Seems the last remaining assets of 38 Studios are being auctioned off once again on March 23, and 24. A site called Game Politics has all the new information.
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38 Studios - Last Remaining Assets Auction
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What a waste; one thing is you never want to wait to auction off electronics; shelf value is very short and most of the stuff 'cept maybe the monitors is junk by now.
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Did anybody ever buy the IP? It would be interesting if another company developed a new Amular game.
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They sold off 38 Studios IP's two years ago, and no bidder was wiling to pay enough.
Link - http://www.gamespot.com/articles/38...doms-of-amalur-reckoning-sequel/1100-6416719/
Link - http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/16/nobody-wants-poor-old-kingdoms-of-amalur-sniff/
Link - http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/13/amalur-ip-remains-unsold-after-38-studios-auction
Blame Rhode Island for asking way to much for the IP.
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Huh. So now what? It just sits in a vault in Rhode Island's dungeon, guarded by a zombie Curt Schilling?
Seems like a waste, to me. I wasn't crazy about the world or lore, but there is enough there that someone could at least make something out of it.
Seems like a waste, to me. I wasn't crazy about the world or lore, but there is enough there that someone could at least make something out of it.
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Yep at this time it's basically a dead IP since the government wont sell it cheaply.
If Rhode Island was being smart they would sell it, and make back some of the money they lost investing in Curt Curt Schilling's company a few years back.
Then again when has a government ever been reasonable, or smart with money.
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Here's the video of what they were working on - there's some good stuff in there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci66dhRNsc0
And here's the story of how they blew it.
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2012/07/38-studios-end-game/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci66dhRNsc0
And here's the story of how they blew it.
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2012/07/38-studios-end-game/
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Yeah, a friend told me that when he went bankrupt after his divorce and his assets were liquidated, he was asked how old his computer was. He said it was 18 months old, and the guy laughed and said to forget it and just keep it, because it was unsellable. They didn't even want to seize it.
And of course a terrible IP with puerile, generic lore and gameplay and equally terrible art directly copied from WoW are now deemed to be completely useless by the market. As they should.
The problem is that it is already so uninspired and utterly forgettable to begin with that if some company wanted to make such a game, just why would they buy this IP instead of just creating their own? It's just laughable.
And of course a terrible IP with puerile, generic lore and gameplay and equally terrible art directly copied from WoW are now deemed to be completely useless by the market. As they should.
The problem is that it is already so uninspired and utterly forgettable to begin with that if some company wanted to make such a game, just why would they buy this IP instead of just creating their own? It's just laughable.
Sorry but I have to ask do you like any modern day RPG game I post about Humanity has risen? I only ask this because based on your daily posts I would say you do not.
To put is bluntly you criticize everything, and never say anything nice.
(PS: No offense meant just very curious.)
To put is bluntly you criticize everything, and never say anything nice.
(PS: No offense meant just very curious.)
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Absolutely, there are quite a few I can name: Wasteland 2, Divinity Original Sin, Lords of Xulima, Dead State, Might & Magic X, Eschalon, Dragon Age Inquisition (to a lesser extent) and among those I look forward to: Underworld, Bloodborne, Pillars of Eternity, Swords and Sorcery: Sovereign and Age of Decadence.
The thing though is probably I have extremely little time to play anything these times around, so it probably looks like I only come here to complain.
Now you might point to my Codex roots, which I might agree to a point, but I think it's important to be very critical of what you pay your hard-earned money for, and situations where people are trying too hard to "woo" you with what might be gimmicks.
I really did play Amalur and didn't find it compelling at all. It looked like a project where they had absolutely no idea of what they wanted to do, and I found it very repetitive and easy and the lore not interesting. It played more like God of War lite than what an RPG is supposed to be like IMO.
The thing though is probably I have extremely little time to play anything these times around, so it probably looks like I only come here to complain.
Now you might point to my Codex roots, which I might agree to a point, but I think it's important to be very critical of what you pay your hard-earned money for, and situations where people are trying too hard to "woo" you with what might be gimmicks.
I really did play Amalur and didn't find it compelling at all. It looked like a project where they had absolutely no idea of what they wanted to do, and I found it very repetitive and easy and the lore not interesting. It played more like God of War lite than what an RPG is supposed to be like IMO.
Thanks for the reply Humanity has risen it puts your daily replies in perspective.
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Maybe worth mentioning that 38 Studios didn't make Kingdoms of Amalur - they bought it from Big Huge Games, to give them something to release while they worked on their doomed mega project. They tinkered with it a bit to fit in their universe.
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The thing is that Big Huge Games wanted to make a Fable like kind of game, so a simplistic action RPG, which I think still shows, and they had Ken Rolston as their designer, who had such brilliant ideas as Oblivion's level scaling. Also 38 Studios brought along R.A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane to establish their lore and art, so this is why we got this awkward "edgy" dark fantasy universe.
I don't know, I had fun with it.
Humanity. Every game you use as an example is either turn based or real
time with pause. Have you ever even played an action rpg? Games dont have to belong to that genre to be rpg or to be fun for that matter. He went out of business because he went nuts with the checkbook. I read a lot of those people who worked there said it was a great job. Until the party was over.
Humanity. Every game you use as an example is either turn based or real
time with pause. Have you ever even played an action rpg? Games dont have to belong to that genre to be rpg or to be fun for that matter. He went out of business because he went nuts with the checkbook. I read a lot of those people who worked there said it was a great job. Until the party was over.