Just announced in the conference.
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video from Ninja Theory explaining their reasoning
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video from Ninja Theory explaining their reasoning
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Microsoft Has Acquired Ninja Theory (Heavenly Sword, DmC, Hellblade)
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Just announced during the presser.
From The Guardian live thread:
Microsoft announces that it has acquired 5 new game studios
Xbox chief Phil Spencer is back, talking about how the Xbox team has been touring the world in search of new studios to work with. This has resulted in a new Microsoft game studio: The Initiative, based in Santa Monica.
Microsoft has also acquired Undead Labs, developer of the recent State of Decay 2. The company has also bought up Playground Games, developers of the Forza Horizon series - and, says Phil, an "entirely new open-world project".
Big surprise: Ninja Theory, developer of BAFTA-winning Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, is now part of Microsoft too.
And there's a fifth! Compulsion Games, which is currently making We Happy Few.
This is great news. Microsoft is showing that it's investing massively in new game development talent.
From The Guardian live thread:
Microsoft announces that it has acquired 5 new game studios
Xbox chief Phil Spencer is back, talking about how the Xbox team has been touring the world in search of new studios to work with. This has resulted in a new Microsoft game studio: The Initiative, based in Santa Monica.
Microsoft has also acquired Undead Labs, developer of the recent State of Decay 2. The company has also bought up Playground Games, developers of the Forza Horizon series - and, says Phil, an "entirely new open-world project".
Big surprise: Ninja Theory, developer of BAFTA-winning Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, is now part of Microsoft too.
And there's a fifth! Compulsion Games, which is currently making We Happy Few.
This is great news. Microsoft is showing that it's investing massively in new game development talent.
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I thought they was "the" indie studio that could prove to make indie AAA games without a publisher.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
Congratulations and best of luck to Ninja Theory as part of Microsoft!
Congratulations and best of luck to Ninja Theory as part of Microsoft!
Good for them. I didn't expect that at all.
And yeah, lol that kills the DmC sequel by Ninja Theory.
And yeah, lol that kills the DmC sequel by Ninja Theory.
I get and support them buying studios that are associated with them (honestly thought Playground was already under them), but this sucks for gamers. Hopefully works out for both.
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