Originally Posted by chamr
Not to be a pessimist, but JoWood may have even rushed the purchase of DC to hedge their bets in case a disappointing showing of G3 in NA causes their stock to drop before the end of the year.

That would be very smart, actually - they're riding high with the success of Gothic 3 in Europe, and can leverage that. Dreamcatcher would have been wise to leverage their Painkiller success like that a couple of years ago. They have some decent properties, but much more work than money (like the nice adventure game Keepsake).