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Steve Watts posted a new article,
Rumor: Ubisoft in talks for THQ assets
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Unnamed sources claim that Ubisoft is in extended talks with THQ over the acquisition of its assets in the wake of THQ's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
Dec 21, 2012 11:30am PST
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Steve Watts posted a new article,
Rumor: Ubisoft in talks for THQ assets
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Unnamed sources claim that Ubisoft is in extended talks with THQ over the acquisition of its assets in the wake of THQ's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
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FUCK.
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ajvitaly
Yeah, that's the first thing I thought off. Leave Relic and Volition alone!
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silverback1138
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
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Fenring42
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terrible
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jonin
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Why?
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valcan_s
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Because Ubi is terrible about their DRM
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capt tripps
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You mean the one time online activation the very first time you launch the game that is actually less res...
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Ivory Moclips
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I more object to the constant online and we boot you if your connection goes down kind. Sure, they switc...
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capt tripps
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uplay doesn't have a constant connection requirement and hasn't for a long time. You can play offline.
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creeping-death
As I understand it, that is a truth with some modifications even in the best case scenario and doesn't ap...
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Kristian Joensen
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I wish that was all HOMM6 had!
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jason bergman
Always-on DRM hasn't been patched out for it yet?
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Mecha Tofu Pirate
He may be referring to UPLAY being a piece of shit. Half the time I try to launch a game it tells me I ow...
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Starchy
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They dropped that always online requirement earlier this year. I can play AC3 and FC3 offline after activ...
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Sailor of Fortune
Once a cocksucker always a cocksucker.
Trust is earned.
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capt tripps
Man they stopped using that a long time ago.
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valcan_s
Their really shitty PC support is the first thing that comes to mind. I honestly hope this never comes t...
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silverback1138
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Ubi is slightly better than EA, but only just.
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soundcreepy
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I see it the other way around lately.
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InfoBiter
true, especially as of late.....
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soundcreepy
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HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Onumis
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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nevlos
Welcome back Mr Désilets, we've missed you.
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snubble100
Hm... Mixed feelings about this.
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Rice-Rocketeer
LOL
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chepito_
Not going to happen.
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whippedcracker
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The next Metro 2033 you will have to climb subway cars to unlock parts on the map in the tunnel. Then ju...
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hrdwregk
lol
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Godhatesfatpeople
hahaha
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daniel_h
so fucking true :(
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.ka`boom.zZz.
hahaha
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Mad Brahmin Disease
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anybody else really think uPlay is great? i haven't had any problems with it...
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[fry]
I think it's worthless middleware.
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ajvitaly
well the first console implementations were shitty, the pc app seems fine, but having another program lau...
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imperator
You're not even trying.
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abrasion
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[fry] you are a smart man at least your mind is not clouded. I think it is great it auto updates is l...
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valcan_s
high five valcan
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[fry]
I got FC3 from that D2P site and it worked. So no issues here. I'd rather nothing need to use a client to...
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Sailor of Fortune
It's a complete piece of shit as far as playing AC:Recollection on the iPad is concerned. I loved that ga...
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lefthighkick
i havent had any problems but that doesn't make it great
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the_burd
The stupid uPlay cloud-save thing they added in AC:Rev did the opposite of what you'd hope and deleted my...
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dfay
Also no issues with uplay.
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creeping-death
havent had any issues.
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kikilupo
Wouldn't it be rather awesome if dracogen bought up/invested in relic and let it go on as an independent ...
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ysbreker
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THQ should sell Relic off to Bethesda/ZeniMax or something.
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timmie
I think they're good enough to go independent like Bungie or something.
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Sailor of Fortune
Fuck no to that too.
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Godhatesfatpeople
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Sell to Valve. Profit.
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kartooner
This.
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TheDr7
I'd be ok with Zenimax picking up THQ's studios.
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OutlawSundown
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Who gives a fuck? As long as we get more Dawn of War or Space Marine!!!
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Dschinghis Khan
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Every time I say the name of that game...I do it in a really bad Ork/Cockney accent...that isn't even rec...
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Vorlonesque
Its also a fucking awesome game!
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Vorlonesque
eh. and there's the kick in the beanbag humble bundle buyers half expected.
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thebigbeefsandwich
lol @ nerd rage :)
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Korban
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meh. in the end it'll be bain capital or something
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RikiTiki2
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Another private equity firm, Clearlake Capital, is already acquiring THQ's assets as part of the Chapter ...
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the archvile
sure, but clearlake could just as well sell to a series of PE firms
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RikiTiki2
Fuck no
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Godhatesfatpeople
nooooo........
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0mar
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The rage over this is pretty humorous. What if EA bought THQ? Better/worse than ubi?
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creeping-death
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Better by a small margin at least.
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InfoBiter
It would be better at first, but then it would nosedive once they started churning out sequels like all t...
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Epsilon Sector
About the same.
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Godhatesfatpeople
I don't want any Activision, EA, or Ubi anywhere near THQ. All of them have kinda shafted PC gamers in t...
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silverback1138
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Does "assets" just mean copyrights and that kind of thin? Or would it include hiring people as well?
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the_burd
Does not usually include talent, no. Assets would be the IP rights mostly. But, it really depends on wh...
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daggot
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I'm ok with this. Ubi actually publish some good games. Their DRM scheme sucked balls, but now it's toned...
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Kojak2000
Now imagine Company of Heroes 2 coming out on consoles first. Saint's Row 4 being a shitty port 2 months...
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silverback1138
Could Valve handle those IP's?
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u sir name
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Ubisoft and THQ are my 2 favourite publishers. I've had no issues with uplay so I'm fine with this. Let's...
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fuell
I really like some of their properties, but fuck Ubi's shitty treatment of PC gamers.
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silverback1138
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Don't quite know how I feel about Ubisoft acquiring THQ.
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DragonSire
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Its better than an alternative of THQ going belly up. I don't think uplay is that bad, its pretty transpa...
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creeping-death
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Also, I think ubi has listened to feedback in terms of making uplay usable offline and transparent -- I b...
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creeping-death
Guess my biggest fear is how much money they throw at my favorite licences. When they put their full mig...
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DragonSire
HISS!
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ETPC1
lmao, this is great. The emotional roller coaster that folks have been riding is about to launch off the ...
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ateam311
Noooooooo, fuck off with your DRM and Uplay, Ubisoft.
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Mad Brahmin Disease
5 years from now, Ubisoft files for bankruptcy.
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Mystery0000