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>While good for the developers and fans, that hardly seems like a concession from Ubisoft In the world of AAA game studios, this is about as good as it gets. E

>While good for the developers and fans, that hardly seems like a concession from Ubisoft In the world of AAA game studios, this is about as good as it gets. EA or Activision would have told them to kick rocks.

capableweb 3y ago
> EA or Activision would have told them to kick rocks. Or worst case scenario (like what Rockstar and Nintendo sometimes does), suing the 3rd party developers.
DarkNova6 3y ago
I've been modding games of EA for over 10 years. I even helped out with a project associated to Battleforge, which was shut down in 2013. But when people tried to go near Microsoft oh wow... they go nuclear and they do it fast.
- Arrath 3y ago
  Do they? I participated in the Freelancer modding scene only...oh god, a while back.
- ls612 3y ago
  On the other hand Bethesda is now Microsoft and they remain as moddable as ever.
  - DarkNova6 3y ago
    It's still a separate entity with different legal departments. To be fair, my experience dates back to around 2005 to 2010. There is also an anecdote of the "Halogen" mod which wanted to recreate Halo as an RTS (years before Ensemble Studios announced their Halo RTS). Of course they got a cease and desist.
lelandfe 3y ago
Nintendo would have sued them
Agentlien 3y ago
When I worked at EA it felt so weird to be talking at the office about how cool some mod projects were while simultaneously being forced to implement features specifically designed to make modding much harder.
- suslik 3y ago
  Was there any justification for this provided by the management?
  - Agentlien 3y ago
    Nothing beyond vague appeals to protecting our brand and IP.
deaddodo 3y ago
EA has quietly condoned tons of modding projects in the past. Command and Conquer: Generals had a massive modding community and EA allowed them carte blanche, as long as it didn't allow piracy. I mean, I know "urggh, EA" and they're the big bad and all. And I have plenty of reasons to hate them, but this just sounds like a kneejerk response.
- Arrath 3y ago
  I modded the hell out of TS and RA2, that was some good times.

capableweb 3y ago

> EA or Activision would have told them to kick rocks. Or worst case scenario (like what Rockstar and Nintendo sometimes does), suing the 3rd party developers.

DarkNova6 3y ago

I've been modding games of EA for over 10 years. I even helped out with a project associated to Battleforge, which was shut down in 2013. But when people tried to go near Microsoft oh wow... they go nuclear and they do it fast.

Arrath 3y ago
Do they? I participated in the Freelancer modding scene only...oh god, a while back.
ls612 3y ago
On the other hand Bethesda is now Microsoft and they remain as moddable as ever.
- DarkNova6 3y ago
  It's still a separate entity with different legal departments. To be fair, my experience dates back to around 2005 to 2010. There is also an anecdote of the "Halogen" mod which wanted to recreate Halo as an RTS (years before Ensemble Studios announced their Halo RTS). Of course they got a cease and desist.

lelandfe 3y ago

Nintendo would have sued them

Agentlien 3y ago

When I worked at EA it felt so weird to be talking at the office about how cool some mod projects were while simultaneously being forced to implement features specifically designed to make modding much harder.

suslik 3y ago
Was there any justification for this provided by the management?
- Agentlien 3y ago
  Nothing beyond vague appeals to protecting our brand and IP.

deaddodo 3y ago

EA has quietly condoned tons of modding projects in the past. Command and Conquer: Generals had a massive modding community and EA allowed them carte blanche, as long as it didn't allow piracy. I mean, I know "urggh, EA" and they're the big bad and all. And I have plenty of reasons to hate them, but this just sounds like a kneejerk response.

Arrath 3y ago
I modded the hell out of TS and RA2, that was some good times.