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It's worded really weirdly. I can't tell if it means Fable reboot by Playground or another Fable game. Maybe jschreier can clarify?
Probably thinking of Crystal Dynamics which is helping on Perfect Dark. But I think this is fairly standard either way - most AAA games have co-developers that have certain parts of the game handed off to.
If it hadn't happened while regulators were reviewing the ATVI deal , they would have definitely acquired them imo.
Well, now you have Game Pass so the games don't necessarily have to be a mega success. If anything, smaller side games are perfect for GP.
it's not that old
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Square Enix didn't sell their trove of IP and studios for a particularly high price, but MS was caught up in ABK is the main reason.
I feel like releasing a side game 8 years after the last mainline game is a bit silly. If this "side game" coincides with the big Fable game, then it would probably be more successful.it's not that old
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it's a hearthstone clone lol
Nice, super excited for that, thinking Fable is going to be turning out pretty good when we finally see it in a year or two
They couldn't buy them because SE put their western branch up for sale after MS announced the Activision deal. It was bad timing.
why would Embracer sell the studio that is the modern herald for the Deus Ex IP (that they own)? And I'm not sure MS would want to buy a studio without IP to go with it.
They could make a profit selling the studios and IP to Microsoft after the Activision deal is done...
I mean it's also just a good way to keep your staff on payroll. New IP take awhile to shift into full production, this helps them avoid layoffs
That's an over exaggeration to say the least, especially applying this to Playground of all studios. You have less than a handful out of 23 having an issue, to pretend like it's some XGS wide issue is misleading. The reality is that co-development and outsourcing studios are hard to get currently and come at a higher premium, so the difference in cost isn't as wide and the availability is limited. So contracting these experienced AAA studios when they have lulls in their production, makes a ton of sense in the same way you shift members between internal studios when they're free.
