Here's the most important snippet from the press release sent out today:
QuoteTherefore I am proud to announce today that IOI is now officially an independent studio. We have successfully concluded our negotiations with Square Enix and have agreed to a management buyout. Crucially, we will keep all of the rights to the Hitman IP.
Very welcome news after a period of uncertainty since Square Enix decided to start cutting down, which included removing their funding of IO Interactive.
Hopefully they will continue to work with Feral Interactive to bring more exciting titles to Linux. Without a publisher funding them though, this could mean future titles may end up watered-down compared to what they've done recently. Considering how well the latest HITMAN has done for them, I am hopeful they will continue pushing out great games.
I personally think the latest HITMAN is fantastic and I've certainly enjoyed my time with it. I am really hoping they do a second season as I need more.
See the full post here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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It all depends on the interest really. VP said, CDPR hired them explicitly to port The Witcher 2 for example. Same with Flying Wild Hog and Shadow Warrior. And if the porting company proposes it first, and gaming studio agrees, it's good all the same. So we'll have to wait and see what IO Interactive will do about this. I'm more interested in whether they'll consider not to be Steam exclusive anymore.
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elbuglione Jun 16, 2017
SquareEnix is not the best Company...
mybe the furture HITMANs will be more strong than ever.
mybe the furture HITMANs will be more strong than ever.
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https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/875689145254936578
Quoting: FeralCongratulations @IOInteractive and @HITMAN! You've always been one of our favourite partners. We look forward to many more hits to come.
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Quoting: GuestQuoting: ShmerlI'm interested in whether they'll start releasing their games DRM-free.Me too, but even if IOI decides to release their games on GOG (for example) it doesn’t mean that Feral will follow… They could remove the always-online junk from Hitman though.
That would prove the idea that Feral are DRM inclined, which some here didn't agree with. I guess time will tell.
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Dribbleondo Jun 16, 2017
Quoting: ShmerlI'm interested in whether they'll start releasing their games DRM-free.
That's very unlikely, though I could see them releasing the older 90's Hitman games DRM-Free on GOG or something.
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Quoting: DribbleondoQuoting: ShmerlI'm interested in whether they'll start releasing their games DRM-free.
That's very unlikely
Why exactly? Since they are independent, they don't need to follow the sick DRM mindset of legacy publishers. Or are you saying they are the same? Early Hitman games are already sold on GOG.
Last edited by Shmerl on 16 June 2017 at 8:57 pm UTC
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I don't know if it's a good news for linux gamers, but it's a good news for video game imo. It's always better that game developping studios are not owned by big publishers. Being independant means for room for creativity.
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Quoting: ShmerlI wonder what happened to the Shadow Warrior 2. It was still supposedly coming, but there are no news.It may be canceled if the Windows version didn't sell very well.
Sometimes Linux support drop out is because the game had poor reception in the first place.
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Quoting: JahimselfI don't know if it's a good news for linux gamers, but it's a good news for video game imo. It's always better that game developping studios are not owned by big publishers. Being independant means for room for creativity.I agree with you, this is good news for video games as such first, And lets hope it will end up with a Linux port in the end.
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