Ubisoft Would Consider Hollywood Buyout 27
GamesIndustry.biz has the word that Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia developer Ubisoft may consider a buyout by a Hollywood studio. Intriguing, after the back and forth between Ubisoft and EA earlier this year. From the article: "The CEO told the paper that an acquisition by a large multinational entertainment firm - such as Walt Disney Co. or Time Warner - 'is a solution which could be, for us, fairly interesting.'" Interesting would be to see how such a development would affect the franco-phone-tastic relations that Ubi has with Quebec.
Visions of the future... (Score:4, Funny)
Evetually, the story (what little of it there is) will degenerate into a heroic duet as the protagonist and the villian fight it out to the last.
This movie will be followed by "Splinter Cell:The Movie 2", followed shortly by the direct-to-video release of "Splinter Cell:Kids" The story of the children, who just happen to be agents, rescuing their parents from the evil villian, with silly antics and blindingly obvious traps.
And, of course, we'll get the accompanying games, which let you "play the movie." Which will, according to the laws of the universe, suck.
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Re:Visions of the future... (Score:1)
I just watched "Shrek II" on HBO today.
"Shrek II" is produced by Dreamworks, which, like everything else in Hollywood, is owned by Disney.
The movie depicts:
Re:Visions of the future... (Score:1)
Well... (Score:2)
Is the market saturated? (Score:4, Interesting)
Disney buys Ubisoft => no Lumines for you (Score:3, Informative)
Disney has a poor track record [skyisfalling.org] with regard to respecting the intellectual commons [respectthe...domain.org], even more so than other MPAA studios. If Disney buys Ubisoft, then advocates of the intellectual commons [creativecommons.org] will have to buy Verticube [frogtoss.com] instead of Lumines.
Re:Disney buys Ubisoft = no Lumines for you (Score:2)
I don't see any reason for the classic Disney to incorporate a company like Ubisoft. And the corporate Disney has had serious management problems in the past years.
Anyhow, that is a pretty good trash-Disney link.
Rofl... (Score:1, Insightful)
"We don't have a plan for next gen, and we're hoping people with more money than smarts want to take a swing at video games."
Sorry, No Quebec Change... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Sorry, No Quebec Change... (Score:5, Insightful)
Your really think the auto industry that makes southern ontario rich gets no subsidies? Get real. For every Honda or Toyota sold anywhere in Canada a tariff is taken and funneled back to the companies that hasn't given a job to canadians living outside of the southern ontario peninsula for 40 years. Wait that's not true, we had a plant that was one of the most productive ones for GM, out in Boisbriand, was closed down when the F-bodies productio where stopped (camaro and firebird). The TCA was really cool with the Boisbriand plant closing, as long as all ontario plants where safe.
You think Quebec has no income other then the money given to us by the almighty Ontarians? Hydro-Quebec by itself generated 2.4 billion in profit, and gave the government a 1.4 billion dividend, not counting all the secondary benefits from being able to provide cheap electricity to companies like Alcan, Alcoa et al.
If you're from Alberta, well, sorry, we ain't pumping pure money out of the ground like you guys are, wish we where. But my experience has told me that people that go out on the web to slander quebecers are usually from southern Ontario. Which is kinda fitting, since your elite has spent the last 25 years scaring american investors into putting money into Toronto and not the evil french province, even when it costs way more to do something in the GTA then in greater Montreal.
Re:Sorry, No Quebec Change... (Score:1)
Yes, I do live in Saskatchewan.
Re:Sorry, No Quebec Change... (Score:1)
Re:Sorry, No Quebec Change... (Score:2)
And as far as your further disinformation spread about my province regarding Labrador, here's a lowdown for people that want the real facts. In a nutshell, Labrador was part of Quebec (called Lower Canada back then) until
Re:Sorry, No Quebec Change... (Score:2)
So Churchill Fall does produce a good amount of power, but saying that Quebec is getting rich because we're screwing Newfoundlanders is totally fallacious. Besides, if they hadn't taken the deal there would be 0 MW being produced there because New
Clearly seeking a White Knight (Score:1)
Of course, the "white knight" can turn out to have a black heart,