Ubisoft and Nival Cease Partnership

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Ubisoft and Nival Cease Partnership

Unread postby Sikon » 01 Apr 2006, 10:45

In an unexpected turn of events, the Ubisoft official site <a href="http://ubi.com">announced</a> that Ubisoft and Nival Interactive broke their Heroes V development contract. As Fabrice Cambounet explained in an <a href="/https://www.celestialheavens.com/509">interview</a> to Celestial Heavens, both companies had gathered a sufficient amount of complaints with each other. In particular, Ubisoft blamed Nival for its perceived lack of progress, slow response to feature requests and bug reports, as well as absence of qualified managers with experience needed to carry out an international software project of Heroes V's scale. Nival, on the other hand, protested against Ubisoft's decision to ship all copies of the game, including those intended for distribution in Russia, with StarForce protection; Nival claimed that it violated their agreement, which put Nival as the sole Russian distributor as Heroes V.



However, Fabrice assured Heroes fans that the development will continue where Nival left, although it is currently unknown whether Ubisoft will develop Heroes V in-house or hire another developer. Hopefully the interview will explain the situation and stop the flamewar that has already <a href="/viewtopic.php?t=1257">started</a> on the Round Table.

If you would like to take a look at the original page visit this link:
https://www.celestialheavens.com/1143888302

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Unread postby Needles » 01 Apr 2006, 11:11

Grrrrr.... I hate 1st April...
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Unread postby FantoMaxJM » 01 Apr 2006, 11:17

Fabrice strikes again! :)

Correction: Sikon does it.. :D
Edited on Sun, Apr 02 2006, 11:25 by JoniJM
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Unread postby dragonn » 01 Apr 2006, 11:24

It would be somewhat strange in reality, don't you think? To brake a partnership when the Heroes V is almost ready...I don't think any company makes such decisions...
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Unread postby hahakocka » 01 Apr 2006, 11:45

This news is the curse of 1st April. Don t believe it please.

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Unread postby Continuity » 01 Apr 2006, 12:18

Can't believe I fell for it. Seems so obviously fake in retrospect.

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Unread postby Wildbear » 01 Apr 2006, 12:30

It sounds so real! :D



Too bad we're on saturday, it's a very nice one ^^'
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Unread postby Angelspit » 01 Apr 2006, 12:35

Nice one Sikon, very well written, you got me for a second!
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Unread postby grimogre » 01 Apr 2006, 12:36

A good one :)

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Unread postby REvan34 » 01 Apr 2006, 13:41

ok... dammit you got me too...

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Unread postby evilp » 01 Apr 2006, 13:42

4.1..oh...April Fools' Day

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Unread postby Malicen » 01 Apr 2006, 13:48

Haha. :) Good one.
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Unread postby Thelonious » 01 Apr 2006, 14:05

Dude, I though why can't find it on the original site.. But then I got it. Good one!
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Unread postby george137 » 01 Apr 2006, 14:31

Hehe good one.

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Unread postby Kalah » 01 Apr 2006, 14:35

I've only fallen for one april fool today... and it wasn't this one. ;)
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Unread postby umfridus » 01 Apr 2006, 14:41

Totally fell for it (the first one today). Maybe because I can't wait to see how things turn out from here :evil:

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 01 Apr 2006, 15:25

Ah... I was hoping for at least a fake interview...
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Unread postby Labyrinth » 01 Apr 2006, 15:38

You got me. Perfectly written!

And I'd still take it for possible...
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Unread postby Orfinn » 01 Apr 2006, 15:46

And I thought friday the 13 was a so called bad day *sigh* :p

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Unread postby Kareeah Indaga » 01 Apr 2006, 15:57

Might have fallen for it if I hadn’t written something similar in the forums beforehand. Nevertheless, well done. :-D
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