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"Tomb Raider, Deus Ex's New Owners Are Going To Milk Them For All They're Worth" (Kotaku)

What do you want to see milked

  • Embracer

    Votes: 49 8.7%

  • Tomb Raider

    Votes: 161 28.5%

  • Deus Ex

    Votes: 326 57.7%

  • Thief

    Votes: 116 20.5%

  • Kotaku

    Votes: 91 16.1%

  • Square Enix

    Votes: 58 10.3%

  • Thor: The Legacy of Kain

    Votes: 167 29.6%
  • Total voters
    565
NeoRaider

NeoRaider

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Feb 7, 2018
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Hope you like new games and old games, because you're probably getting both

When the Embracer Group bought Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and a bunch of other stuff earlier this month, fans got excited that they might actually get to see a few more games out of these beloved series than the stingy Square Enix ever managed during its decade of neglect.

Well, you/we might be getting that and then some, because in Embracer's latest financial results, the company says that after the "overwhelming and positive response" to the purchases, they see "a great potential" in releasing as many games—and other things—based on those properties as they can manage.

After the end of the quarter, we further strengthened our development capabilities and IP-portfolio by entering into an agreement to acquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal, including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief and Legacy of Kain and other IPs. The announcement got an overwhelming and positive response. We see a great potential, not only in sequels, but also in remakes, remasters, spinoffs as well as transmedia projects across the Group.
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https://kotaku.com/tomb-raider-deus-ex-embracer-new-games-remake-remaster-1848952698

https://www.eurogamer.net/embracer-...its-tomb-raider-acquisition-including-remakes
 
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Smitch

Smitch

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Apr 21, 2022
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I think it's great that they will use dormant IP
 
Kalor

Kalor

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Oct 25, 2017
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The statement itself is nothing really new. Embracer wanting to release remasters/remakes has generally been the strategy with their other games.
 
Ganyc

Ganyc

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Oct 26, 2017
1,055
they can milk them all they want if that means that we will get a new (and good) Deus Ex
 
Papercuts

Papercuts

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Oct 25, 2017
11,207
"Hope you like new games and old games, because you're probably getting both"

…the horror
 
Handsome James

Handsome James

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Aug 23, 2018
2,415
Another shit piece from that website. Mad at myself for clicking it. Reads like Luke has no idea a new Tomb Raider was recently announced

From 2009 until 2022, Square Enix's ownership of Eidos saw the release of some pretty good Tomb Raider games, the last of which was released in 2018. They also oversaw the release of two games of a botched Deus Ex trilogy, both of which were excellent but with the second having been released six years ago.

That's a long time to go without big, new games, so fans of either series would I'm sure love to see an announcement on that front.
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Dan Thunder

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Nov 2, 2017
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Seems a bit of a salacious headline considering the actual story is basically 'New owner thinks there's lots of potential revenue streams in IPs they've just bought'.

Why else would they buy it if they didn't think there was money to be made? To me it sounds like a good thing that they feel there's enough in those series to warrant a number of titles. Given that we've only had one 'proper' Deus Ex title in over 10 years I have no problem with them wanting to wanting to get more games out.
 
Indy in the Fridge

Indy in the Fridge

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Oct 30, 2017
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Sounds like they want to do well by the IPs and not just sell shitty products with a name brand slapped onto it like the title suggests.
 
KORNdog

KORNdog

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Oct 30, 2017
8,001
Original remake please. That's mostly all I want. I'll settle for a console remaster in the vein of shadowman/quake/turok too.
 
Wrexis

Wrexis

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Nov 4, 2017
21,553
Franchise fatigue takes a while to set in so I'd happily take a decade of gluttony.

Dan Thunder said:
Seems a bit of a salacious headline considering the actual story is basically 'New owner thinks there's lots of potential revenue streams in IPs they've just bought'.
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I mean it's Kotaku. Click bait is in the job description.
 
Garulon

Garulon

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Jul 22, 2020
820
Do they have the Crystal Dynamics games? Cos I'd love a big box set of those updated to 4K/60 that'd be lovely
 
Kazooie

Kazooie

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Jul 17, 2019
5,110
I thought that they bought the IPs to kill them. Like Microsoft did with Rare's IP - just spite those fans!
 
ket

ket

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Jul 27, 2018
13,189
The negative headline doesn't match with how positive the actual news article is
 

adam3s

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Mar 17, 2021
64
What a poor choice of wording for the headline, reads like a nefarious hidden part of the acquisition.

When its inline with what everyone was expecting to happen as a result of the acquisition and what I'd guess most would be hoping for.

'I hate to break the news to you but happy birthday'
 
roly82

roly82

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Apr 2, 2019
1,503
Legacy of Kain collection remake would be great before the new one. I barely remember them.
 
Gelf

Gelf

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Oct 27, 2017
5,397
Oh no how terrible. I was hoping they were just going to lock them in a vault never to be seen again.
 
Y2Kev

Y2Kev

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Oct 25, 2017
14,021
I like new games and old games. Are there other types of games to like? lol
 
wingkongex

wingkongex

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Aug 25, 2019
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