Microsoft shuts down project spark servers

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tinfamous12 said:

celador said:
MS really struggling to make any new IP stick for years now. Add this one to the list of failed attempts.

Didnt we just get Ori & The Blind Forest?

Moon Studios IP though isn't it, not belong to MS since it was Moon and Nordic games who bought the Definitive version to the PC not MS.

Possibly, I'm not sure, wiki mentions that Microsoft acquired the game a year into developement but not as to who actually owns that IP now, could well be MS bought it as a franchise and not just that title.

Still though the X360 version of that game hasn't raised its head in months and since Moon had to go to Nordic games to get the PC version up to the Definitive edition then I doubt that MS have super levels of confidence in this IP or well, they made money on it but maybe not the amount they were hoping for to give it more editions on other systems or consider a sequel?

 

Edit - From an AMA from Moon Studios, MS does indeed now own the Ori IP