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Tech Ohm Eaven
Storm Wind Strikeforce
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:23:00 -
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Did I let a cat out of the bag? or just conjecture?
Remember CCP property World of Darkness?
Mishandled by CCP but it now has a new home at Paradox.
Paradox purchased White Wolf and properties WOD
Will Dust 514 follow to a better home on PS4?
https://twitter.com/wwpublishing
http://67.227.255.239/forum/showthread.php?t=1131431
full press release
Paradox Interactive Acquires White Wolf Publishing from CCP Games
New Paradox Subsidiary will Operate Independently and Manage All White Wolf Properties, Including World of Darkness and Vampire: The Masquerade
STOCKHOLM - Oct. 29, 2015 - Paradox Interactive, a global games developer and publisher, today announced the acquisition of White Wolf Publishing from CCP Games in an all-cash deal. Now a subsidiary of Paradox Interactive, White Wolf Publishing is a licensing business that owns and manages intellectual properties including World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Led by CEO Tobias Sj+¦gren, former EVP of Business Development at Paradox, White Wolf Publishing will operate as an independent entity with a dedicated team.
White Wolf Publishing has a long history of producing gaming universes that span mediums, including tabletop and collectible card games, PC games and books. Paradox Interactive acquired all of White WolfGÇÖs brands, and its new subsidiary will pursue development opportunities across relevant categories of games under the White Wolf Publishing name.
GÇ£Like ParadoxGÇÖs games, White WolfGÇÖs properties have dedicated, passionate communities. While there are similarities in spirit, White WolfGÇÖs IPs have very different themes than ParadoxGÇÖs titles, and deserve their own brand and team,GÇ¥ said Fredrik Wester, CEO and President of Paradox Interactive. GÇ£We have great respect for White WolfGÇÖs gaming worlds and see big opportunities for their expansion in the future under our new subsidiary.GÇ¥
GÇ£Over the last 20 years, IGÇÖve had the opportunity to work with beloved studios like DICE and Paradox on the business management side of games, and as a developer earlier in my career. I look forward to bringing my experience to bear as we pursue new ways to interact with White WolfGÇÖs universes,GÇ¥ said Tobias Sj+¦gren, CEO of White Wolf Publishing. GÇ£The White Wolf IPs are well suited for all kinds of media and we see great potential to expand them in the future.GÇ¥
"At CCP, we have great admiration for the White Wolf brands and communities, and it was extremely important to us that the acquiring company share the same respect and understanding,GÇ¥ said Hilmar Veigar P+¬tursson, CEO of CCP Games. GÇ£With Paradox, we know we are leaving the brands in good hands." |
Operative 1174 Uuali
True Companion Planetary Requisitions
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:24:00 -
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Wow, didn't hear about that! Good news!
Yeah, hopefully they will just buy CCP and run it like a real game company.
CCP logic GÇô We fix what doesn't need breaking.
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Immortal John Ripper
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:25:00 -
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I thought CCP was shedding useless weight to fund our #DustPort.
When Ratatti surpasses my like count, I'd like for my name to be changed to Captain Picard.
Will you please be my #1?
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Immortal John Ripper
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:25:00 -
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Operative 1174 Uuali wrote:Wow, didn't hear about that! Good news!
Yeah, hopefully they will just buy CCP and run it like a real game company.
This might actually be better lol. #SadButTrue #HashTagDay
When Ratatti surpasses my like count, I'd like for my name to be changed to Captain Picard.
Will you please be my #1?
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Tech Ohm Eaven
Storm Wind Strikeforce
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:28:00 -
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I hope if Dust 514 is sold that we then get Developer Obsidian to make a proper alpha build for a PS4? |
TooMany Names AlreadyTaken
Going for the gold
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:29:00 -
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I will be happy with anything that's better for Dust 514's future as a free-to-play FPS.
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Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Imperium Eden
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:30:00 -
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Unlikely as hell. I think Half Life 3 released before Christmas is more likely.
Selling off World of Darkness is one thing. But DUST is tied to EVE or at the very least, New Eden. It would mean selling off part of their intellectual property that is tied to a long running and successful MMO as well as the upcoming baby Valkyrie. There are simply too many implications.
