LittleBigPlanet 3 and Forza Horizon 2 (for Xbox 360) developer Sumo Digital announced today through a press release that the current management team has completed an MBO (Management Buyout, meaning that the managers purchased the company and its assets from their former owners) backed by the British private equity firm NorthEdge Capital.
Recent evidence we discovered indicates that the next game in the Just Cause series may have been canceled, potentially two years ago.
CFIUS needs to greenlight Tencent's buying Sumo Digital due to concerns of national security, Sumo and Tencent agree to work together to ensure the deal comes through
Yikes.
Spoken like a person that has no real working understanding of the Chinese government or the oppression its citizens are subject to. As an expat living in the US I agree that this place is a far cry from perfect, but to suggest that US and Chinese authorities are alike shows a lack of understanding both for China's politics and for the benefits of America's ideals of freedom.
Before rebuking and backing up your claim in this thread, consider:
~in China, you can be arrested (and according to testimony, imprisioned, tortured, or killed) because of your religious views.
~in China, you can be arrested, imprisoned, tortured, or killed because you spoke ill of the government.
~in China, you can be denied a passport because you disagree with anything the government says, or have ever attended a protest.
~in China, you cannot jaywalk because you will be caught on camera and prosecuted due to the deep surveillance of the citizens in all dense public areas
~in China, the state owns the vast majority of major news a and journalistic publications and use them to print lies and propaganda for the state.
~in China, the government closely controls the internet and disallows access to most content.
I could go on.
I’m america you are called a domestic terrorist and put on a fed list for speaking out at a school board meeting lol. We’re trending towards the social credit score with a quickness. Enjoy the American “ideals” or whatever is left of them while they last.
Not even close. US government had a million problems but chinas is still incomparably more evil.
Hence why it’s the only thing I trust less than the American government. But if you want to pretend that the American corporate press is any different than the CCP propagandists then you are an idealist and not a realist. We are better, for now…. And that’s not saying much.
It’s slipping quick though and it’s already too far gone.
@sourOG Only way you're put on a list for speaking at a school board meeting is when you're an idiot and start threatening people... https://www.npr.org/section...
"Confrontations over masks, vaccines and how race is taught in schools have many school board members across the U.S. worried for their safety.
Mobs are yelling obscenities and throwing objects. In one district, a protester brandished a flagpole against a school board official. Other cases have included a protester yelling a Nazi salute, arrests for aggravated battery and disorderly conduct, and numerous death threats against public officials.
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In Ohio, a school board member reportedly received a piece of hate mail that said, "We are coming after you and all the members on the ... BoE [Board of Education]. ... You are forcing them to wear mask—for no reason in this world other than control. And for that you will pay dearly." Threats have prompted school board members, many of whom are volunteers, to resign.
Turning Point USA, a group closely aligned with former President Donald Trump, maintains a website called School Board Watchlist, which includes the names and photos of members of school boards around the country who have adopted mask mandates or anti-racist curricula. The group maintains a similar website targeting professors for liberal views that has been linked to several incidents of harassment."
So yes, you can be put on a watch list for speaking at a school board meeting. If you start threatening or assaulting people... Then again, the people doing that are the ones cheering on the domestic terrorists from Jan 6th...
Parents angry about “masks, vaccines and how race is taught in schools have many school board members across the U.S. worried for their safety” doesn’t sound like violence to me. It sounds like useless, incompetent state losing its grip.
I don’t give a shit about trump. Get over it.
Speaking of state funded propaganda, it’s funny you link to NPR lmao. You even use the same language and are still going on about trump.
This is a prime statist here, observe people. People like this are why the CCP is launching hypersonic rockets into the atmosphere and the US military are being trans activists and rooting out the “white supremacy” from their ranks. Jan 6th 😱😱
^ @kthxcrayon, fwiw I was being facetious and I agree with all your points. Still, the fact is, the US spiralling the plughole right now - and China is waiting in the U-bend.
Replies(2)“The letter asked the U.S. Department of Justice to mobilize law enforcement agencies to respond to “threats and acts of violence against public schoolchildren, public school board members, and other public school district officials and educators.”“
From an article about the school board. Believe it or not violent threats are not protected speech as decided by the Supreme Court of the US.
Depends on your definition of violence. A white kid sitting in a “POC” space is considered “violence” in modern America. That’s just one dumb example of the tired shit Americans put up with these days.
Lol what. Please cite that article. Never heard of that being considered violence.
