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CCP.... why u no bid for homeworld?
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Ager Agemo
Rainbow Ponies Incorporated
#1 - 2013-03-08 13:22:32 UTC
been thinking about the recent THQ assets auction the the announted legacy assets auction to be held soon, and I was thinking... the only company I know currently that makes decent Space games its CCP, so my though was.... wouldn't it be awesome if CCP bough the Homeworld IP and made hw3, and also got us some homeworld assets into eve?


I m sure some of the homeworld ships could be reskinned and made part of the current factions in eve... if not... we still could use a hw3 engine made by a decent company instead of that web developer that wants to buy it?
Rana Ash
Gradient
Electus Matari
#2 - 2013-03-08 13:26:10 UTC
Yeah it would be nice, but i doubt it will happen Sad
Xearal
Dead's Prostitutes
The Initiative.
#3 - 2013-03-08 13:28:22 UTC
Would be an interesting idea yes.. Homeworld had some great concepts that would work well in Eve as well I think.

Does railgun ammunition come in Hollow Point?
addelee
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#4 - 2013-03-08 14:38:06 UTC
For new IP I doubt CCP would go down the space route again. They have Eve, so why create a competing product. I guess having H3 assets would be nice but nice at a rather costly price.

I suspect World of Darkess might sooner or later get some light shed on it (no pun intended). Other than a listing on CCP's website and some concept designs on White Wolfs, there's very little info.
Ager Agemo
Rainbow Ponies Incorporated
#5 - 2013-03-08 15:07:32 UTC
indeed could be expensive or could turn out to be quite cheap, imagine for fleet commanders to have the homeworld 1/2 interface when handling fleet battles... and nebulas like those used in hw for some systems, the huge derelicts on some solar systems...

just imagine flying a navy scorp (or your fav ship) in the middle of the kharos graveyard... simply, epic.
Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#6 - 2013-03-08 16:29:18 UTC
"Special Offer: Spend six PLEX, build frigates from your Mothership at double speed!"

Oh gawd... did I just give them an idea? Sorry.

http://youtu.be/t0q2F8NsYQ0
Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#7 - 2013-03-08 16:53:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Angelique Duchemin
Chances are CCP already spent all their ISK and leveraged all their existing IP as collateral for loans to get the money required to make Dust. They're in no shape to start new games. It's time to start reaping rewards for work done and risks taken.


Besides. Eve has about as much in common with Homeworld as it does with Starcraft. Yes there are ships there but in both games they're just a paper thin shell that covers the game itself.

The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance shewed concavity after the first shewed convexity.

B17332
Single Barrel Securities Trust
#8 - 2013-03-08 17:44:26 UTC
I am pretty sure that the Homeworld IP was not for sale. THQ had access to the IP, not the same as owning it. CCP would have had to buy Relic in order to gain access to the IP or convince Relic to let the IP go. Either way I feel that CCP could spend their money more wisely else where.
Temmu Guerra
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2013-03-08 17:50:20 UTC
Relic still has the IP for homeworld and have been rumors of HW3 being made.

To be honest I would rather relic (experience with RTS games) make it that CCP (no experience)
voetius
Grundrisse
#10 - 2013-03-08 20:02:30 UTC
addelee wrote:
For new IP I doubt CCP would go down the space route again. They have Eve, so why create a competing product. I guess having H3 assets would be nice but nice at a rather costly price.

I suspect World of Darkess might sooner or later get some light shed on it (no pun intended). Other than a listing on CCP's website and some concept designs on White Wolfs, there's very little info.


there was a post on Massively a couple of days ago that was IIRC a cross post from Eurogaming where they had some info from the CCP WoD team that there would be some new info at the upcoming Fanfest. It's been cross posted to GD but things fall off the front page here pretty fast, what with all the informative posting :p
Ager Agemo
Rainbow Ponies Incorporated
#11 - 2013-03-12 12:49:23 UTC
Temmu Guerra wrote:
Relic still has the IP for homeworld and have been rumors of HW3 being made.

To be honest I would rather relic (experience with RTS games) make it that CCP (no experience)

Relic was bough by Sega already but THQ keep the homeworld IP, they will auction it in a future date.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/26/darksiders-homeworld-red-faction-and-other-ips-next-on-thq-auc/

which starts in April.