WoD is not connected to New Eden so selling it doesn't touch the big cash cow.
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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Tech Ohm Eaven
Storm Wind Strikeforce
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:35:00 -
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Joseph Ridgeson wrote:Unlikely as hell. I think Half Life 3 released before Christmas is more likely.
Selling off World of Darkness is one thing. But DUST is tied to EVE or at the very least, New Eden. It would mean selling off part of their intellectual property that is tied to a long running and successful MMO as well as the upcoming baby Valkyrie. There are simply too many implications.
WoD is not connected to New Eden so selling it doesn't touch the big cash cow.
the main cash cow here is Eve Online not dust 514.
what happens when the main cash cow no longer produces the cash at the levels that CCP needs?
Drops in eve online subscribers
https://www.vg247.com/2015/06/29/eve-onlines-player-count-drops-to-lowest-since-2008/ |
ANON Cerberus
TerranProtossZerg
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:42:00 -
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Well CCP are actually making some big, surprising and possibly very interesting changes to EVE coming up over the next few months to a year so who knows....
Maybe CCP has finally got its act together? Now all we need is juicy DUST info. |
Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Imperium Eden
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:44:00 -
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Tech Ohm Eaven wrote:Joseph Ridgeson wrote:Unlikely as hell. I think Half Life 3 released before Christmas is more likely.
Selling off World of Darkness is one thing. But DUST is tied to EVE or at the very least, New Eden. It would mean selling off part of their intellectual property that is tied to a long running and successful MMO as well as the upcoming baby Valkyrie. There are simply too many implications.
WoD is not connected to New Eden so selling it doesn't touch the big cash cow. the main cash cow here is Eve Online not dust 514. what happens when the main cash cow no longer produces the cash at the levels that CCP needs? Drops in eve online subscribers https://www.vg247.com/2015/06/29/eve-onlines-player-count-drops-to-lowest-since-2008/
My post edit is quite out of date now but I think it still holds. DUST is set in New Eden and even has some connection to EVE at this moment. Character names, Corporations, mails, etc. Selling that would give another company foothold into New Eden. I don't see that happening, to be honest.
Plus, other articles just list it as "Paradox buys White Wolf" rather than going farther into whether EVE will be sold.
Is it possible? Yes but I don't see CCP doing that.
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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da GAND
Seykal Expeditionary Group
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:45:00 -
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Not sure if they would sell it or if they would scrap their current dev team and sell the license to work on the game to another development company that can get things done quicker and better.
Time since Legion News
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ZED Regent
RabbitGang
13 COILS
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:49:00 -
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Immortal John Ripper wrote:I thought CCP was shedding useless weight to fund our #DustPort.
That + this = #PortDust 514 ?
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port Dust 514...
Hangovers for everybody!
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jenza aranda
BetaMax.
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Posted - 2015.10.29 18:54:00 -
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Unlikely. WoD and white wolf had a little bit of autonomy inside CCP. Hell at fanfest they even had White Wolf on their clothes in addition to CCP's logo.
Dust is technically part of the eve universe meaning is more or less part of the same IP so has little to nothing to do with white wolf. I don't see CCP selling anything that has New Eden's handprint on it.
Dust 514 101 // Dust 514 Wiki
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Worthless Target
Extra Padding
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Posted - 2015.10.29 19:13:00 -
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Immortal John Ripper wrote:I thought CCP was shedding useless weight to fund our #DustPort.
 really? You think CCP still cares about dust?
Embrace the stomp
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DiablosMajora
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Posted - 2015.10.29 20:05:00 -
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Sounds more to me like OP is just talking out of his arse to stir up emotions and REEEEE
Prepare your angus
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JudgeIsABadPilot
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.10.29 20:27:00 -
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TooMany Names AlreadyTaken wrote:I will be happy with anything that's better for Dust 514's future as a free-to-play FPS.
Planetside 2 is where it's at. |
Knight Soiaire
Fatal Absolution
Bleeding Sun Conglomerate
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Posted - 2015.10.29 20:30:00 -
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No. WoD got cancelled and it made sense to sell it. |
Seymor Krelborn
Vengeance Unbound
RUST415
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Posted - 2015.10.29 20:41:00 -
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thank baby jesus someone else has WoD now... maybe it will actually be a game.
if WoD was an orphan child ccp was the abusive foster parent locking it up in a cage feeding it bread and water and using the money given by the state to supply their meth habbit. lets hope the new parents are kind loving and capable.
this game makes me sad....
