Atari Acquiring Nightdive [Mar 23, 2023, 11:58 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Atari enters into an agreement to acquire Night Dive, announcing it will be
the new owner of the studio that's actually named (one word)
Nightdive Studios (thanks
Frans). Nightdive has famously created updated versions of classic games, and is
currently putting the finishing touches on a highly anticipated remake of
System Shock that's expected in
May. The deal is expected to be completed next month. Here's word on the
terms: "The purchase price of Night Dive will consist of (i) an initial
consideration of US$10 million payable half in cash and half in Atari shares at
the closing of the acquisition (see below) plus (ii) an earn-out of up to US$10
million, payable in cash over the next three years based on the future
performance of Night Dive." Here's more:
Led by industry veterans Stephen Kick and Larry Kuperman, Night Dive is a full service development and publishing company with expertise in restoring, optimizing, and publishing classic video games. Night Dive has published over 100 titles and has garnered critical acclaim for their releases of seminal industry and fan-favorite titles including System Shock, Doom 64, and Quake.
Night Dive’s most recent project is a remastered version of classic FPS game System Shock, which is one of the most-anticipated retro releases of 2023. System Shock is now available for pre-order on Steam, GOG and Epic Games.
A key to the success of Night Dive is their proprietary KEX engine that makes classic games playable on modern hardware and gives the studio the ability to enhance and improve upon the original to meet the expectations of contemporary players. The studio’s reputation and deep industry knowledge have made them a go-to partner for some of the largest names in gaming and media and allowed them to develop a diversified portfolio of titles.
WannaLogAlready wrote on Mar 24, 2023, 04:51:
"I have not played any of those garbage games from Nightdive."
Yep, confirming logic/valid reasons before reaching conclusions
There are ways to inform yourself without actually playing a game, you know?
Also, if you (me) have played some games (including some of the originals that Nightdive have rehashed poorly) and if you generally have a very long term experience playing games then you know what you like, and when you see something, you simply know if it's garbage (to you) or not.
It's called experience. You should try that some time.
Aren't you the guy with thousands of games on Steam and tens of thousands of ignored Steam games? Instead of playing Steam, I would suggest playing some actual games some time instead of just collecting and ignoring games. Then you might get that level of experience as well. It's amazing, I tells ya.
@Xylemon has done a tremendous job listing all of the reasons why Nightdive certainly were not "exceptionally good" as you stated. Kudos to @Xylemon for digging up all the indisputable facts that the blind fanbois are ignorant of. Nightdive are no loss to the gaming world if Atari assimilates them. Buh-bye, Nightdive. Buh-bye.
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