tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post8684235640985343564..comments2024-03-28T04:50:52.945+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Everything You Thought You Knew About Columbus Nova And Daybreak Games Is Wrong!Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-7698730779111613112018-04-27T08:19:43.620+01:002018-04-27T08:19:43.620+01:00Also rumors starting up about the games being sold...Also rumors starting up about the games being sold on. Intrepid, the studio behind Ashes of Creation, has been suggested and there's been one of those "if we were interested we couldn't say" kind of statements that might mean anything...<br /><br />Looks like DBG as it is will go - whether (and which) games will carry on we can only wait to see.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-65951826743273268472018-04-27T00:02:03.862+01:002018-04-27T00:02:03.862+01:00And now the layoffs have started. About 70 let go...And now the layoffs have started. About 70 let go so far.Topauznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-10153136126415117072018-04-25T21:10:35.214+01:002018-04-25T21:10:35.214+01:00The EQ2Wire forum thread is depressing. Almost wit...The EQ2Wire forum thread is depressing. Almost without exception everyone posting there seems to hope the end result is the closure of DBG and EQ2. EQ2Wire was always a dismal read outside of the Feldon's news coverage though.<br /><br />The whole "we were never owned by Columbus Nova" thing and all the pathetic, beyond-amateurish attempts to re-write hisory (literally) seem to be the real problem here. Had they simply said "actually we've been owned by Epstein since November 2017 but we never got around to mentioning it" they would have pretty much been believed, I think. After all, they never mentioned the last two changes of CEO until long after they'd happened. All they have done with this charade is to draw attention to the situation.<br /><br />I'm hoping that the end result will be another sale of the assets to someone else, whether arranged by the U.S. Govt after a seizure or as part of a Russian disinvestment program. I really don't care who owns the games so long as the servers stay up. I guess if they go down we'll see if anyone can build an EQ2 Emu. A few have tried but I don't think there's been a working one yet. EQ, of course, is already well-served with Emus.<br /><br />Also, what have Warner Bros. got to say about it, I wonder? DCUO is a profitable operation using their IP, after all. Although, come to think of it, I seem to remember the DCUO license is up for renewal this year...Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-44452765185252146932018-04-25T20:08:26.654+01:002018-04-25T20:08:26.654+01:00After reading eq2wire's forum post on this top...After reading eq2wire's forum post on this topic it sounds like situations like this are not that uncommon. A corporation buys a company and when there is some trouble shift the ownership to private to avoid the association. <br /><br />It is ridiculous for them to say or for them to expect any of us to believe that CN never purchased SOE in the first place. Why not just say that they are shifting the ownership to private or something to that extent. There are numerous press releases and sites that have all of this information and DBG is just going to say "Just kidding!" Topauznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-2608024648664888412018-04-24T22:27:34.480+01:002018-04-24T22:27:34.480+01:00If they were a publicly held company there would b...If they were a publicly held company there would be all sorts of info out there, but an LLC, which is easy mode incorporation for small businesses, not so much. It has to be registered with the state incorporate in and any state they do business in, but the office of the secretary of state for Delaware and California respectively don't give much information on their web sites beyond business address and the service they used to create the LLC.<br /><br />The why question goes both ways, depending on what you believe, it being either "why are they changing their story?" or "why did they say Columbus Nova in the first place way back when?"<br /><br />And yes, it is bringing more attention to things because they are essentially saying, "We were wrong, twice, many years ago and never corrected either until sanctions were on the table." There are probably some tax implications all around if at some point after the initial purchases and press releases that things were transferred to Mr. Epstein. There is something wrong here. It could be just the usual SOE/Daybreak level of stupid, but now that Russians and sanctions are in the mix they seem reluctant to speak at length.Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-11656797957428713002018-04-24T22:03:51.823+01:002018-04-24T22:03:51.823+01:00Well that is interesting. What would be the point ...Well that is interesting. What would be the point of all this, though? Surely there will be public records of the sale? They can change all the social media they like but it's not as though they can re-write the legal transactions that have to be documented somewhere, surely?<br /><br />I don't exactly care so long as the outcome is that the servers stay up and I can log in but it seems to be an astonishingly inept way to handle the situation. It's drawing attention to something that no-one even thought about, isn't it?Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-26910154589763339942018-04-24T22:00:21.466+01:002018-04-24T22:00:21.466+01:00Lol! I wanted to work that in somewhere but I was ...Lol! I wanted to work that in somewhere but I was in a hurry!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-27229624698898819472018-04-24T21:31:43.862+01:002018-04-24T21:31:43.862+01:00Also, if you go press release hunting, you'll ...Also, if you go press release hunting, you'll find that they somehow made the EXACT SAME MISTAKE with Harmonix, claiming it had been purchased by Columbus Nova. What are the odds?<br /><br />https://www.wired.com/2010/12/viacom-sells-harmonix-2/<br />Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-30291725707809532472018-04-24T21:29:07.059+01:002018-04-24T21:29:07.059+01:00And what about Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit, the c...And what about Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit, the company Jason Epstein helped found with his wife, who is possibly also his best friend? If there isn't Chloe's stuff in the fridge and the Daybreak office I am calling shenanigans! Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-54916479612021196562018-04-24T21:10:22.075+01:002018-04-24T21:10:22.075+01:00I'd be very surprised if it ends up having any...I'd be very surprised if it ends up having any major repercussions for the running of the games. If they're profitable, which some of them certainly are, they'll move to new ownership if it's expedient. Medium/long term there could be some changes if that does happen but too early to worry about that now.<br /><br />I actually work for a business that's been owned by a Russian oligarch (well, billionaire anyway) for the last five years or so and he's in the final stages of selling it to an American hedge fund. He's not been targetted by any sanctions but I think its becoming less attractive for Russians to keep their money and assets in certain Western countries right now.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-86763725488282562002018-04-24T20:54:59.828+01:002018-04-24T20:54:59.828+01:00Sure makes question any desire I have to devote ti...Sure makes question any desire I have to devote time on Coirnav server.Keenhttps://www.keenandgraev.comnoreply@blogger.com