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Mr Puggsly on 07 February 2014
selnor1983 said:
Hmmm. Am I the only one concerned?

KI on Xbox One is an awesome fighting game. I would have preferred MS bought DH and they continued the franchise.

Hopefully the team that remains had a large role in how it turned out.


I'd be more concerned if MS said nothing. Moving it to a new team pretty much confirms Season 2 is a go.

The game is already built, the most important people are still at MS, so everything sounds good so far.



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AndrewWK on 07 February 2014

Maybe it will be Black Tusk



EspadaGrim on 08 February 2014
Darc Requiem said:
I don't know how this will pan out. KI has been getting praise from the FGC. I don't get MS. This is the second time a developer that was working on exclusive Xbox software has been bought out from under them. Given their financial standing, it's a surprising trend.


the difference this time is that MS actually owns the IP.



NightDragon83 on 08 February 2014

You know what's a scary thought...

Double Helix, who up until the recent KI reboot put out basically nothing but licensed games, now has a better track record of putting out Rare-quality games over the last 15 years than Rare does.

I just looked them up and turns out DH was formed after a merger between former Shiny Ent. (Earthworm Jim & MDK) employees with other studios, so there's some pedigree and history here with DH Games.



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Fusioncode on 08 February 2014
NightDragon83 said:
You know what's a scary thought...

Double Helix, who up until the recent KI reboot put out basically nothing but licensed games, now has a better track record of putting out Rare-quality games over the last 15 years than Rare does.

I just looked them up and turns out DH was formed after a merger between former Shiny Ent. (Earthworm Jim & MDK) employees with other studios, so there's some pedigree and history here with DH Games.

Shiny was such a great studio, Earthworm Jim was fantastic, and MDK was an underrated gem. No idea why they became so awful after forming Double Helix.  



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Zappykins on 08 February 2014

Well, considering a form of the game has been out for months now, but not the full game and no campaign it might be a good thing. While people really like it, the full game is still not available.

I wonder if they will move it internally or get another 2nd party. Anyone have an idea whom it should be?



 

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Darc Requiem on 08 February 2014
EspadaGrim said:
Darc Requiem said:
I don't know how this will pan out. KI has been getting praise from the FGC. I don't get MS. This is the second time a developer that was working on exclusive Xbox software has been bought out from under them. Given their financial standing, it's a surprising trend.


the difference this time is that MS actually owns the IP.


True, but it's still an odd occurence. I can't recall a developer being bought out from under Sony or Nintendo like this. If Double Helix just handled the coding it won't be that big of deal. Before Double Helix was sold, it was heavily implied that they had significant input in KI's design. 



EspadaGrim on 08 February 2014
Darc Requiem said:
EspadaGrim said:
Darc Requiem said:
I don't know how this will pan out. KI has been getting praise from the FGC. I don't get MS. This is the second time a developer that was working on exclusive Xbox software has been bought out from under them. Given their financial standing, it's a surprising trend.


the difference this time is that MS actually owns the IP.


True, but it's still an odd occurence. I can't recall a developer being bought out from under Sony or Nintendo like this. If Double Helix just handled the coding it won't be that big of deal. Before Double Helix was sold, it was heavily implied that they had significant input in KI's design. 

as long as Ken Lobb is leading development then the game will be in safe hands.



DJEVOLVE on 10 February 2014
Darc Requiem said:
EspadaGrim said:
Darc Requiem said:
I don't know how this will pan out. KI has been getting praise from the FGC. I don't get MS. This is the second time a developer that was working on exclusive Xbox software has been bought out from under them. Given their financial standing, it's a surprising trend.


the difference this time is that MS actually owns the IP.


True, but it's still an odd occurence. I can't recall a developer being bought out from under Sony or Nintendo like this. If Double Helix just handled the coding it won't be that big of deal. Before Double Helix was sold, it was heavily implied that they had significant input in KI's design. 


who where they sold to?



Darc Requiem on 10 February 2014
DJEVOLVE said:
Darc Requiem said:
EspadaGrim said:
Darc Requiem said:
I don't know how this will pan out. KI has been getting praise from the FGC. I don't get MS. This is the second time a developer that was working on exclusive Xbox software has been bought out from under them. Given their financial standing, it's a surprising trend.


the difference this time is that MS actually owns the IP.


True, but it's still an odd occurence. I can't recall a developer being bought out from under Sony or Nintendo like this. If Double Helix just handled the coding it won't be that big of deal. Before Double Helix was sold, it was heavily implied that they had significant input in KI's design. 


who where they sold to?


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