So why isn't anyone excited for Arcanum sequel now that Activision's part of MS?
So why isn't anyone excited for Arcanum sequel now that Activision's part of MS?
So why isn't anyone excited for Arcanum sequel now that Activision's part of MS?
The amount of money to acquire the rights makes doing a sequel nonviable.
So why isn't anyone excited for Arcanum sequel now that Activision's part of MS?
As far as I know, none of the studios and publishers acquired by Microsoft over the past few years have shared IP with one another yet. Each one seems to be continuing to operate as an independent unit producing its own stuff. This may be an intentional policy on Microsoft's part, and in that case you shouldn't expect to see an Arcanum 2 from Obsidian anytime soon.
As far as I know, none of the studios and publishers acquired by Microsoft over the past few years have shared IP with one another yet. Each one seems to be continuing to operate as an independent unit producing its own stuff. This may be an intentional policy on Microsoft's part, and in that case you shouldn't expect to see an Arcanum 2 from Obsidian anytime soon.
As far as I know, none of the studios and publishers acquired by Microsoft over the past few years have shared IP with one another yet. Each one seems to be continuing to operate as an independent unit producing its own stuff. This may be an intentional policy on Microsoft's part, and in that case you shouldn't expect to see an Arcanum 2 from Obsidian anytime soon.
I was looking at trademarks the other week and noticed that Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland, Torment, and Van Buren (lol) were transferred over to Microsoft some time ago. However, Zenimax still owns The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. It might depend on the terms of the deal; if Arcanum gets transferred to Microsoft, then Activision's thoughts on the matter become irrelevant.
Additionally I'd like to point out that Microsoft gave Fable to the Forza people of all studios.
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TimCain
PretendThisIsAName
·1 mo. ago
The Outer Worlds. It's like Fallout New Vegas but with better graphics, design, character models, voice acting, quests, and gameplay.
I love both games but the Obsidian devs were given more freedom when making The Outer Worlds and it shows.
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TimCain
·1 mo. ago
Mission accomplished!
Apparently so but not necessarily. As far as we know, Adler is the sole director of TOW 2 so it'd be peculiar if Cain and Boyarsky were still on it but demoted.Weren’t people speculating that Cain had retired? So he is still involved at Obsidian? Guess he’s working on TOW2.
They may have wanted to step back and not be so involved in the day to day, or I guess they could be doing something else. Maybe an entirely new project we don’t know about?Apparently so but not necessarily. As far as we know, Adler is the sole director of TOW 2 so it'd be peculiar if Cain and Boyarsky were still on it but demoted.Weren’t people speculating that Cain had retired? So he is still involved at Obsidian? Guess he’s working on TOW2.
100%, I'm sure they'll nail the old BIS magic this time.They may have wanted to step back and not be so involved in the day to day, or I guess they could be doing something else. Maybe an entirely new project we don’t know about?Apparently so but not necessarily. As far as we know, Adler is the sole director of TOW 2 so it'd be peculiar if Cain and Boyarsky were still on it but demoted.Weren’t people speculating that Cain had retired? So he is still involved at Obsidian? Guess he’s working on TOW2.
I for one can't wait to trek across multiple continents looking for the perfect bustle and corset so my asexual lesbian socially awkward genius machinist woman of color can look good on her night at the opera with her crush.So why isn't anyone excited for Arcanum sequel now that Activision's part of MS?
I don't really understand the value of something like the Darklands IP.
I'm not saying it's a bad game, I'm just saying you could make the same exact game 1:1, slap a new title on it, and face zero consequences.