Something of a follow up to a story from back in June, when Collective boss Phil Elliott tested the waters on making the Legacy of Kain IP available to indie developers.
*Anachronox was already open to pitches a couple of years ago.
It's a bit vague and noncommittal, but between this and the release of the Hitman property, still pleasant to see a few rays of hope for the old Eidos classics while Marvel licensed stuff takes over the AAA division indefinitely.
Also a signal not to expect big budget treatments of these franchises for the foreseeable future (duh).
We've got lots of IP, lots of franchises that we don't do anything with any more. Can we open that up, and actually have developers use that as a stepping stone, and could it be a little easier for them to try to build a name for themselves around that? As opposed to something of their own creation, which is super hard. [...]
Speaking on a personal basis, cause I don't even know if all these IPs are available, I've got a real soft spot for Thief. I'd love to see what an indie team could do with that franchise.
But when I look back through the back catalogue, I think there are lots of things which could be cool, like Anachronox*, or Mini Ninjas, even.
People often ask about Legacy of Kain. We don't have any specific plans there, but if a team came along, they had plans for funding and they had a really cool idea, yeah.
I think the key thing is that we really see the creativity and the passion that comes from the indie layer of this business, and it's incredibly important that that continues to thrive. As I say, we're open-minded, and I think exciting things could potentially come with that.
*Anachronox was already open to pitches a couple of years ago.
It's a bit vague and noncommittal, but between this and the release of the Hitman property, still pleasant to see a few rays of hope for the old Eidos classics while Marvel licensed stuff takes over the AAA division indefinitely.
Also a signal not to expect big budget treatments of these franchises for the foreseeable future (duh).