“The rationale behind World War Z was pretty simple,” he explained. Karch said Saber was originally inspired to work on the game by the success of Valve’s Left 4 Dead series, which launched in 2008 and received a sequel the following year. In the case of World War Z we have some pretty good protections and we can continue to develop that franchise and plan to, and as long as we have that then it’s almost the equivalent of owning it with just the obligation to share on the back end a bit.” World War Z was inspired by the success of Valve‘s Left 4 Dead “You can make just as much money with a licensed IP as you can with your own IP, it’s just a question of how long you have that IP for.
“Personally, I think licensed IP sometimes gets a bad rap,” he said. Karch also suggested Saber has a lengthy licensing deal in place to create World War Z games.
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“I wouldn’t be surprised if we continued to work on it and we certainly don’t want to abandon our fanbase because the way games are made these days is, it’s constantly feeding your fanbase even if the content is free, that’s how you keep your community alive, and if you want to ever get to the sequel, you’ve got to keep them there, and so we understand that even games that are for sale are games as a service, so that’s the way we approach all our development with all the games that we’re working on.”Įarlier in the presentation, Saber chief creative officer and former Id Software studio head Tim Willits described World War Z as “insanely successful” and one of the studio’s “greatest hits”, adding: “It really taught the team to create intense multiplayer co-op fun, and we’ll take that knowledge and continue with this brand.” It’s a great franchise for us, we see a lot of potential in the future. “We have a large team that’s continuing to support the title. “World War Z has done extremely well for us, between three to four million copies so far,” he said, later adding.
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It was announced on Wednesday that the developer also responsible for last year’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Switch port is to be acquired by Embracer Group, the parent company of publishing labels Deep Silver and THQ Nordic.Īnd during an Embracer Group earnings presentation, Saber Interactive co-founder and CEO Matthew Karch provided an update on its plans for the popular co-op zombie shooter. Saber Interactive has hinted it could choose to develop a sequel to 2019’s World War Z.
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