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Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 10 Nov 2008, 21:52
by jonaz.dk
Godt så.. den her har jeg gået og ventet at poste et godt stykke tid.
Woohoo for Massive! \o/ :D

UBISOFT® ACQUIRES THE ASSETS OF MASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT®
Paris, France – November 10, 2008 – Today Ubisoft announced that it has acquired from Activision Blizzard the assets and all of the personnel of esteemed Malmö, Sweden- based studio Massive Entertainment®, as well as the real time strategy brand World In Conflict®.
Created in 1997, Massive employs over 120 developers and was ranked as one of the top 50 best game studios in the world by Game Developers Research in 2008. The studio is world-renowned for its expertise in the RTS genre and for the quality of its innovative proprietary technologies. World in Conflict® was acclaimed by critics, receiving the Best Strategy Game of E3 2007 award, as well as being named Best Online Multiplayer Game of 2007 by IGN, and Most Innovative Game of 2007 by Gamespot, among many other awards.
"We are delighted to welcome the talented team of creators at Massive into the Ubisoft family," said Christine Burgess-Quemard, executive director of worldwide production studios at Ubisoft. "Ubisoft is growing at an intense pace and our strategy is to ensure the strength of our global creative teams. Massive has put together a group of some of the most confirmed and recognized creators in the industry and I know that their talent and innovation will allow them to seamlessly integrate into our worldwide network of production studios."
“Massive’s development team places great importance on its freedom to innovate and create games of the highest quality,” stated Martin Walfisz, president and founder of Massive Entertainment®. “We are fortunate to have found in Ubisoft a publisher who shares the same values and understands our mindset. I have no doubt that our future together will offer significant mutual benefit and synergy.”
http://www.ubisoftgroup.com/index.php?p ... 116addcadf

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 10 Nov 2008, 23:21
by Zacker
Not bad!:)

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 10 Nov 2008, 23:27
by one-niner
Tillykke til Massive :)

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 11 Nov 2008, 00:48
by Gryphon
Yay :lol:

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 11 Nov 2008, 13:03
by Anders Højsted
Yay! endelig en god nyhed for spilbranchen i Øresunds-området.

...det var sgu også på tide...

A.

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 11 Nov 2008, 15:23
by pnoodles
Puha, endelig gik den i kassen!
Alt den daaarlige karma i oeresunds omraadet var ved at goere mig depri!

Held og lykke med: "Tom Clancy's: World In conflict" ;)

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 11 Nov 2008, 15:29
by jonaz.dk
Hr. Carstensen du mener Raving Rabbids in Conflict. ;)

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 13 Nov 2008, 22:25
by jonaz.dk
Nå der kan man bare se. ;)
hehe.. det har vi ikke hørt noget om.

Ubisoft: Massive Buy Is a Step Towards MMOs
Specific details Ubisoft's MMO plans are still under wraps, but the French publisher, which has yet to make an entry into the space, definitely has something cooking.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/ubisoft ... wards-mmos

Re: Ubisoft køber Massive Entertainment

Posted: 14 Nov 2008, 16:45
by pnoodles
Quoted fra gamesindustri.biz

"Our goal there is to go first with light MMOs... that have been extremely popular in China but are also coming in the U.S. and Europe and are generating lots of good revenue,
so our goal is first to start with light MMOs, and then in the future also come with RPG and RTS, also in the MMO space," Guillemot said.

"In the past, the French publishing magnate has said that a Tom Clancy MMO was high on his to-do list, a project that would seem appropriate for World in Conflict developer Massive. "

Saa, som jeg sagde: Tom Clancy's world in conflict!! :D

you know you want it!! ;)