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Expeditions: Rome - the final Expeditions game from Logic Artists

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expedition: THQ buy the planet
 

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But hey it's not like they sold to one of those companies with a track record of running things into the ground so maybe it works out. Can't remember what that small publisher's name was a few years back who had just an awful reputation. One of them even posted here :lol:

You're probably thinking of the defunct bitComposer (or "shitComposter" as they were memorably referred to in Grunker's 2013 interview with them), who published Expeditions: Conquistador and were also going to publish Chaos Chronicles. Funny how it's all come back together this week.
 

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But hey it's not like they sold to one of those companies with a track record of running things into the ground so maybe it works out. Can't remember what that small publisher's name was a few years back who had just an awful reputation. One of them even posted here :lol:

You're probably thinking of the defunct bitComposer (or "shitComposter" as they were memorably referred to in Grunker's 2013 interview with them), who published Expeditions: Conquistador and were also going to publish Chaos Chronicles. Funny how it's all come back together this week.

Didn't THQ Nordic get all of bC's loot?
 

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Let's hope they do some optimization this time.

Now onto speculation about setting

Expeditions: Sea Peoples
Expeditions: Anabasis
Expeditions: Die Groote Trek (never, lol)
Expeditions: Mongol
Expeditions: Vandal

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To what extent does the Danish government provide subsidies or tax cuts to game developers?

It must be very significant.

Remember that Denmark has the highest tax in the world, a whopping 45.9 % of GDP
 

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There's a public fund for game development that you can apply for, but the fund is not very big and not everyone that apply get picked. The fund is also part of a larger fund meant primarily for the film industry, and the small amount of the fund set aside for the game industry is disproportionate to the large amount of money the it generates. We got part of the fund for Viking (https://www.dfi.dk/branche-og-stoette/stoette/stottede-spil-vinter-2016).
 
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There's a public fund for game development that you can apply for, but the fund is not very big and not everyone that apply get picked. The fund is also part of a larger fund meant primarily for the film industry, and the small amount of the fund set aside for the game industry is disproportionate to the large amount of money the it generates. We got part of the fund for Viking (https://www.dfi.dk/branche-og-stoette/stoette/stottede-spil-vinter-2016).

So it's not like for instance Quebec, where game studios get 35% tax breaks to compensate for each employee's salary?

It is also coupled with some of the lowest housing costs of any major Western city, when speaking about Montreal.

It is no wonder they have such a huge advantage.
 

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Adjust your expectations. Now that the IP is owned by a publisher, they're probably less likely to make something very weird/exotic, no?
 
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Wasn't Vikings already made because it's a more commonly popular setting compared to Conquistador, to reach a broader audience?
 
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Now that the IP is owned by a publisher, they're probably less likely to make something very weird/exotic, no?
I disagree, THQ Nordic I feel is a publisher that is willing to fund basically anything, as long as it arrives on time and doesn't go over budget. Just look at the contrast between the Deep Silver-funded Risen 2 and 3 and the THQ Nordic published ELEX.
 

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Wasn't Vikings already made because it's a more commonly popular setting compared to Conquistador, to reach a broader audience?
Given Logic Artists are a Danish studio, I'd like to think the decision was influenced more by their passion for the subject matter.

My money is on the Crusades. Even though maybe thats too controversial.
Nordic published This is the Police 1 & 2, which regularly deal with drugs, rape, torture, etc. And then there's events like these:

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Needless to say, they're great games. :greatjob:
 
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Wasn't Vikings already made because it's a more commonly popular setting compared to Conquistador, to reach a broader audience?

I assumed it was because the developers are Danish
 

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