Cite what article? It was some dumb video that it reminded me of lol. I’ll find it, it was all over the news. They all talk the same. Like general milley and his white rage obsession. He was so concerned about that shit he left a bunch of Americans in Afghanistan. And then they did a drone strike on terrorist leadership to look like they were being tough. It ended up being an Afghan family getting water. These people are a f****ng joke. I don’t wonder why the world hates us anymore lol.
https://youtu.be/zIUapVJv6Q...
This was some big story about a couple of kids getting harassed by some idiot. Listen about 35-45 seconds and and she describes them sitting there as violence. “This is the kind of violence the ACLU protects” or some such nonsense.
A large chunk of Americans are morons that believe that anything opposing their view is “violence”. That’s why it depends on the definition. Another example is Dave Chappelle. His latest show the closer was considered violence against lgbtq. It’s just rhetoric they use to moralize their shitty behavior and canceling people. It’s common and it’s bullshit but it works ike a charm. Americans (especially corporations) are largely non confrontational and fold quicker than a chair in a wresting match. I don’t care when these idiots use the term. But when an attorney general uses it as a vague term? Homie don’t play dat *smack* lmao
See the US government doesn’t torture you and kill you. If you think the CIA, FBI and the rest aren’t running domestic operations with corporations then you are a fool but that’s not the main arm. The culture just black balls you wipes you from digital services. Suddenly no big publications would be anywhere near Chappelle and canceled his documentary. It’s the price you pay for thinking jokes aren’t violence. Did the “culture” want Dave Chappelle canceled? I don’t believe so. The corporations did though. Because they are morons too.
How about actual violence? You’re on the wrong political side? Well you can’t have a pay pal or a gofundme. Like that rittenhouse kid that just had his first day of trial for killing those rioters in Wisconsin. People were trying to donate to his legal funds and gofundme and a bunch of other services dropped him off of the service. But kamels Harris can get funds to get rioters out of prison. Like I said, it’s all how you define it. When your actual violence is considered justice by the state but my words are considered violence by the state? We’re in China, my dude.
Hahaha damn that video of the girls complaining about the sticker is pathetic. But bare in mind man like yes there are a lot of dumb morons saying shit like that, but they’re still just the loud minority, I don’t believe that behavior is really part of law or supported by our representatives (except for the dumbest of them). Agreed Chapelle’s special wasn’t bad at all, but once again it’s a minority complaining about it, not the majority of people or a reflection of an entire party. I think if people are threatening violence, as in literal violence “I’m going to hurt you,” not a sticker of political views there needs to be some law to deter that (as there already is).
The silent majority doesn’t complain though and are largely oblivious. The loud minority control the narrative, control the corporations, control public discourse.
Unless you mess with the silent majorities kids, then they go apeshit lol. The worst example from the guy up there could come up with for a violent message to the school board is “I’m coming for you”. That doesn’t have to mean physical violence, it could mean they are going after their job on the school board. Virginia just flipped a bunch of seats on Nov2 on this one issue. A deep blue state turned red because they were going after their kids. Labeling parents domestic terrorists because they are pissed that the state is claiming ownership of their kids is laughable. And the jerks that justify it like the guy up there are bootlickers.
Our representatives and unelected bureaucrats are just as stupid. They are the ones pushing the shit lol. There’s maybe a handful of representatives that are worth a shit. The rest are useless.
I really hope the American security panel puts a stop to this game company being sold to Tencent.
Tencent in my opinion has too many ties to the Chinese Communist Party and giving them control of Sumo Digital makes no sense to me.
From GI.biz: "Highly regarded UK industry veteran Ian Richardson has died suddenly aged 53.
Richardson has spent over 30 years working in video games, including senior roles at Gremlin, Ocean, Europress and Rage during the 1990s. He's best known today for his work as business development director for Sumo Digital, where he has spent six years in which the developer has grown exponentially."
May he RIP. My condolences to his loved ones. Way too young to leave us.
Lately..it seems some folks are not making it past their 40s & 50s. Sudden death is the worst,possibly a heart attack. May he r.i.p. Condolences to his family & friends.
Studies say programmers it happens the most because their job requires sitting a lot and lack of rest, and some don't have the best diets (Well the ones I know). Suck because he's still young.
Wow! It almost seems that type of job can be dangerous especially when one is not conscious of their health.
Good for them, they must really believe in their company to do that. LBP looks great, good luck to you Sumo.
Interesting, hope to see what they have for the new consoles, especially for the Xbox One.
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"..and Forza Horizon 2 (for Xbox 360)"
And for Xbox 360.
:)
mmmmmm, those tasty disagrees... I wonder what i said?
I absolutely can't wait for LBP3, very exited!