If Techland were really having financial trouble and Dying Light 2 was in dev Hell then MS would have every right to make it full exclusive if they purchase Techland, the game is self published and all MS has to say is that they paid development costs to finish the game therefore partially funding it and also publishing it so they would have say in what platforms it releases.

Would be interesting to see if it happens, but still this rumour is hard to believe. It looks like Microsoft is so afraid of bad press after what happened with Rise of the Tomb Raider, that I find it extremely unlikely to see them making exclusive any game that already has Playstation version announced. After ROTR situation I don't think Microsoft ever attempted to buy out exclusivity for any game that was already announced for Playstation

Based on this tweet, I would say that SE is playing 3D chess. They take the money from Sony for timed exclusivity and then take money from Microsoft for Game Pass.

I mean, it is not 100% ethical but looking at it from a business perspective, I cannot entirely blame them.

We will just have to wait and see, would a community manager really have knowledge or be in the know if acquisition talks were being held in a private company? 

This also isn’t even an official PR statement by the company itself.

I'm personally getting a bit tired of the constant acquisition rumors. Ever since MS announced their intent to purchase Bethesda, everybody's basically been either trying to talk more and more blockbuster deals into existence, or intimating that they have some knowledge of a new blockbuster deal going down. It's all just talk. None of these people have anything real to say. None of them knew ANYTHING about MS acquiring one of the most major publishers in gaming....but now, suddenly, everyone's got sources everywhere, and is well informed on what high level moves are being made next. Totally believable.

It’s hard to believe all the rumors myself. The ones around Square are ridiculous. Techland seems unlikely given Undead Labs. And Bloober would be a better (and cheaper) pick, due to them making games very quickly with some level of guaranteed success. Otherwise my money is on Sega or Valve. One has a massive back catalog to preserve on Game Pass and the other controls Steam, essentially controlling PC gaming.

Personally, as much as I'm looking forward to DL2 it should be multiplatform unless MS does indeed buy them. Doing a Timed exclusive deal after it was already announced for playstation is shady.

Yeah the tweet from the Community Manager, it was basically a non-answer. Seems carefully worded.

Didn’t know Bloober was public. Nm then, I know MS only goes for private companies. Is Techland private?

He himself isn’t usually. But he is increasingly in the know I’d say. Has has a “special interview” next Wednesday regarding an Xbox announcement. Imo, if he reports something, he backs it up.