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Microsoft Studios acquires rights to Gears of War franchise/Black Tusk does the work
- Thread starter ekim
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R&C IP is owned by Sony. It's not the same.
Nightengale
Member
Ratchet & Clank belongs to Sony.
Post-Crash Bandicoot, Sony owns every IP that it 100% funds/publishes. (with the exception of PubFund games)
So, The Order :1886, Rime, Resogun, etc... all that belongs to Sony.
Dragonborn
Member
I do care because I thought MS would actually better their first party. So far it seems they'd rather focus on the usual stuff again, just like last gen. The last three years of the 360 were barren, barely worth talking about, and going forward it seems the X1 will have a similar first part output without any of the 360's advatages
It's especially disappoint because Black Tusk seemed like it had potential with MS saying it'd be their next huge IP. Now it turns out that was BS, much like everything else MS says, and they're just going to be a Gears factory lime 343 and Halo
Duxxy3
Member
Titanfall is still an unknown quantity, and it's not exclusive.
Gears is a known quantity, with a known fanbase that will be there if the game is good. This announcement basically puts a "buy" date for me on an xbox one. By the time it comes out in 2016 the system will probably be close to $300, hopefully without kinect, and it should have a good lineup of exclusives. Halo, Quantum Break, and hopefully a Forza that actually looks decent.
Galactic Barret
Member
I think it's a good move to strengthen and focus the output of the their first party studios around a few key titles: Halo, Forza, Gears.
At the same time it will be interesting to see how they plan to reinvent a series which clearly can't say much more with the old classic formula.
But Epic is the biggest mistery out of this....what are they planning to do?
Unreal Engine 4 clearly won't be the same success story that UE3 was for them...actually it's legit to ask if the engine will be a success at all with everyone developing games with their own engines....
At the same time it's like they're jumping out of console development....someone should make an interview with Epic
At the same time it will be interesting to see how they plan to reinvent a series which clearly can't say much more with the old classic formula.
But Epic is the biggest mistery out of this....what are they planning to do?
Unreal Engine 4 clearly won't be the same success story that UE3 was for them...actually it's legit to ask if the engine will be a success at all with everyone developing games with their own engines....
At the same time it's like they're jumping out of console development....someone should make an interview with Epic
SEGAvangelist
Member
Remember when people were predicting Gears for PS4 at the launch party? Those were the days. Feels so long ago already.
You are also only allowed to enjoy the Xbox One if you are from merica, where all uncultured, racists, 12 year old dudebros live.
Na, Sony owns Ratchet and Clank.
MightyHedgehog
Member
And? What does this have to do with what I said? All of the platform holders release a lot of stuff, especially in the first part of the generation. Sony may be more consistent, but MS has as long a history of publishing exclusives as they've been involved as a console maker. Big deal. I was talking about the third person cover shooter genre with my post.
Didn't judgement bomb real hard though? The name didn't help it that much. I wish Blacktusk could have done their own thing instead of a new Gears.
LiquidSolid
Member
Funny how you're 100% wrong in yet another thread. For the R&C series to come to Xbone, Sony would have to go third party. They own almost every game they've published (Heavy Rain is the only recent exception).
Gears is going to have to reinvent itself somewhat if they want to give it those kind of legs.
Microsoft is betting big that it can make (read: buy and nurture) franchises that can last for more than a decade. They want to build a Nintendo-like stable, and I can't blame em for it.
Microsoft is betting big that it can make (read: buy and nurture) franchises that can last for more than a decade. They want to build a Nintendo-like stable, and I can't blame em for it.
Wtf? Unintended. Give me some credit; it was very intended. And as it turns out... Sony actually does own the rights to Ratchet and Clank.
What also sucks is that Impossible Games was closed just a year after it was opened...
MrCompletely
Member
Epic's primary business is development, licensing, and support of the UE3 and UE4 engines. Games are secondary for Epic, we'll probably only see games from them once in a while, as technology showcases.
Nightengale
Member
There's many factors that a game can underperform, it doesn't mean the franchise is dead.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
I don't know why everyone is assuming Black Tusk Studios is no longer working on the new IP shown at E3 last year. They have more then one team especially after Black Tusk absorbed the other Vancouver MS studio. No where in the press release did they say that they dropped everything else at Black Tusk for Gears of War. In fact, we know that they are working on at least two games at the studio and with Gears of War that would add a third.
Sentenza
Member
Is is?
I've got the feeling this was a declining franchise for a while, at this point.
Succinct Verbosity
Member
So we are continuing with the forza/halo/geats cycle?
Oh well.
Oh well.
ZeDorguinha
Banned
good move microsoft.
now i'm waiting to play gears @ps4 hahahaha.
now i'm waiting to play gears @ps4 hahahaha.
intheinbetween
Member
don't know if this was already posted, but here's what TheOddOne posted about Black Tusk last November: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=721340
I think I am a little disappointed that a new first party studio is working on Gears and not a new IP. I kind of feel my interest in the Gears IP ended after Gears of War 3. But then again the gameplay is good and fun and I imagine I'm in the minority of not wanting a new Gears game (and wanting something new).
I don't remember MS ever saying they owned the Gears IP. Although both MS and Epic never made it clear who owned what and what the deal was.
Maybe they are still working on Fortnite.
I don't remember MS ever saying they owned the Gears IP. Although both MS and Epic never made it clear who owned what and what the deal was.
Maybe they are still working on Fortnite.
They dumped a lot of talent from Big Park/Victoria form what I understand, and much of the current staff was lifted from EA Vancouver if newspaper articles and the like are to be believed.
The suggestion that it was this big AAA studio without having released anything really goes out the window now when they just put Rod Fergusson in charge too. If they had elite pedigree people at the top they wouldn't have just replaced them with Fergusson.
Basically, everything we've been told about Black Tusk up to this point has been a lie and it's a studio MS is still trying to even get off the ground, not this team of industry vets well into production. Their E3 video was vaporware, they just put a new person in charge of the studio (as I doubt Fergusson took a demotion to join MS), and they're effectively starting all their work over again from scratch with the Gears IP.
What's worse, the Gears IP really feels like it's run it's course without a massive change in direction and it's far too soon for a reboot starring the same cast. So Black Tusk is a nobody studio who from day one are being turned into an franchise churner, with someone else's franchise.
Over/under on Fergusson's tenure anyone? I'm betting 2.5 years. Just after MS rushes the first Black Tusk Gears out the door for Christmas 2016.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
MS isnt the only company so think what you want. But I have tissue if you need it.
The schizophrenic nature of that acquisition and closure makes a lot more sense now. Clearly the priorities of Epic shifted in that short period, and the two sides realized that the relationship was no longer going to work out.
MightyHedgehog
Member
I generally agree about new versus old, but maybe the new game wasn't working out after all? Not like they're the only studio MS has working on new stuff.
I agree I am just saying that a popular name does not guarantee good sales. It also takes good gameplay and a bit of hype.
Galactic Barret
Member
Don't do that. It makes you look bitter, and you have nothing to be bitter about. No one calls out XBL for that anymore; just self-depricating Xbox owners.
Duxxy3
Member
That's why it still needs to be a good game. If there are two stinkers in a row, the series is toast. Same deal with Halo (though I don't think Halo 4 was a bad game).
thehypocrite
Member
Good news for xbox/gears fans. Too bad the new IP was taken to the back and put to pasture though
krypt0nian
Banned
Black Tusk's Fucking Donkey Kong.
MrCookiepants
Member
Really lame news. Black Tusk's new IP was the only interesting Xbone exclusive on the horizon. I don't need another Gears game.