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Paranormal Activity game dead after Paramount refuses to give legendary Mortuary Assistant dev more time to make it "the best it could possibly be" (www.gamesradar.com)
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Paranormal Activity: Threshold has been canceled

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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

That's just insane. Both the developer and publisher of an anticipated game want more time to make a game match its creative vision, but fucking Paramount can say no!? Why does a rights-holder have such outsized control?? They don't even do business in the videogame industry...

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago

    I mean they own the rights to it.

    Imagine if say you were an author of a well known and appreciated series and you licensed out your work to make a well-written RPG with unique mechanics and the developer instead decided to make a shit tier mobile gacha. You should have the right to cancel this.

    That being said, I do think there should be a difference between the rights assigned to a creator-ownet and a mere owner of a creative concept.

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