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    Located in Austin, Texas, Twisted Pixel is best known for its downloadable games such as The Maw and 'Splosion Man. The studio was acquired by Meta in October 2022.

    Microsoft and Twisted Pixel Fall In Love, Get Hitched

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    #51  Edited By petitfool

    cynicism. cynicism everywhere.

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    #52  Edited By ChrisTaran

    Well, Twisted Pixel was an interesting company while it lasted! Looking foreward to all the avatar clothes and DLC they get to work on full time now!

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    #53  Edited By retrovirus

    Oh Alex, you and your words continue to make me laugh.

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    #54  Edited By unsolvedparadox

    Hooray for Twisted Halo!

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    #55  Edited By onan

    @CaLe said:

    What a terrible opening paragraph. I don't even wanna read the rest now.

    You didn't miss much. I don't think Alex actually explained what was happening, he was so caught up in his attempts to make jokes about it.

    Are they now first party? Officially second party? Do they remain autonomous? Who knows, and really, what does it matter when you get to picture Chainsaw playing the part of Beyonce in the Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) music video.

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    #56  Edited By spookygiant

    Good news for Twisted Pixel is good news for everyone as far as I'm concerned

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    #57  Edited By Scodiac

    Cool. Hopefully, all those funny Twisted Pixel guys get a Porsche. That way they can get to work faster and make me some games!

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    #58  Edited By Cybexx

    Microsoft has been leaking studios so its good to see them acquire someone who makes sense, they need someone who knows how to make decent Kinect games. I actually expected them to pick up Harmonix before they bought themselves because locking them down to develop Dance Central made sense to me.

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    #59  Edited By 617_jbug

    Microsoft should give those guys the Banjo franchise to work on.

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    #60  Edited By BlatantNinja23

    Awesome, couldn't be happier for them. Hopefully this means they get more support, both money and marketing wise

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    #61  Edited By infininja

    @onan said:

    @CaLe said:

    What a terrible opening paragraph. I don't even wanna read the rest now.

    You didn't miss much. I don't think Alex actually explained what was happening, he was so caught up in his attempts to make jokes about it.

    Are they now first party? Officially second party? Do they remain autonomous?

    This this this and this. I have no idea what happened in this article.

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    #62  Edited By Example1013

    Well I already love Anne Hathaway anyways, but can I still get casual sex with her?

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    #63  Edited By AssInAss

    Oh shit, what if Twisted Pixel's next game doesn't hit sales expectations? What kind of deal is this? Quotas? Deadlines?

    I'm scared, someone hold me.

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    #64  Edited By Dread612

    Soooo forget their games every coming out for the PC then?

    Enjoy your payday gentlemen. We'll see you again when you leave your studio in a few years to start a new studio because of "creative" differences with Microsoft.

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    #65  Edited By LegalBagel

    I get trying to have style and not just regurgitate press releases, but a three paragraph extended joke to start your article might be a bit much.

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    #66  Edited By FreakAche

    I would actually care about Halo 4 if Twisted Pixel was involved. Make it happen!

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    #67  Edited By MajorToms
    @Infininja said:

    @onan said:

    @CaLe said:

    What a terrible opening paragraph. I don't even wanna read the rest now.

    You didn't miss much. I don't think Alex actually explained what was happening, he was so caught up in his attempts to make jokes about it.

    Are they now first party? Officially second party? Do they remain autonomous?

    This this this and this. I have no idea what happened in this article.

    You're all freaking out over nothing. I enjoyed the article even if it was derived of any actual news you couldn't extract from the obviously joking headline. And while we're on the subject of jokes, if you can't handle a little poke in the belly then stop calling yourself the Pillsbury Doughboy (don't click links to articles that are obviously going to have jokes in them).  It's not hard. Maybe Giantbomb isn't for you?
     
    Has there been any official word as to whether they're first/second/third party?? does it really matter? they're getting funding to do what they do best and that's make interesting, entertaining, obscure games.
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    #68  Edited By CaLe

    @MajorToms: The whole of Giant Bomb is not like Alex Navarro, he's the only one doing shit like that.

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    #69  Edited By onan

    @MajorToms said:

    @Infininja said:

    @onan said:

    @CaLe said:

    What a terrible opening paragraph. I don't even wanna read the rest now.

    You didn't miss much. I don't think Alex actually explained what was happening, he was so caught up in his attempts to make jokes about it.

    Are they now first party? Officially second party? Do they remain autonomous?

    This this this and this. I have no idea what happened in this article.

    You're all freaking out over nothing. I enjoyed the article even if it was derived of any actual news you couldn't extract from the obviously joking headline. And while we're on the subject of jokes, if you can't handle a little poke in the belly then stop calling yourself the Pillsbury Doughboy (don't click links to articles that are obviously going to have jokes in them). It's not hard. Maybe Giantbomb isn't for you? Has there been any official word as to whether they're first/second/third party?? does it really matter? they're getting funding to do what they do best and that's make interesting, entertaining, obscure games.

    No one's freaking out, there was just no news in this newspost. Re-read it. It's cute, but it just assumes you already know what happened and is cracking jokes about it. This is the first time I've seen this on Giantbomb. Alex usually jokes around about the news more than most writers on this site, making his style more like what you'd see on Joystiq, but in this case it wasn't clear what happened. It even makes the attempt at comedy suffer because you're not clear what the joke is in reference to.

    For the sake of comparison:

    http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/12/microsoft-buys-indie-developer-twisted-pixel/

    And that was written by Justin McElroy, a man who writes some of his game reviews in the form of goofy short stories. He made clear that Microsoft has fully acquired Twisted Pixel, and still makes the same marriage gag Alex makes. He also addresses the concerns people are having about the whole Rare-getting-gutted thing in this thread in the same article.

