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Trials HD dev acquired by Ubisoft for undisclosed amount

by Ben Gilbert on Nov 2nd 2011 1:00PM

Wildly successful indie developer RedLynx is now a part of French mega-publisher Ubisoft. RedLynx announced the acquisition this morning (evening for the Finland-based outfit) via its forums, where company CEO Rero Virtala explained the decision. "We were attracted by Ubisoft's focus on creativity and quality," he said, also pointing to the publisher's "long-term strategy on both the traditional and digital distribution video game markets."

Ubisoft has been pushing quality digital titles hard over the last year, with everything from unique one-offs like Outland and From Dust to re-releases of classics like TMNT, Prince of Persia, and Beyond Good & Evil HD. The publisher was no doubt attracted to RedLynx's massively popular Trials series, which is set to receive a sequel in the coming months.

Source: RedLynx

Tags: acqusition, ios, ipad, iphone, microsoft, mobile, nintendo, redlynx, trials-evolution, trials-hd, ubisoft, wii, xbox

Reader Comments (26)

Hope this means multiplatform Trials. Best of luck to them.

Epic 'shop on that pic. I lol'd and my boss looked at me funny.

Bad news. Sold your souls to the devil. Former PC developer now owned by idiots that use the most draconian PC DRM out there and delays PC titles.

Well done, you and your quaint little bike puzzle game. Hope the money is worth selling out in the worst possible manner.

"We were attracted by Ubisoft's focus on creativity and quality," he said, also pointing to the publisher's "long-term strategy on both the traditional and digital distribution video game markets."

Total BS, you are attracted by the money. Lying about it makes it worse, not better.

@Dick Socrates

Oh no! People who work for a living decided to make some more money and utilize all the advantages that a large publishing company can offer to focus more on their products and less on the business side of things. How could they! Seriously though, "sold their souls"? Video games really are serious business I guess.

In this creative industry, everything you create costs money. Maybe you enjoy working for free, but I don't. Having money as a game studio can give you creative freedom and allow you to take more risks rather than constantly worry that single project you can afford to work on might fail.

They were motivated by money, for all the right reasons. This isn't teeming with greed.

@Oddgirl

Thank you.

@Dick Socrates They are happy now wait til they make a subpar game and get closed down..

CHECK YOUR MS CONNECT. On another note if you signed up for the xbox 2011 update beta don't Forget to check your MS Connect account.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Wait, did you say Ubisoft? I just pulled out my usual "small dev (insert team that created beloved indie/small dev game here) gets acquired by (insert EA, Activision, Microsoft here)" response. Cool beans.

"CEO Rero Virtala"

You must mean Tero Virtala? Rero isint a finnish name.

Good for them. That game is thoroughly awesome. Ubisoft does have a pretty diverse catalog now.

Much Kudos to RedLynx, great dev. I wish them (and by extension, us gamers) all the best with their new overlords.

I'm hoping for a PS3 release of Trials!

@Pure Black World Tendency MS is the publisher of the Trials HD,so am guessing they probably have some contract fine print giving them rights to the follow up.

@kmcroc I thought they were independent since Trials was a PC game long before 360.

@Pure Black World Tendency they were an independent when the deal for MS to publish trials hd was made , but like a publisher MS probably put in a clause that would give them rights to a follow up game .

I give 'em two years before Ubisoft liquidates the developer due to poor sales performance of the licensed title they were give a year to develop.

dont forget the excellent scott pilgrim game.

Good for the devs, bad for the future of Trials.

Multi-platform Trials please.

Trials HD 2 inc (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS, PSP, Vita, PC).

And enough DLC to make 2 more games, of course.

@KazamaSogetsu MS is the publisher of the Trials HD,so am guessing they probably have some contract fine print giving them rights to the follow up.

@kmcroc

Urban Trials PS Vita game in the works by Tate Interactive

http://www.urbantrialsgame.com/

@danhese007 again MS is the publisher of Trials HD & trials revolution , maybe theirs deal that exist or something that makes them different . either way this game becomes reality or it get slapped w/ a court ordered injunction or one of those letters sent by most company attorneys.

@danhese007

That's not Trials, that's just a clone.

@This Little Man Says His Name Is

No, it's a space station.

Step 1. Beat the odds and create a great indie game- Done
Step 2. Beat the odds again and fit into the new corporate structure and demands.

Good luck RedLynx.

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