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General discussionNordic Games acquires Imperium Galactica and other IPs(32 posts)(32 posts)
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Posted February 02, 2016
Press release
Nordic Games Saves Intergalactic IPs and Acquires the Imperium Galactica and Other Franchises

The classic game IP imperium is on the brink of collapse, especially when it comes to preserving franchises which left their mark in video games history. In these dire times, a young and promising alliance from the distant planet of Scandinavia (solar system Europe) holds the future of many of said IPs, which are threatened by the fate of being lost and forgotten, and thus, proved themselves worthy of protection.

After some life-sustaining measures, said alliance, also known as Nordic Games Licensing AB with its base of operations Karlstad, Sweden, managed to acquire and preserve the following list of IPs:


Bang Bang Racing PC, XBL, PSN, Android

Black Knight Sword XBL, PSN

Skydrift PC, XBL, PSN

Sine Mora PC, XBL, PSN, PSVita, iOS, Android

Imperium Galactica PC

Imperium Galactica II PC, iOS, Android

Liberty Wings iOS

Ubrain iOS

Scarabeus: Pearls of Nile iOS


The alliance places their trust in the brave warriors of the Nordic Games GmbH, in their colony of Vienna, Austria, to take control of the IPs and to handle the day-to-day business (sales and distribution, evaluation of sequels & new content etc.).

About Imperium Galactica


Imperium Galactica features an expansive and unique Sci-fi universe with multiple playable species. Take your empire in your hands and guide it into the future. Use intrigue and spying to weaken your enemies and strengthen yourself or research and build the most powerful military force in the universe to crush whoever would oppose you. Massive battles, universe spanning empires, 3 playable campaigns and countless possibilities through custom scenarios insure you always have something to come back to. Take control, conquer the universe, and lead your species to ultimate domination… for the Imperium.


Key Features

• Deep real-time strategy at its best
• One of the original genre defining 4x games
• Expanding the empire through colonization or conquest
• Huge space armadas
• Battles in both space and on ground
• Deep economy and population management
• Tons of researchable upgrades
• Customizable ships and tanks
• Challenging scenarios
• Galactic alliances
• 3 unique campaigns
Posted February 02, 2016
Hopefully we'll see it here soon then :)
Posted February 02, 2016
It would be nice to get rid of all the disc Imperium Galactica needs to run.
Posted February 02, 2016
Woohoo... We probably won't see an Imperium Galactica 3, but at least we might see the old ones (especially IG2) released here.
Posted February 02, 2016
And another reason to bring more IPs from Nordic Games to GoG. (not as if the reasons were lacking to begin with)


Less declining, more Good Old Games releases.
Posted February 02, 2016
Interesting, I had wondered why that wasn't here yet. I think we can be sure it will show up here and on Steam sooner than later. :)
Posted February 02, 2016
Nordic Games not cranky at GOG anymore?
Posted February 02, 2016
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Catshade: Bang Bang Racing PC, XBL, PSN, Android
Skydrift PC, XBL, PSN
Sine Mora PC, XBL, PSN, PSVita, iOS, Android
Hmmm, did Kalypso sell those IPs to Nordic or did Kalypso only acted as a publisher to those games?
Edit: Oh, now I see. Kalypso was indeed only the publisher for those games.
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Tarm: Nordic Games not cranky at GOG anymore?
Why should they be?
Post edited February 02, 2016 by Grargar
Posted February 02, 2016
Well, hope NG releases them + Titan Quest on GOG.
Posted February 02, 2016
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Tarm: Nordic Games not cranky at GOG anymore?
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Grargar: Why should they be?
They withdrew their games once from GOG so we know they can be temperamental.
Posted February 02, 2016
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Tarm: Nordic Games not cranky at GOG anymore?
It wasn't exactly that they were cranky. It appears there was a real issue when GoG introduced payment in other currencies. Nordic likely had existing contracts with terms that specified certain pricing. Once GoG was advertising in Euros, Nordic couldn't let GoG undercut their regional partners.

Given time, Nordic was likely able to addend these contracts so they did not conflict with GoG's new world pricing model.
Post edited February 02, 2016 by RWarehall
Posted February 02, 2016
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Tarm: They withdrew their games once from GOG so we know they can be temperamental.
Well, their games have returned here and they released more after their return. They even wanted to release some more games, but GOG said no to those specific ones.
Post edited February 02, 2016 by Grargar
Posted February 02, 2016
Imperium Galactica II was the game that caused the Great Tallima Video Game Throw-Away back in college. I was hunkered down in some serious studies that required all of my attention. And IG2 just completely took over my mind and my life for a while. It was a really, really good game.

Eventually, I took all of my games and threw them down the chute. My friends thought I was crazy, but I needed to focus and if I had a video game, that wasn't going to happen.

After that, I coded our eye-controlled wheelchair, passed my exams, graduated, and then drowned myself in Guild Wars and Neverwinter Nights. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Good times. :)
Posted February 02, 2016
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Tarm: Nordic Games not cranky at GOG anymore?
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RWarehall: It wasn't exactly that they were cranky. It appears there was a real issue when GoG introduced payment in other currencies. Nordic likely had existing contracts with terms that specified certain pricing. Once GoG was advertising in Euros, Nordic couldn't let GoG undercut their regional partners.

Given time, Nordic was likely able to addend these contracts so they did not conflict with GoG's new world pricing model.
Well I thought that pulling the games from GOG was a rather extreme measure. Must have been really tough negotiations.
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Tarm: They withdrew their games once from GOG so we know they can be temperamental.
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Grargar: Well, their games have returned here and they released more after their return. They even wanted to release some more games, but GOG said no to those specific ones.
Yeah but I'm still a bit wary. GOG might trigger them again. Who knows...
Post edited February 02, 2016 by Tarm
Posted February 02, 2016
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Tarm: Well I thought that pulling the games from GOG was a rather extreme measure. Must have been really tough negotiations.
Nordic is a pretty big company and I think they have regional "box copy" distributors as well. In many cases, a company isn't doing this distribution themselves and subcontracts it out. I'd guess this created an obvious breach in some contract somewhere and Nordic was required to use their "due diligence" in resolving it. It may seem extreme, but pulling out was likely the safe legal thing to do until they could rework all that needed to be reworked. In some instances, they may have had to wait for a contract to be up for renegotiation.

Kinda like where some games have their rights questioned and get pulled until it's resolved.
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