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Microsoft, UbiSoft, Namco Buy 3DO Assets

Posted by simoniker on from the redistribution-of-brands dept.

Steve Shewchuk writes "3DO, the publisher known for its Might and Magic, Army Men, and High Heat Baseball franchises, has successfully auctioned off a number of its assets after its transition into bankruptcy protection. High Heat Baseball has been purchased by Microsoft, while the Might and Magic series went to Ubisoft. Street Racing Syndicate sold to Namco Hometek, but there's no word on Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, one of the biggest 'in production' games before 3DO went bankrupt."

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  1. Re:Ubisoft by LordYUK · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wont buy ANYTHING with the Ubisoft label on it... not after the Pools of Radiance 2 debacle...

    what a wonderful game... ruined... completely...

    oh well, they were the number 1 game for a week, if you dont like it, write your own! (if you didnt check the forums you wouldnt understand, but that was their response!)

    Note, this game was so horrible, they had to patch it before it could be uninstalled off of some users machines...

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  2. Re:Ubisoft by secolactico · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It could be worse, Microsoft might have got it instead, in which case it would probably be only available on XBox

    I'm not sure about that. Microsoft has released some very good games in the past and hasn't tried to transition to Xbox those that wouldn't be very good in a console (flight sim, age of empire, et al.)

    Games are about the only MS software I don't flinch about when it comes to purchasing decisions.

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  3. Re:Ubisoft by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Microsoft releases games for the PC and XBox.

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