Re: Free Mini Thief game on Steam!

On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:12:08 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 03:22:38 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/481870/Mini_Thief/ from https://gg.deals/freebie/mini-thief-is-free-to-keep-on-steam-for-a-limited-time/
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Until 1/24/2025 at 10 AM PST (USA). Mixed reviews though.

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Darn, this is not a game based on the Thief series. ;-/
I was hoping it was something akin to "Hitman Go", except with Garret
as the protagonist.(Who owns the Thief franchise these days, anyway?
Is it still Squenix?).

Answering my own question:

It's CDE Entertainment, part of the Embracer group, who now holds the
license to the "Thief" IP. Oh dear. Square never seemed to 'get' the
Thief franchise, but at least they seemed earnest in wanting to make
new, good games in the series (even if the results weren't that
great). I've a lot less confidence in Embracer's goals or abilities.

Oh well. It could be worse. It could be Tencent.