• Ubisoft apparently wants to buy THQ
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[quote]Ubisoft is one of the front-runners in the bid to buy THQ's assets, MCV understands. We have been told that the French firm is keen to take over the publisher's brands and studios once THQ works through its current financial problems. On Wednesday night THQ filed for bankruptcy as it handed over its tangible assets - including its studios and US operation - to an investment firm hoping to sell the business on. No studios or offices are closing, but THQ is now very publicly on the market. This 'stalking horse bid' process with an investor effectively writes off the company's debts but keeps its business as a going concern to make it ideal for acquisition. Ubisoft had previously expressed interests in the firm's assets. Now sources tell us it is already in lengthy discussions with the firm (and presumably its new owners at Clearlake investments) to forge a deal. Price, however, is the obvious clincher - nose-tappers say that Ubisoft is after a bargain buy, and is prepared to hold-out until THQ is forced to sell off specific assets, as happened to now-defunct Midway when it went into bankruptcy four years ago. If successful in the overall acquisition, though, Ubisoft would take over five studios and gain the rights to brands such as Saints Row, Company of Heroes, Darksiders, Homefront, Red Faction. Plus it would pick up the deals for games based on WWE and some Warhammer properties - WWE specifically would offer an expansion opportunity for Ubi, finally giving it a decent stake in the sports genre. It'd be up to the French firm which of those it keeps going alongside the likes of Assassin's Creed, Just Dance, Far Cry, its various Tom Clancy games and many other titles. But CEO Yves Guillemot and his exec team have made no secret of their plans to become the market's No.1 publisher. Beefing up its business with some ready-built brands and teams - especially on the eve of a new console cycle - would help it achieve that. It has also got a fast growing interest in online games and apps, and arguably can use the talent for that pipeline. The firm has already had a very successful Christmas season already - with a personal best of three games in the UK top five recently and a big spread of best-selling boxed games releases.[/quote] [url]http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ubisoft-plots-thq-bid/0108645[/url]
I thought THQ had gotten a investor? Well at least it isn't EA.
Yeah I thought so too but the article was posted 2 hours ago, so I don't know if it's just bullshit or not.
I'm okay with this. Yeah its Ubisoft but only thing I ever saw wrong with them was uplay and drm. besides that they make some good non mainstream games.
What kind of outcome something like this will have is a better question.
Nooo, please no. I dont want to have only 3 installations and always-online DRM on Last Light.
It doesn't seem like they really want to buy THQ, just the IPs they have. The other publishers want them as well. I think if anyone else (as in other than THQ) ended up with the IPs they would ruin them.
damn frenchies getting there frog stained fingers on thq back off
valve buy them before ubisoft does
[QUOTE=Red scout?;38921078]Nooo, please no. I dont want to have only 3 installations and always-online DRM on Last Light.[/QUOTE] You MUST sign into UPLAY to play METRO: LAST LIGHT ACTION COMPLETED: 10 POINTS ACQUIRED AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN FOR USELESS REASONS, THE BOX TAKES UP HALF YOUR SCREEN YOUR FRIEND JUST IM'D YOU, DING, DIIIIING, DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG fuck
I don't know if this is good or bad [editline]21st December 2012[/editline] I guess time will tell
[QUOTE=Red scout?;38921078]Nooo, please no. I dont want to have only 3 installations and always-online DRM on Last Light.[/QUOTE] Surprisingly, Ubi's toned down their DRM quite a bit. Uplay isn't perfect and is still mildly annoying, but it's no longer the game-breaking system that it was. No longer do you need to be always online. Just one time activation. I'm certainly glad it's changing.
[QUOTE=343N;38921188]valve buy them before ubisoft does[/QUOTE] That might just work. Also, imagine a collaboration between Valve and THQ resulting in some sort of awesome game.
[QUOTE=Radical Larry;38921173]damn frenchies getting there frog stained fingers on thq back off[/QUOTE] At least some of us Frenchies can speak English better than you.
[QUOTE=Red scout?;38921078]Nooo, please no. I dont want to have only 3 installations and always-online DRM on Last Light.[/QUOTE] At least you'd get Last light. Wait i forgot, is 4a included in this or not? I remember reading something like foreign studios were not affected.
[QUOTE=Red scout?;38921078]Nooo, please no. I dont want to have only 3 installations and always-online DRM on Last Light.[/QUOTE] Ubisoft's DRM change has made me reconsider my thoughts on them, they now do one time activation, i support that because it's fucking easy and after that you don't have to worry about anything
I want to fix the thread title soooooooooo badly
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;38921057]I thought THQ had gotten a investor? Well at least it isn't EA.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Starship;38921066]Yeah I thought so too but the article was posted 2 hours ago, so I don't know if it's just bullshit or not.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure they're just "up for auction". Companies can still make bids on THQ; The other article was pretty much saying that THQ would be safe even without other bids.
NO! PLEASE NO! If they're only 60 millions of worth, then i'll fucking buy it.
I've always said the only thing missing from Saint's Row 3 on the PC was to be a completely unplayable port and be tied to DRM servers that go offline all the time.
[QUOTE=SatansSin;38921199]You MUST sign into UPLAY to play METRO: LAST LIGHT ACTION COMPLETED: 10 POINTS ACQUIRED AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN FOR USELESS REASONS, THE BOX TAKES UP HALF YOUR SCREEN YOUR FRIEND JUST IM'D YOU, DING, DIIIIING, DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG fuck[/QUOTE] Must sign in to use.. achievements built in.. message alert popups and noises. Reminds me of something. [t]http://cloudfront.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Steam_Logo.png[/t]
[QUOTE=Aide;38921070]I'm okay with this. Yeah its Ubisoft but only thing I ever saw wrong with them was uplay and drm. besides that they make some good non mainstream games.[/QUOTE] Ubisoft gets a lot of blind hate. They may have trouble with their DRM, but they're still fairly creative with their games. Without Ubisoft, you wouldn't have Rayman, Assassin's Creed, or the upcoming Watch Dogs. They're willing to experiment and I give them credit for that.
Ubisoft published faces of war, the predecessor to men of war a long time ago. Noone even knew about it back then :v:
[QUOTE=PelPix123;38922182]I can guarantee they won't infringe on THQ's intellectual property or developer freedom because [B]the reason they became a publisher was to be the company that didn't do that[/B]​.[/QUOTE] Know who else were founded on developer freedom because they were being fucked over by another company? [I]Activision[/I].
Say, what is "want's" a contraction of? Want us? Want is?
As long as somebody can make Saints Row 4 I don't care I don't care how it happens I just want it to happen I'm sure Ubisoft have enough money to get Gats VO back
But Gat is dead.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;38922729]But Gat is dead.[/QUOTE] I never saw a body so not good enough Besides, Gat is invincible
[QUOTE=Nemisis116;38922750]I never saw a body so not good enough Besides, Gat is invincible[/QUOTE] He's a zombie homie at the end, just like Lin and Carlos were in the previous two games.
No go away Ubisoft, don't you dare take my RTS games away from me
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