25th January 2003, 7:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 25th January 2003, 7:54 PM by A Black Falcon.)
That would be awful...
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/22/22...ml?tid=127
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?..._story.php(que)id=85976
http://www.ve3d.com/Comments.aspx?ID=2217&contenttype=1
Oh, if you don't know, Vivendi Games includes Sierra and Blizzard primarially. As well as Universal Games, and maybe one or two other ones...
I really hope this doesn't happen, but given how the rumors have been around for months (Vivendi Games has been rumored to be on the sales block since last summer, when Vivendi was revealed to be losing a lot of money), they're getting a lot worse now... :(
I bet if this does happen Starcraft Ghost will suddenly go X-Box only... and who know about Blizz's GBA titles... This is not good!
Oh, I did first see this a few days ago, but now the news has spread a lot more and seems to be growing in credibility... :(
Edit: The only reason I doubt this is that last I heard the Vivendi CEO said he wasn't selling the games division -- just other stuff. However, if someone offered enough money, I'd think he might change his mind...
Oh, one more thing. In those reports of this, a lot of them seem to have the mistaken idea that Vivendi owns Valve (you know, they made Half-Life). They don't... they only publish Valve games. They do own the Half-Life name, I think, but not Valve...
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/22/22...ml?tid=127
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?..._story.php(que)id=85976
http://www.ve3d.com/Comments.aspx?ID=2217&contenttype=1
Oh, if you don't know, Vivendi Games includes Sierra and Blizzard primarially. As well as Universal Games, and maybe one or two other ones...
I really hope this doesn't happen, but given how the rumors have been around for months (Vivendi Games has been rumored to be on the sales block since last summer, when Vivendi was revealed to be losing a lot of money), they're getting a lot worse now... :(
I bet if this does happen Starcraft Ghost will suddenly go X-Box only... and who know about Blizz's GBA titles... This is not good!
Oh, I did first see this a few days ago, but now the news has spread a lot more and seems to be growing in credibility... :(
Edit: The only reason I doubt this is that last I heard the Vivendi CEO said he wasn't selling the games division -- just other stuff. However, if someone offered enough money, I'd think he might change his mind...
Oh, one more thing. In those reports of this, a lot of them seem to have the mistaken idea that Vivendi owns Valve (you know, they made Half-Life). They don't... they only publish Valve games. They do own the Half-Life name, I think, but not Valve...
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