http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33073/Autodesk_To_Buy_Scaleform_For_36M.php Interesting turn of events for anyone who uses Autodesk products like myself. We might be seeing another UI overhaul in the near future.
I highly doubt a bunch of their software will get a huge UI overhaul with Scaleform. Autodesk wants a monopoly. They want to control a ton of middleware for games, the same way they control a ton of middleware for movies. Autodesk already owns other game-related middleware (like Beast and Kynapse), and that hasn't trickled…