Ubisoft secures full rights to Far Cry

[MindlessOath]

Publisher Ubisoft has announced that it has acquired the full set of IP rights relating to the Far Cry franchise, which was created by German studio Crytek, in a move which will allow the firm to continue developing games based on the property.

Under the terms of the new deal with Crytek, Ubisoft will take ownership of all the existing Far Cry IP, as well as a perpetual license to use the version of the CryENGINE technology implemented in Far Cry.

The agreement means that Ubisoft will be able to develop sequels in the franchise - which has become a major property for the French publisher, with Far Cry Instincts Evolution (Xbox) and Far Cry Instincts Predator (Xbox 360) both shipping this week.

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[MindlessOath]

all i can say is... they seen flashy stuff and bought in... now the new stuff we get is going to be all ports of xbox360 and filled with bugs with no fixes.

[sithdemon]

Why do you say that? Considering far cry was bug free as far as I experienced, and it was there first release, I'd assume the quality would get better once they started making some money, plus they did patch the original game, heck even a 64-bit patch.

[MindlessOath]

yup crytek made patches for the game... ubisoft wont likly do that.  and you know they will have bugs and problems.

[sithdemon]

....most games have some bugs, and since I can't see into the future, I don't KNOW if they will or won't have tons of bugs, or problems. The proof is in the pudding, and the pudding is far from made now.