Is this just nostalgia though? Will the game still hold up? Or will it be shitty in this day and age?
sooo good