lokiCML said: ↑ KNight said: ↑ What you described is basically the idea of licensing out the engine, which was talked about some time ago but like pretty much everything else Uber hasn't said much on it aside from the initial comments.



Mike Click to expand... These total conversions would be for sale in the mod marketplace. They would only have access to modding APIs. So not licensing the engine and they would not have access to any source code. Same restrictions as any other modder. Click to expand...

If a company is going to invest the kind of resources needed to make a whole new game, they would want to be able to distribute it to a wider audience. This means they need to be able to control distribution and branding in a way that makes it clear that they have made a whole new game and maybe just list the engine as a footnote. It's very common for game studios to make this kind of "mod," and then market and distribute it as a totally new game. After all, this is essentially exactly what Human Resources was supposed to be.