Ubisoft Gets All Far Cry Rights

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Ubisoft today announced that it has gained full ownership of the Far Cry franchise. In addition, the company now has a perpetual license to use the Far Cry version of the CryENGINE. Ubisoft is now free to create sequels, adds-ons and merchandise based on the Far Cry universe. Far Cry developer Crytek is currently working on Crysis for Electronic Arts.

In addition to the brand in itself, Ubisoft, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies have the license to use the Far Cry Edition of CryENGINE to develop, sell and distribute an unlimited number of video games. This provides another own production pipeline for the company. Ubisoft's internationally renowned development teams look forward to taking this engine to the next level. "Far Cry is one of Ubisoft's most successful brands and this agreement is one further step in our strategy to constantly enrich our catalogue of fully owned brands. With Far Cry, we look forward to further consolidating our leading position in the first person shooters genre" said Yves Guillemot, President & CEO of Ubisoft Entertainment.

From The Chatty
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    March 30, 2006 6:27 AM

    UBISOFT is right up there as one of my favorite PC/CONSOLE publishing/dev companies.

    Awesome to see them get another great DEV

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      March 30, 2006 6:35 AM

      But EA has the dev right now.

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        March 30, 2006 6:59 AM

        EA does not own Crytek (yet). They are currently only publishing/distributing Crysis.

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      March 30, 2006 6:35 AM

      What do you think they got here?

      Crytek's in bed with EA now, so it's not like they bought the developers. Ubi just owns the rights to the Far Cry franchise ... and that Jack guy in the game is no Duke Nukem. ;)

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      March 30, 2006 6:39 AM

      they didn't get the dev, just the brand name

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        March 30, 2006 7:59 AM

        yeah i worded that wrong. dev rights to make more games . . .

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      March 30, 2006 8:01 AM

      Ubisoft is a shitty company. You better be joking.

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      March 30, 2006 8:09 AM

      omg, the shill revealed!

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      March 30, 2006 9:04 AM

      phh. Ubisoft is even worse than EA. At least EA doesn't put Starforce in their crap.

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        March 30, 2006 10:58 AM

        I thought it was in the Sims2?
        (Sims2 owner)

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        April 3, 2006 12:00 PM

        So let me get this straight, you are against a company from preventing someone from stealing their product. I guess we should boycot grocery stores that lock their doors at night...afterall, food is more important than games...well maybe not.

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