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Totally fucking awesome. Good on Epic and the other companies that have brought in all those who suffered for incompetent leadership at 38.
This is really interesting following the news of Epic winning in court against Silicon Knights; it seems initially strange that Epic would put one company under just to help out another, but it's important to acknowledge that the Epic suit was a counter to a suit brought against them by Silicon Knights.
Also, Brenda Smith1, do you have what we humans call thoughts and emotions?
Also, Brenda Smith1, do you have what we humans call thoughts and emotions?
@Stealth
Way to see the negative in a very positive turn of events. Ostensibly Rhode Island will be selling the IP and Epic may have the wherewithal to purchase it.
Way to see the negative in a very positive turn of events. Ostensibly Rhode Island will be selling the IP and Epic may have the wherewithal to purchase it.
@Kyle/Stealth
That was my first thought, and it makes total sense; the sale of the Amalur IP would benefit all parties involved.
That was my first thought, and it makes total sense; the sale of the Amalur IP would benefit all parties involved.
This is the best news I've read in a very long time. I've always loved Epic and have been patiently awaiting a real sequel to UT 2004.
Glad to see people getting to keep their jobs! Furthermore, if Epic just decides to keep Epic Baltimore working on RPGs, I perhaps will gladly play a game from Epic! Hurrah!
@Stealth
To be honest I'm not really broken up about that thought. KoA had great lore, really good art, and a great combat system the game itself fell apart in nearly ever other aspect though. It was easily one of Salvatore's worst stories and the game was so easy that the combat never felt satisfying. I've never burned out so quickly on a game I looked forward to as much as that one. The Amalur universe has a lot of potential but it is what it is.
To be honest I'm not really broken up about that thought. KoA had great lore, really good art, and a great combat system the game itself fell apart in nearly ever other aspect though. It was easily one of Salvatore's worst stories and the game was so easy that the combat never felt satisfying. I've never burned out so quickly on a game I looked forward to as much as that one. The Amalur universe has a lot of potential but it is what it is.
@Stealth I think Epic will want it to happen. I'm also sure we'll see Copernicus finally happening. Epic's a smart company.
Agreeing with Fisty Dollars. I felt bad for the employees when I read they abruptly received layoff notices. Nice to see many, if not all of them, have a job again.
This should happen more often :) Larger developers saving smaller studios' works or employees when the industry at large generally fucks them over
Almost gives me hope for big name developers.
Almost.
Almost gives me hope for big name developers.
Almost.
@Derangel I didn't get that far into it, but KoA does have potential. Some questlines were well written, but I just got bored after awhile. If they can keep my interest, they'll have a winner for sure. And if Capricorn comes out, and is good, it will get people's money. Not a MMO guy myself, but I can see the allure it has to others.
Mike Capps is fucking awesome for bringing them aboard in their entirety like that. And everyone else who offered 38 Studios employees jobs are awesome, too. It's great to see so many of their industry colleagues reaching out to them in their time of need, totally taking care of their own. Also, the idea of Epic expanding their lineup is pretty goddamn exciting.
It'd be cool if they made an Infinite Blade RPG for consoles and PC. I'd pinch my nipples and dance if they did that.
Awesome, I was sad to see them get screwed like that. I loved Rise of Nations, still go back and play it sometimes!
I'm really glad this worked out for Big Huge Games. They clearly had a lot of passion for their work and I hope Epic can help them move forward with some more Amalur projects. Epic could use a quality RPG in their portfolio.
Excellent! I look forward to whatever they put out next as Epic Baltimore. It would make sense for Rhode Island to just sell Epic the Kingdoms IP for whatever they can get at this point. Either way, KoA had a great combat system, so I'm up for a new IP from the former BHG people.
Fucking-A right! It's nice to hear that things will mostly work out. Unfortunately, I can see Epic Games saying, "Now that we saved you, we ask that you kneel..... behind cover.... and shoot things..... or make a game where you do that. Yes, another one."
Oops wrong post, on this one though, I'm pleased with the news as I was pretty bummed out about the whole thing but at the same time I'm not a big fan of Epic at all. The last game of theirs I like was JackJazz Rabbit.
Amular 2 will come out in my opinion. Someone will auction the IP from Rhode Island, then use the MMO assets to make an Amular 2.
Seems like a good buy actually.
Seems like a good buy actually.
That's just awesome! I was so sad to see what was going on before, but this just made my day. Good on Epic for doing that.
@Stealth - It's interesting to see what's most important to someone like you. So you won't see more Amalur, nothing about how peoples' livelihoods have been saved? You're a miserable little fuck.
There's nothing but good news in this article so it's nice to see some commenters really dug deep and found that negative thing to bitch about. What the fuck.
Awesome news.
@Nephilym: That's the epic ip I thought of too. I shall be holding out hope for a Jazz the Jackrabbit open world RPG/Platformer though.
@Nephilym: That's the epic ip I thought of too. I shall be holding out hope for a Jazz the Jackrabbit open world RPG/Platformer though.
@Corduroy Turtle
What do you expect from Stealth? He never has anything nice to say. I think we should all dress like Pokemon and give him a group hug. With our wangs out, of course.
What do you expect from Stealth? He never has anything nice to say. I think we should all dress like Pokemon and give him a group hug. With our wangs out, of course.
Hmmm...I'm not sure what ot say about this.
I have quite the dislike for Epic games
But I love big huge games for their Rise of Nations/Legends
But atleast they do have a job, which is fantastic, because it prevents them from being homeless. And they can still make games. Although I get the feeling it wont be an RTS.
I'm not sure what to think of this.
I have quite the dislike for Epic games
But I love big huge games for their Rise of Nations/Legends
But atleast they do have a job, which is fantastic, because it prevents them from being homeless. And they can still make games. Although I get the feeling it wont be an RTS.
I'm not sure what to think of this.
Mm, for the few speculating, this says nothing about saving Amalur. In fact, it says quite the opposite--that Big Huge Games will now be working on a new IP for Epic. This is good news because it means those people won't be out of jobs, and talented people like that shouldn't be out of jobs.
But Rhode Island's asking price for the Amalur lore is probably waaaaaay too high. Which is depressing because no one will buy it from them when it's so much cheaper to make your own lore.
But Rhode Island's asking price for the Amalur lore is probably waaaaaay too high. Which is depressing because no one will buy it from them when it's so much cheaper to make your own lore.
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