    All I'm saying is the fact I had to go to another site to get my news because I didn't understand what was being implied by a newspost on Giantbomb. It doesn't mean I "can't handle it" or the site isn't for me. It's just not a good thing for Giantbomb from a business standpoint if they're driving traffic elsewhere to get clued in about what's going on in articles on their homepage.

    edit: I just re-read the story myself. Did Alex write a reaction article to Justin McElroy's article on Joystiq? It seems to be his source for this information. That makes a lot more sense.

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    #70  Edited By Karandras

    @AaronChance: Why would you say that? Thats just plain mean....

    Go and sit in the corner and think about what you've done...No, face the wall, no one wants to see you.

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    #71  Edited By ThePilgrums

    Great, time for Microsoft to ruin another developer by shackling them to the Kinect. (R.I.P. Banjo-Kazooie...)

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    #72  Edited By UnrealDP

    Awesome, I love me some Alex articles and it's cool to see Twisted Pixel getting theirs!

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    #73  Edited By PulledaBrad

    Alex, I love ya bub, but damn. Not once in your article did you simply state "Microsoft buys/partners with Twisted Pixel". You kept using euphemisms for it and it dosent seem like a professional article. I do dig your sense of humor, but in a news report, turn it down a bit.

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    #74  Edited By prestonhedges

    For those particularly fond of Twisted Pixel's unique identity within the game industry, this might sound an alarm of change forthcoming.

    Not until you say it over and over again and write up a whole news article about it. I'm also not sure why video game journalists feel the need to allay any fears I might have, though I guess that's more a problem with entertainment news than just video games.

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    #75  Edited By bundle85

    I guess this means Twisted Pixel is making Conker's Badder Fur Day...

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    #76  Edited By Davin

    Even before I clicked on this story I muttered "Fuck" to myself. Do these type of announcements ever end well? I hope we don't get another news story a year or two down the road about Twisted Pixel being shuttered.

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    #77  Edited By hbi2k
    For those particularly fond of Twisted Pixel's unique identity within the game industry, this might sound an alarm of change forthcoming. However, speaking to Joystiq, Microsoft's Phil Spencer made it clear the company has no interest in messing with a good thing.

    Oh, good. That makes this way different than all those times large corporations have purchased smaller companies and then released a statement saying, "Oh, yeah, we're only interested in the brand name. We're going to gut this sucker like a fish. Really get in there and micromanage, change their whole corporate culture, and of course let a bunch of people go."

    I mean, seriously, what do you EXPECT him to say? It's not that I expect that Microsoft is actually going to change things at TP-- at least until/unless they release an underperforming game at which point all bets are off-- but these sorts of "reassuring" statements mean exactly zip and null.

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    #78  Edited By tourgen

    full time kinect games then?

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    #79  Edited By Summoboomo

    @Dread612 said:

    Soooo forget their games every coming out for the PC then?

    Microsoft's supposed to be launching this XBL for the PC thing at some point, so maybe not!

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    #80  Edited By veektarius

    Probably tried a little too hard on this one, Alex.

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    #81  Edited By niccoles

    This could be very beneficial for all involved but time will tell...

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    #82  Edited By crusader8463

    @Summoboomo said:

    @Dread612 said:

    Soooo forget their games every coming out for the PC then?

    Microsoft's supposed to be launching this XBL for the PC thing at some point, so maybe not!

    Microsoft has a very long history of going out of its way to screw over gaming on PC. So I will believe otherwise when they finally do something good for PC as a gaming platform.

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    #83  Edited By cowswithguns

    This article could have been 2 sentences but it was drawn out to the point of awesome! Well done!

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    #84  Edited By Brackynews

    Again with the child brides? Here's hoping their newfound second-party wealth means a budget line for hair gel, and not just extra barrels of moustache wax. (Unless it's exploding moustache wax.)

    @Dread612 said:

    Soooo forget their games every coming out for the PC then?

    Did you mean to say PS3? Because lots of Microsoft-published games are on Windows. ;)

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    #85  Edited By coakroach

    More FMV. NOW.

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    #86  Edited By Raven10

    "I lived through the integration of FASA, through Bungie, the integration of Digital Anvil..."

    I have bad news for you dude. Two of those companies were shut down less than five years after you bought them, and one fled after you made them make the same game over and over again for a decade. Not exactly inspiring words right there.

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    #87  Edited By jkuc316

    Fuck,there goes my hopes to play anything Twisted Pixel.

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    #88  Edited By zityz

    Wait. People actually WANT another Night Trap? oh dear god! If you want Twisted Pixel to take an already horrid Sega CD game and make it funny AND enjoyable. I'd say have them remake Tomcat Alley. At least you'll be able to bear with it at that point.

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    #89  Edited By FunkyHugo

    So long Twisted Pixel.

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    #90  Edited By Tesla

    Twisted Pixel makes very average games. But boy they sure are funny! Beards and whatnot...

    Anyway, congrats to those who stand to make some cash off this.

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    #91  Edited By Evilsbane

    Mad Dog...Halo...fucking awesome.

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    #92  Edited By yukoasho

    @PulledaBrad said:

    Alex, I love ya bub, but damn. Not once in your article did you simply state "Microsoft buys/partners with Twisted Pixel". You kept using euphemisms for it and it dosent seem like a professional article. I do dig your sense of humor, but in a news report, turn it down a bit.

    You only noticed that Alex is unable to communicate without bad analogies now?

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