Vivendi studios and projects face uncertain future

[insta]

This really sucks to hear, really hope it works out for Starbreeze and Doublefine and of course the other studios affected.

[Izuno]

as painful as this may be in the short run for some people, it often works out for the best in the long run.

this doesn't feel like a big surprise. A few months ago I hung out with a bunch of friends from Sierra/Vivendi and they were all assuming every product/brand under their label was up for review.

Anyway, I'm still hoping the Ghostbusters game is good and gets good publishing treatment.

[skdr]

http://www.doublefine.com/news.php/proj ... utallegend

EA snags Brutal Legend.

[Sentura]

man this is bull... i wish something further along the road would cause a total decline in activision sales. with them doing this to their developers, they don't deserve a single penny from their earnings.

whoever said it that we live in a morally unethical universe was right.

[Warby]

fucking A !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dux]

Is vivendi owned by Acti? I musth ave my head in the sand.

http://www.doublefine.com/news.php/projects/brutallegend

EA snags Brutal Legend.

Woot, DRM. I'll be downloading that one, too.

[Thrik]

Hopefully the recent mainstream news coverage about how badly their DRM has blown up in their face will make them reconsider it for future projects. Apparently Spore has broken records as one of the most warezed games ever — talk about opposite the desired effect.

[Furyo]

I don't know if that was the most downloaded game EVER, but it surely was the most downloaded this year, by a really large margin too.

[FrieChamp]

Kudos to EA for expanding their EAP program and keeping on investing into new innovative IPs and independent developers. Especially now that it turns out certain titles underperformed and restructuring measures have been announced. Maybe the deal with Double Fine was signed already months ago? Anyway, Tim Schäfer should be happy!

[Jetsetlemming]

Woot, DRM. I'll be downloading that one, too.

There isn't even an announced PC version of it, is there? Psychonauts was so great on PC, I hope Brutal Legend gets a port too, but with the current industry beliefs, it's not certain...

[2d-chris]

This also affects Starbreeze which that articles completely fails to mention, as Riddick is one of the affected Vivendi games, and was also almost completed.

Riddick? Didn't that game come out 3 years ago?

Don't be riddickulous frie

I'll save you the bother

[-HP-]

Hey, I had to model one of those today!