They're buying Pixologic too! Whiners are a bit quick to judge this time around, eh? Autodesk's done a fine job with Maya so far, and the next version will have improvements to the viewport geared towards game art. Apples and oranges, but Autodesk isn't the touch of death exactly, so wait and see... erm, motion builder…
Wow. Skymatter was only like 4 dudes or something wasn't it? I'm sure this will make Max/Maya users out there happy. My main concern would be changing the development of Mudbox into a less-friendly user application, more expensive and integration into into Autodesk's existing software (for those that don't use Max or…