Direct from Wizards of the Coast: https://company.wizards.com/en/news...ership-bring-magic-gathering-arena-and-futureThere is more truth in that Voodu for DDO president thread than in D&D being sold to tencent by few orders of magnitude.
You see, nothing to do with selling the D&D IP.Direct from Wizards of the Coast: https://company.wizards.com/en/news...ership-bring-magic-gathering-arena-and-future
Direct from Wizards of the Coast: https://company.wizards.com/en/news...ership-bring-magic-gathering-arena-and-future
Exactly. As I said before, licensing an IP is not selling an IP. WotC licenses their IPs all the time. If they didn't, this game wouldn't exist.This is no different than Day Break partnering with WotC to offer Magic the gathering in 2021
https://www.daybreakgames.com/news/daybreak-wotc-enter-license-agreement-mtgo
This does not mean it is being sold. WotC owns the IP and makes it's money off the licensing fees.
This is how business is done before one company buys out another. Tencent owns 300+ IPs, many of which are games. league of legends ring any bells? Of which Tencent just recently sacked a large number of its developers.This is no different than Day Break partnering with WotC to offer Magic the gathering in 2021
https://www.daybreakgames.com/news/daybreak-wotc-enter-license-agreement-mtgo
This does not mean it is being sold. WotC owns the IP and makes it's money off the licensing fees.
That article is from 2018.Direct from Wizards of the Coast: https://company.wizards.com/en/news...ership-bring-magic-gathering-arena-and-future
Let's see, WOTC itself has denied those rumors. Then it must be said that the premise did not make sense, it's not just that D&D is one of Hasbro's golden goose, it's that Hasbro is investing a lot of money in its VTT project for D&D, and wouldn't be doing it if they weren't going to keep the IP.This is how business is done before one company buys out another. Tencent owns 300+ IPs, many of which are games. league of legends ring any bells? Of which Tencent just recently sacked a large number of its developers.
So yeah... People are right to be concerned. Tencent is one of China's largest tech companies, which is really just another front for the CCP. Do you remember Huawei? Similar situation but with telecommunications and networking. They've all but been banned from doing business in the US / EU, over security concerns. While Tencent isn't a direct threat to security, it's influence on western media and entertainment could be just as dangerous.
Still playing 3.5, personally. Haven't bought any of their r/l products since.With fourth edition I completely moved away from WOTC products and official D&D. But come on, the data is there.
2.0 was the peak... all down hill from there.Still playing 3.5, personally. Haven't bought any of their r/l products since.