I thought Activision was just a publisher for West for sekiro. Nice to know.
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Remedy Entertainment has signed agreements with “a major publisher” for the company’s next two unannounced video games
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I thought Activision was just a publisher for West for sekiro. Nice to know.
or put games on other consoles which was the most obvious thing
To me, "The Finnish studio will retain ownership of the unannounced games' IP" suggests a new IP. That wouldn't necessarily preclude the games from tying into Alan Wake in some way, though (see: Control, whose second expansion is all but confirmed to be Alan Wake-related).
Not sure about QB but the quote says "franchise" and not "universe". Would be weird if the big game was Alan Wake 2 and the small game was for example Quantum Break Kart in that case. Not the same franchise. I guess it could be a cross-over though.
Does not say it will release on booth day1, Sony made the same deal with Death Stranding (PC Port 6 months later), why else would they not be able tho tell who the Pub is? Dont know about IP rights regarding DS.
Imo its either MS or Sony. Wouldn't every other Pub want positive news right now for their shareholders (the ones that can afford AAA )?
Does Ubisoft usually partner with developers it doesn't own?
I'm thinking EA or Activision.
Let's not count Sony out just yet. They've been helping funding projects that stay exclusive for like 6 months before moving to other platforms and are about to release previously exclusive 1st party titles on PC as well. Who knows.
But it's probably not them.
But it's probably not them.
Oh shit, I just remembered that MS gave the rights to Alan Wake back. So it's possible we're gonna see a sequel.
However, I don't think we will.
However, I don't think we will.
Just the publishing rights. If 505 passed on the idea of doing a sequel, then it used up its right of first refusal and Remedy became free to shop the game around. But I strongly doubt that's what happened.
I wasn't aware they had made that kind of deal with 505, but wouldn't that just apply to the first Control? Remedy owns the IP, after all.
Does 505 have first right of refusal on the sequels or something?
Remedy always had the rights to Alan Wake the IP. The only thing Remedy didn't have was the publishing rights for AW1 and American Nightmare. So in theory they could have made Alan Wake 2 any time they wanted.
Did Sony do that? I mean I know about Death Stranding and Horizon ZD but did it ever happen that a few months later a game they funded also come to Xbox? I don't recall many, if any.
I love Remedy games but they are not system sellers. I doubt Sony or MS are interested in locking a game down for their platforms so this has to be a multi publisher.
Not that I recall. I don't see any way this is Sony as the article specifically says next generation consoles. Sony isn't releasing any game they're funding on Xbox.
Unnanounced GAMES, not "unnanounced IP" :) So it can be Max Payne.
Ubisoft was my wildcard pick, mainly because of remedy getting to keep their ip as they are partner friendly.
Sure, but it's a strange thing to mention if Remedy already owns the IP.
That'd be contingent upon Take-Two having agreed to sell it, which seems highly unlikely. Mega-publishers generally prefer to sit on dormant IPs, even if they've been gathering dust for several years+ a la Max Payne. Acti still owns Heretic and Hexen, for example, even though it hasn't done anything with either IP since the release of Heretic II in 1998.
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Yup. And it's worth noting that they're in prep mode now, too.
Having recently bought a bunch of IPs and studios, THQ is set to become much more prevalent going into the next generation.
Sony doesn't fund games where they don't own the IP, with very few exceptions. Sony owns Death Stranding and if Kojima could not negotiate owning the DS IP then there's no way Remedy will be in the position to sign a deal with Sony but hold onto the IP themselves.
I doubt it.
Sony tends to almost never let a third party keep their IP. Microsoft is 50/50 so probably not them.
Tencent or Annapurna is my guess.
Take Two (whether that's through 2K or Private Division) seems most likely to me.
After that, Deep Silver.
After that, Deep Silver.
Both games being on the same IP and one being smaller must mean it's Alan Wake Remaster and Alan Wake 2!
It can also be Warner Bros easily.
They signed Back 4 Blood, IOI new IP and they also have Hitman 3 under their banner.
Oh, yeah, definitely. For some reason, WB didn't come to mind at all, haha.
I had the same idea :D
Man, I can't wait to see what they will do with RT on XSX!
It must be a dead giveaway?
New IP or Alan Wake seem like a solid bet, but I suppose it's possible they could do another game in the Quantum Break universe.
Would an MS deal for Alan Wake 2 count as multi-platform?
Which is a good thing. The less independent studios that get bought by MS and Sony the better unless they're on the verge of shutting down of course.