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Ubisoft buyout talks are reportedly progressing, but there's one small hitch: The Guillemot family wants to stay in charge, but Tencent isn't so sure about that (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] MrScottyTay 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ugh, why tencent. I don't need another reason to hate ubi

[–] Grumpy 5 points 2 weeks ago

Because they're already a major shareholder of Ubisoft. And they're the only one willing to fork over cash for this failing company since they have a lot to lose if they let it continue its course.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tencent at least knows how to make video games.

[–] MrScottyTay 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Like what? gacha games?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No, like Riot Games, Blizzard, Epic Games, Supercell, PUBG, etc.

[–] MrScottyTay 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So which ones are good then? The first two companies you listed are definitely at the top of my personal shit list

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't forget that Epic delisted and shutdown the servers for the entire Unreal franchise that was costing pennies to run.

[–] MrScottyTay 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

But also don't forget they have no qualms with people hosting and downloading old games they no longer sell or run. Like they're fine with the old unreal games being on the internet archive for people to download

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They've promised not to sue people sharing Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament(1999). They can change their mind.

id Software released the source code for Doom under a specific license. This has given birth to a wealth of commercial indie titles, the most technically impressive being Selaco, build on a fork of GZDoom called Pancake Engine.

Bungie released the code and assets for their Marathon trilogy and gave birth to a still very active modding community making full fledged fan campaigns.

If Epic wanted to full commit and release the code and assets to the games, I wouldn't be complaining.

[–] MrScottyTay 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

I know it's a long stretch but we don't know if Epic will follow through and do the same yet. I imagine there's a lot of legal paperwork to get that stuff done above board for a bit company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry if I don't trust the company behind fortnite or a company with tencent investments.