I saw this the other day and fell in love. Thought of this challenge right away: If not this one, then I love concept #2 with the house on the water. Lovely.
Publishing deal, not acquisition. Honestly, the Microsoft purchase of Bungie was more insane... in one fell swoop a PC & Mac game became an Xbox exclusive.
well, according to gaming legend, Warcraft started out as a Warhammer game in the long long ago but the deal fell through and Blizzard turned it into their own game.