C2B Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) Well, to be confirmed in 50 minutes, but apparently Clearlake (as expected) is now out of the bidding. This marks the end of THQ. I have Midway feelings. ... I should really stop with terrible puns. Hope everyone lands on their feet. Edited January 23, 2013 by C2B
Enoch Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 While it sucks for THQ's employees and the customers who enjoyed their products, this is plain evidence that the company's creditors were correct-- they could raise more money by selling off properies piecemeal than they could by selling the intact company to Clearlake.
C2B Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) Apparently Vigil will have layoffs NOOOOOOOO, for Tim Donley especially. Though, its still unconfirmed. Edited January 23, 2013 by C2B
Deraldin Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Apparently South Park is going to Ubisoft. I really hope we can avoid uplay for this.
Tale Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 I guess that's going to completely kill Dark Millenium. If it was even still being worked on at all. I'm fairly okay with the idea of Ubisoft picking up South Park, if that's how it ends up being sorted out. Who knows, they might request "changes" that amount to a longer production time and more work for Obsidian. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
WorstUsernameEver Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Apparently Vigil will have layoffs NOOOOOOOO, for Tim Donley especially. Though, its still unconfirmed. Going from various sources/rumors, Vigil is dead Shame, I had great fun with Darksiders (which, from what I understand, wasn't really grabbed by anyone either as an IP... makes sense given that it didn't sell so hot, but still sad). South Park *seems* to be going to Ubisoft, but I'm not sure if they resolved the SPS vs THQ contention.
TSBasilisk Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Look on the bright side; considering the company is bankrupt and has just been gutted and sold to the highest bidders, they probably don't have the resources for a significant legal battle. Hopefully it'll come down to SPS dropping the fees in exchange for having a say in whoever gets the license.
Hurlshort Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Ubisoft is a major publisher, so this might actually be good for the South Park game and Obsidian as a developer. They know how to advertise, that's for sure. Personally I cringe at the idea of having to use Uplay. Maybe I'll buy it on the PS3 instead.
redneckdevil Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Ok im confused about Uplay, what is this?
Hurlshort Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Ubisoft's online verification system. It's like Origin or Steam for Ubisoft games. I think it only applies to PC gamers.
WorstUsernameEver Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Ok im confused about Uplay, what is this? Ubisoft's own DRM/service thingie. They basically use it for everyone of their games at this point.
TSBasilisk Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Hm, thought they were backing down a bit on DRM after September...
Falkon Swiftblade Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 hmmm so Ubisoft offered $3.2 million for South Park and no one else bid for it.
Hurlshort Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 I'm mostly annoyed that Uplay is often redundant. If I buy a game on Steam, I am already going through a DRM check, using a key, logging in, etc. It is super annoying to have to do it again when I start up a Ubisoft product. 1
C2B Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 https://twitter.com/Obsidian @GamingAnarchist We're excited - Bummed for THQ and its situation, but we'll work hard with Ubi to wrap it up.
Hassat Hunter Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Let's hope we can play it without uplay. It would make me a sad puppy... ^ I agree that that is such a stupid idiotic pathetic garbage hateful retarded scumbag evil satanic nazi like term ever created. At least top 5. TSLRCM Official Forum || TSLRCM Moddb || My other KOTOR2 mods || TSLRCM (English version) on Steam || [M4-78EP on Steam Formerly known as BattleWookiee/BattleCookiee
melkathi Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Hm, thought they were backing down a bit on DRM after September... They did back down. UPlay is the backing down. They moved away from SolidShield/Tages with a 3 PC activation limit and made it so that your games bind to your UPlay account and that you can play single player stuff offline (UPlay can load offline just fine) after you have activated the game online through UPlay once at the begining. 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Luridis Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 I'm mostly annoyed that Uplay is often redundant. If I buy a game on Steam, I am already going through a DRM check, using a key, logging in, etc. It is super annoying to have to do it again when I start up a Ubisoft product. Which is precisely why I have always, and will continue to, refuse to purchase any game from Steam with the "3rd Party DRM" tag. Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. - Julius Caesar #define TRUE (!FALSE) I ran across an article where the above statement was found in a release tarball. LOL! Who does something like this? Predictably, this oddity was found when the article's author tried to build said tarball and the compiler promptly went into cardiac arrest. If you're not a developer, imagine telling someone the literal meaning of up is "not down". Such nonsense makes computers, and developers... angry.
DrAlexander Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 I have some mixed feelings about this now. I want to buy it but I don't want Uplay. What to do ... what to do? In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
cyberarmy Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Let's hope we can play it without uplay. It would make me a sad puppy... We still need uplay but not always online, after activating the game we can play offline forever and ever. Played Assassins Creed 3 and Farcry 3 without problems this way. I only allowed Uplay to go online to see if there is a patch. I can advice to not buy it via steam to avoid runing 2 programs simultanously (even they are offline) Nothing is true, everything is permited.
DrAlexander Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Let's hope we can play it without uplay. It would make me a sad puppy... We still need uplay but not always online, after activating the game we can play offline forever and ever. Played Assassins Creed 3 and Farcry 3 without problems this way. I only allowed Uplay to go online to see if there is a patch. I can advice to not buy it via steam to avoid runing 2 programs simultanously (even they are offline) Seeing as, if Uplay is used, there won't be any other way: This is a great solution. Thanks! In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
cyberarmy Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Ubisoft DRM was beyond sh!tty before September 2012, most of my gameplays were ruined (Prince of persia and Heroes 6) but they really dropped it big time. Most of the people havent noticed/heard about this i think. Nothing is true, everything is permited.
redneckdevil Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Since im a firm supporter of Gabe, will I be able to play and stay online with steam but set offline with uplay?
cyberarmy Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Since im a firm supporter of Gabe, will I be able to play and stay online with steam but set offline with uplay? Yes. Both can be offline too. Edited January 25, 2013 by cyberarmy Nothing is true, everything is permited.
samm Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Yuck, why Ubisoft Good to hear they decreased the aggressiveness of their horrible DRM somewhat. Still considering to buy it as a first (recent) Ubisoft game since Anno 1404 had its DRM removed via patch. and still considering to remove said drm after purchasing the game - as an honest customer I want the same comfortable experience a dishonest acquirer of the game would have Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority
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