Minifig Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Paris, France ? October 05, 2009. Today, Ubisoft announced the acquisition of the development studio Nadeo, creator of TrackMania, the cult multiplayer car racing video game. Set up in 2000 in Paris and comprising a highly talented team of developers, the Nadeo studio has won acclaim for the quality of its multiplayer technology which offers one of the best available on-line game experiences and has already notched up 10 million registered players. Its flagship game ? TrackMania ? has 700,000 unique players a month and is a pioneer in the sharing of creations (almost 15 million custom tracks created since 2008). It is also the first eSport franchise for racing games. "The acquisition of Nadeo is an important step in our expansion within the on-line gaming sector", said Yves Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer of Ubisoft. ?Through Nadeo, Ubisoft will gain an expert team, one of the best on-line technologies around as well as a flagship multiplayer game that enjoys an unrivalled reputation among a loyal and committed community. We are excited about the idea of introducing TrackMania to an ever-wider audience and sharing the expertise of Nadeo's teams with our Group's other developers?. "Joining Ubisoft is a huge opportunity for us to develop and innovate and take Nadeo to new horizons", said Florent Casteln?rac, Chief Executive Officer of Nadeo. ?Nadeo?s team was keen for this acquisition to happen. Like players in a community, we see ourselves as being a complementary fit with Ubisoft and believe that we can share and quickly move ahead together". More here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Whatever they do, as long as they don't ruin TrackMania, I'm happy :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Whatever they do, as long as they don't ruin TrackMania, I'm happy :p I hope they change the way certain cars behave. Things like trying to steer one of the cruisers really annoys me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingwo Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Get Trackmania on XBLA/PSN and i'll be happy. It is almost a perfect fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Get Trackmania on XBLA/PSN and i'll be happy. It is almost a perfect fit. While that sounds great, the track editor will be totally dumbed down, and on XBLA arcade at least you wouldn't be able to share custom tracks. And they would charge over the top for new maps -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingwo Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Trials HD allowed you to share custom tracks but only with your friends, i dunno if that was a choice or a restriction. Also i don't know why the track editor would be tottally dumbed down, Trials HD's track editor was pretty deep in terms of things you could do. Still knowing how strict MS are with Live, it wouldn't surprise me if they were strict on the sharing part of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 While that sounds great, the track editor will be totally dumbed down, and on XBLA arcade at least you wouldn't be able to share custom tracks. And they would charge over the top for new maps -_- What exactly in the track editor can't you do with a controller ? in fact what exactly is even hard to do with a controller ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Trials HD allowed you to share custom tracks but only with your friends, i dunno if that was a choice or a restriction. Also i don't know why the track editor would be tottally dumbed down, Trials HD's track editor was pretty deep in terms of things you could do.Still knowing how strict MS are with Live, it wouldn't surprise me if they were strict on the sharing part of the game. Sharing tracks with your friends isn't that great though, is it? You want to be able to download tracks from anybody. You're unlikely to have the world's best track designer on your friends list. What exactly in the track editor can't you do with a controller ?in fact what exactly is even hard to do with a controller ? Never said it couldn't be done, it's just that console editors always seem to be ****. Far Cry 2s was okay but I can't see them putting the same effort into an XBLA game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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