Painkiller sequel considered as DreamCatcher relaunched
DreamCatcher, which was acquired by Nordic Games earlier this year, will be relaunched in an attempt to resell its back-catalog and develop sequels to its "bestselling brands and licenses," such as Painkiller.
The Painkiller franchise will be revived as long-defunct publisher DreamCatcher is being revived. The company, which was acquired by Nordic Games earlier this year, will be relaunched in an attempt to resell its back-catalog and develop sequels to its "bestselling brands and licenses." Specifically noted are Painkiller, a first person shooter series originally developed by People Can Fly, and Safecracker, a puzzle series.
Nordic Games, the parent company of the relaunched DreamCatcher label, has already successfully relaunched JoWood and The Adventure Company, and hopes to find repeat success. "Our approach is to assess the performance of DreamCatcher’s portfolio through back-catalog sales, and as a consequence develop sequels to its bestselling brands and licenses, just as we did with our other two publishing labels," CEO Lars Wingefors told Gamasutra.
It's unclear who would develop a new Painkiller game. Developer People Can Fly last collaborated with Epic Games on Bulletstorm.
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DreamCatcher, which was acquired by Nordic Games earlier this year, will be relaunched in an attempt to resell its back-catalog and develop sequels to its "bestselling brands and licenses," such as Painkiller.-
why is Nordic Games relaunching these companies, I mean its great from a job stand point. But in the case of JoWood.....that ArcaniA expansion was just awful. (of course, ArcaniA Gothic 4 wasn't great either)
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I think Nordic Games buys and re-shapes companies, to turn them into something profitable and better functioning - like buying an old house and fixing it up then reselling it. Like what Cerberus Capital Management does for businesses like Boeing. They're in the business of turning bad businesses into good businesses. JoWood should be a different creature after they've gone to work on them.
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You forgot to note that the good Painkiller devs broke off to form Wild Flying Hog, who released Hard Reset this year.
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Yes.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/70174/hard-reset-review
Yes it was.
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I would love to see them involved in making a new Painkiller if they were going to make a new one.
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