[The Watchtower]

It seems Duke will be the very last game to get it's betas leaked. Maybe we have been begging for it for so long, now Randy and co. are guarding them in a super secret basement under the ocean, lol.

[Perro Seco]

There's a YouTube channel dedicated to Disney stuff who uploaded a french video about a Duke 3D beta because why not. :D

https://youtu.be/RFCoun-aNuY?t=34

It doesn't show anything new, but I post it here because I've never seen the video before.

Probably related to this.

[ck3D]

Perro Seco, on 05 January 2023 - 03:00 PM, said:

There's a YouTube channel dedicated to Disney stuff who uploaded a french video about a Duke 3D beta because why not. :D

https://youtu.be/RFCoun-aNuY?t=34

It doesn't show anything new, but I post it here because I've never seen the video before.

Probably related to this.

This is pretty sick, the review actually is really good too, from the title font this looks like something that might have been televised on French channel Canal Plus. Commentary sounds honest and rather well-written, you can tell that person really liked the game.

[OpenMaw]

The Watchtower, on 04 January 2023 - 10:50 PM, said:

Randy and co. are guarding them in a super secret basement under the ocean, lol.

They have nothing to do with it anymore.

[Kristian Joensen]

OpenMaw, on 06 January 2023 - 12:05 PM, said:

They have nothing to do with it anymore.

They have just as much or as little to "do with" Duke as they have with Borderlands. Embracer can step in any moment they like, but they have a tradition of leaving their studios alone and giving them a lot of autonomy. This is not without exceptions, of course, but it is their general line.

[OpenMaw]

Kristian Joensen, on 13 January 2023 - 01:42 AM, said:

They have just as much or as little to "do with" Duke as they have with Borderlands. Embracer can step in any moment they like, but they have a tradition of leaving their studios alone and giving them a lot of autonomy. This is not without exceptions, of course, but it is their general line.

No.


Embracer now owns the rights and has final say. Not Gearbox.

[Kristian Joensen]

OpenMaw, on 13 January 2023 - 05:30 AM, said:

No.


Embracer now owns the rights and has final say. Not Gearbox.

The same is true with Borderlands.

Edit:

It is Embracer that owns Gearbox and Gearbox in turn owns the Duke IP, the Borderlands IP etc. Making Embracer the indirect owner of those assets. Embracer still are the owner and have final say, but in a indirect and not a direct manner.

Edit2:

Embracer bought Gearbox's shares, not (directly) their assets.

Edit3:

Gearbox still exists as a company. Which is also why they can acquire other companies: https://www.gearboxsoftware.com/press_release/the-gearbox-entertainment-company- completes-acquisition-of-lost-boys-interactive/ and https://www.gearboxs...ys-interactive/.

[Phredreeke]

I guess Embracer could look at Gearbox having the Duke IP and say, "you're not doing anything with that, we should let one of our other studios make a game using that IP". Not something I expect to happen though

[Kristian Joensen]

Phredreeke, on 13 January 2023 - 10:07 AM, said:

I guess Embracer could look at Gearbox having the Duke IP and say, "you're not doing anything with that, we should let one of our other studios make a game using that IP". Not something I expect to happen though

Yes, they very much could.

[OpenMaw]

Kristian Joensen, on 13 January 2023 - 09:55 AM, said:

It is Embracer that owns Gearbox and Gearbox in turn owns the Duke IP, the Borderlands IP etc. Making Embracer the indirect owner of those assets. Embracer still are the owner and have final say, but in a indirect and not a direct manner.

When you own a company you own everything they own and have final say over everything they do.

That has already (quietly) happened. Those conversations have already been had, apparently.

[Hendricks266]

Since the thread is already bumped, thanks to Green and Zombie for finding the rest of the missing images in the Wayback Machine.

[Phredreeke]

and thanks to the toilet hobo for the protos

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/657308198809632768/1066470705253843005/CF36D5C9-8DD4-416E-9E44-F8CF13C00926.png