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Vicious Minotaur
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Posted - 2015.10.29 20:51:00 -
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Uhhh...
Who the hell would buy DUST514?
Minotaur Master Race
Penetrating humans since ca 84 BCE.
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Jadek Menaheim
1nner.Heaven
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Posted - 2015.10.29 20:54:00 -
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CCP has committed to focusing on products tied to EVE and New Eden. Why would totally give up Dust, when competitors like Frontier and Cloud Imperium are adding FPS modules to their own games. CCP has a product that exists, even if it's not all it could have been.
Dust 514 Market Trello. The essential resource for trading in Dust.
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da GAND
Seykal Expeditionary Group
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.10.29 21:04:00 -
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Jadek Menaheim wrote:CCP has committed to focusing on products tied to EVE and New Eden. Why would totally give up Dust, when competitors like Frontier and Cloud Imperium are adding FPS modules to their own games. CCP has a product that exists, even if it's not all it could have been.
Your right they wont give Dust up, one possibility though is that they could sell the license to work on the game to a development company that can get things done better and faster. While CCP still owns the game and doesn't have to pour its own $$ into the game except for maybe advertising. And maybe they could have the current devs from the shanghai team watch over whatever dev company they sell the license to just to make sure things are being done the way they want but better.
Time since Legion News
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Jadek Menaheim
1nner.Heaven
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Posted - 2015.10.29 21:13:00 -
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@da GAND
FYI, CCP has already outsourced development work to other companies before when building Dust.
http://area.autodesk.com/gdc2012/featured/river?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=525&width=650
Dust 514 Market Trello. The essential resource for trading in Dust.
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Adipem Nothi
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2015.10.29 23:11:00 -
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Could be wrong, but I can't imagine them selling off DUST as DUST is a part of the EVE universe.
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Bradric Banewolf
Titans of Phoenix
Damage LLC
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Posted - 2015.10.29 23:26:00 -
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Careful to hope for new devs taking over. As bad as some of our experiences have been, these new devs won't know that stuff 100%.
The direction they could decide to take the game in could be far worse than its current state?!
Getting more devs on board to help would be best! Rat man needs help, not a pink slip?!
"Anybody order chaos?"
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Mobius Wyvern
Fatal Absolution
Bleeding Sun Conglomerate
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Posted - 2015.10.30 01:52:00 -
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Tech Ohm Eaven wrote:Joseph Ridgeson wrote:Unlikely as hell. I think Half Life 3 released before Christmas is more likely.
Selling off World of Darkness is one thing. But DUST is tied to EVE or at the very least, New Eden. It would mean selling off part of their intellectual property that is tied to a long running and successful MMO as well as the upcoming baby Valkyrie. There are simply too many implications.
WoD is not connected to New Eden so selling it doesn't touch the big cash cow. the main cash cow here is Eve Online not dust 514. what happens when the main cash cow no longer produces the cash at the levels that CCP needs? Drops in eve online subscribers https://www.vg247.com/2015/06/29/eve-onlines-player-count-drops-to-lowest-since-2008/
And again for the millionth time: CCP no longer allows players to use ISBoxer to automate control inputs across accounts.
The prior population numbers were ALWAYS over-inflated due to the number of active users running input macros across a multitude of Alt accounts.
To put that in perspective, some players used tools like that to control up to 24 characters with one computer.
Amidst the blue skies
A link from past to future
The sheltering wings of the protector
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da GAND
Seykal Expeditionary Group
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.10.30 03:26:00 -
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Hmm I didn't know they did that, still maybe it's time to outsource the entire development of the game. I don't know if there is any progress that's been made towards a port at all and this is CCP we're talking about so I'm going to assume that there's only been this skeleton crew working on Dust and some other folks working on Gunjack in Shanghai. So maybe since they've gotten a whole bunch of $$ recently maybe they should just get other dev companies that can get things done and are experienced with working on console games as well.
Time since Legion News
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