According to Bloomberg, the staff formerly working for Annapurna has taken over Private Division and their portfolio including KSP

[Maschendraht]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-07/ex-annapurna-video-game-staff-to-absorb-former-take-two-label-private-division?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczNjI2NjY4OSwiZXhwIjoxNzM2ODcxNDg5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUFE3VDlEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.j1wjJju1QublRZmXslR6qrtt24c32x_Ru04mkQKyWus&leadSource=uverify%20wall

It looks like KSP 2 will now be in the hands of the EX-Annapurna employees. Hopefully they'll revive the development of the game, or at least put an end to it one way or another.

[Dennis]

Yes i just read that too in another article, really hope they pick it up, i haven't bought the game yet, did not feel well about it and it went to show. But love the KSP, played the former alot, but this time i did not wanted to go for EA, ,, now i think of it, maybe it was my fault as they did not get my EA money :P

[mreed2]

I just looked up Annapurna (as the new company is founded by escapees from that dumpster fire) and Annapurna is a publisher not a developer. The good news is that they focused on indie titles, but the bad news is that likely don't have the capability to develop anything on their own -- they need to hire a development house to actually do the work. This is the same relationship between Private Division and Intercept Games.

So... Given how toxic the Kerbal brand is at the moment (quite rightfully, mind you), it seems unlikely that any established development house will be interested in the IP. Setting up an altogether new developer is a possibility as well (which is what PD did in the first place) but is likely to be a time consuming and expensive process.

The best case scenario is simply delisting KSP2 from sale. Perhaps some time far in the future the rights might be licensed out, but that would be 5+ years in the future.

[Aramazia Kin]

So an investment company bought Private Division and have given the games to a yet unnamed company made up of people who left Annapurna. I'm cautiously optimistic about this news for now but an investment company is gonna want a return on their investment at some point.

[Arondil]

Origineel geplaatst door Aramazia Kin:

So an investment company bought Private Division and have given the games to a yet unnamed company made up of people who left Annapurna. I'm cautiously optimistic about this news for now but an investment company is gonna want a return on their investment at some point.

I'm not convinced.

KSP was only part of the sale (as far as I know). Annapurna might have been interested in other IP that they could not get on its own, and accepted that they had to buy the sour grape (KSP) along with it.

The KSP IP might get bundled up with other assets and sold on without further development, allowing Annapurna to make a profit on the sale instead of the development.

Good investors can turn bad assets into profit (see also the sub-prime mortgage crisis).

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Clarification: When I say "good investors" I meant "shrewd", not "morally good".

[fendrin]

Origineel geplaatst door Arondil:

Origineel geplaatst door Aramazia Kin:

So an investment company bought Private Division and have given the games to a yet unnamed company made up of people who left Annapurna. I'm cautiously optimistic about this news for now but an investment company is gonna want a return on their investment at some point.

I'm not convinced.

KSP was only part of the sale (as far as I know). Annapurna might have been interested in other IP that they could not get on its own, and accepted that they had to buy the sour grape (KSP) along with it.

The KSP IP might get bundled up with other assets and sold on without further development, allowing Annapurna to make a profit on the sale instead of the development.

Good investors can turn bad assets into profit (see also the sub-prime mortgage crisis).

----- EDIT -----

Clarification: When I say "good investors" I meant "shrewd", not "morally good".

Have you read the text you quoted?
"a yet unnamed company made up of people who left Annapurna"

You talk about what Annapurna might do with KSP2.
Why do you think Annapurna can do anything with KSP2 or other assets of former PD, just because former employees bought it?