Ubisoft perpetually acquires Tom Clancy name, will go for MMO |
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Heads up, everyone! Ubisoft has just announced today that they have acquired all intellectual property rights to the Tom Clancy name. The deal is said to be set "on a perpetual basis and free of all related future royalty payments, for use in video games and ancillary products including related books, movies and merchandising products."
I don't know about you guys, but this sure sounds like Ubisoft struck gold with this deal. It was not disclosed how much the video game publisher giant shelled out for this, but it is expected that they will be earning a net cash position as much as € 130M (about US$ 200M) by the end of the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's main man, has this to say about the acquisition:
After ten years of a highly successful collaboration which has seen the creation of blockbusters that set standards in the videogame industry, such as Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, today, acquiring the perpetual property rights of the Tom Clancy name for video games and related projects is a major event.... Capitalizing on the strong franchise that we've built over the past 10 years, we will take the Tom Clancy game brand to the next level of the global entertainment industry.
In line with this acquisition, it is now also being said that Ubisoft will be pursuing a Tom Clancy MMO. While there is still nothing confirmed on this alleged new pursuit as Ubisoft is apparently still examining the MMO market, what Guillemot did say is that they really have decided to now go for an MMO title with the Tom Clancy name.
Not having to pay royalties definitely was a huge burden lifted off their shoulder, so there really should be nothing to keep them from expanding their ventures to the walls of the MMO industry.
Let's see how this pans out for Ubisoft. But for now, it does look like it's all going be rainbows and pots of gold for them with their perpetual acquisition.
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Is it me or do I smell everything from Ubisoft getting the label Tom Clancys.....(Tom Clancys Far Cry 3)
Is pretty cool and Ubisoft is pretty cool so this sounds ok to me
I wouldn't think so... Many Ubisoft properties would fail to benefit from the Tom Clancy name. To name a few:
Imagine (Babyz, Master Chef, Figure Skater...)
Petz (Dogz, Catz, Bunnyz...)
Prince of Persia
Rayman
... actually, Tom Clancy's Rayman would look pretty cool, so long as it's the CHARACTER Rayman, and not those 'Rabbids' that have dominated the last two games...
The Rabbids are pretty funny and all and weird but i agree where the heck has Rayman gone? Raving rabbids only has his name in it! Rayman was pretty cool so i wonder why on earth they havent made anotha actual game.
My sixth sense tells me that there is a new game coming...
Tom Clancy's Brothers In Arms After Him
Trying to picture Tom Clancy's Master Chef and Tom Clancy's Babyz + lulz
That should say "equals" lulz, not plus.
Are you ever going to fix that QJ?