Imagine buying Arkane Studios and forcing them to do Redfall.
It’s the Bethesda way.
And Microsoft!
It’s nested enshittification.
(Though to be fair, Redfall was BGS’s fault).
Probably not for sale since they will want to simply lock the IP in the graveyard rather than let someone else create something with it.
I’m pretty sure that I read somewhere that most if not all original devs from arkane don’t work there anymore.
- So just find them, hire them, poach those that still work in arkane.
- Found a new studio, call it 4rkane.
- Make dishonored 3 and call it honored 3.
- Profit.
Unfortunately, I don’t see that being cheap. Glad to see it though. With everything we’ve seen in recent years of companies get bought and shoves through the money press, I’ve been wondering why we don’t see more titles like this. I know it’s all about ✨money ✨ but if you’re already shuttering a studio, why not sell the title rights? I’m sure the poor layoffs often wouldn’t mind a chance at putting the studio back in the spot the corpos ripped it out of.
“How about 5 bucks and a stick of gum for that thing you’re about to put in the bin?”
“Alright, weirdo”
