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Paradox has acquired AGEOD!

Started by Tamas, December 17, 2009, 10:01:19 AM

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Tamas

December 17, 2009, 10:01:19 AM

Berkut

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December 17, 2009, 10:28:13 AM
Haven't been terribly impressed with AGEOD anyway. Shrug.
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Syt

#2
December 17, 2009, 10:31:54 AM
Fuck.
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Valmy

#3
December 17, 2009, 10:33:58 AM
To be ruined you actually have to be good first :P

AGEOD had some potential but had not realized it yet.  Perhaps this merger will help them along and if it doesn't well...they weren't exactly on an upward trajectory anyway.
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Ed Anger

#4
December 17, 2009, 10:36:05 AM
Well, that is annoying.
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Tamas

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December 17, 2009, 11:18:04 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 17, 2009, 10:33:58 AM
To be ruined you actually have to be good first :P

AGEOD had some potential but had not realized it yet.  Perhaps this merger will help them along and if it doesn't well...they weren't exactly on an upward trajectory anyway.

My take on this explained by me on Paradox OT:
I like Paradox, I have been here since the first beta AAR for EU1, I think EU3 with all the expansions is a masterpiece, but in general, I have a bad feeling about where they are heading, and AGEOD has (had?) been very much like the old Paradox, and their designs transfused a much-needed fresh blood to our small niché market.

Caliga

#6
December 17, 2009, 11:51:32 AM
How much did that cost?  $100?  :)
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garbon

#7
December 17, 2009, 12:26:02 PM
Honestly, I don't see what AGEOD brings to the table. Well not anymore than it would have been sense for P'dox to acquire Keewie.

That said, it's clear we need another player in this niche strategy market. P'dox can't support the mantle.
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December 17, 2009, 02:10:57 PM
Quote from: Caliga on December 17, 2009, 11:51:32 AM
How much did that cost?  $100?  :)


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Habbaku

#9
December 17, 2009, 02:25:54 PM
So they're going to be competing with themselves?  Are they trying to make Victoria 2 fail?
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Sahib

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December 17, 2009, 02:27:49 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on December 17, 2009, 02:25:54 PM
So they're going to be competing with themselves?  Are they trying to make Victoria 2 fail?

Perhaps they will make AGEOD game fail :)
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Caliga

#11
December 17, 2009, 02:30:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 17, 2009, 12:26:02 PM
Honestly, I don't see what AGEOD brings to the table. Well not anymore than it would have been sense for P'dox to acquire Keewie.
Crunch would have made MILLIONS!  :cool:
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sbr

#12
December 17, 2009, 02:35:53 PM
Post from Fredrick, the Paradox CEO, FWIW:

QuoteAgeod is, and will remain, an independent studio run by people who create great games. Philippe Thibaut has designed games since I was in kindergarten (well maybe not that long, but you get the point) and there would be no reason for us to enter this relationship if we didn't believe in the stuff Ageod is doing.

Paradox will mainly market and sell the Ageod titles; we have been trying to find a way to work together for quite some time and this was the best solution we found. I hope this makes a 1+1=3 rather than anything else.

Fred

Josquius

#13
December 17, 2009, 02:53:30 PM
Are AGEOD the ones who did that Making History game?
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dps

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December 17, 2009, 06:30:45 PM
Quote from: sbr on December 17, 2009, 02:35:53 PM
Post from Fredrick, the Paradox CEO, FWIW:

QuoteAgeod is, and will remain, an independent studio run by people who create great games. Philippe Thibaut has designed games since I was in kindergarten (well maybe not that long, but you get the point) and there would be no reason for us to enter this relationship if we didn't believe in the stuff Ageod is doing.

Paradox will mainly market and sell the Ageod titles; we have been trying to find a way to work together for quite some time and this was the best solution we found. I hope this makes a 1+1=3 rather than anything else.

Fred

Wasn't Phillippe Thibaut the designer of the original Europa Universalis boardgame?
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