VU Games posts results, changes name

Other than WoW do they have anything worth getting excited about (not that I find WoW all that exciting anyway, but it does bring in the cash). New name, new logo, only marketing types think it makes a real difference.

They can call themselves "Triple Chocolate Icecream", that doesn't mean they won't still suck.

i wonder who's idea the name change was?

Thank God 2 Fast 2 Furious was never relasesd. *shudders*

yeah...

the best game they released was WOW and the worst i think was 50 Cent Bulletproof...

That is a pretty basic logo, being a graphic designer and all. I wonder how much they paid for it.

nice one...

So now we actually have to call them Vivendi instead of VU? This is an outrage or something!

The name may change, but the crap stays the same!

That's pretty cool.

kool

Nice. except for the 50 cent bulletproof and ice age 2 the game made $$$??? when did that happen ???

Uhh :) It's a wonder! ANy years before i didn't hear this corporation :) But now they changes their logo's :D ...so hard :D

V Games lol

What are we supposed to call the company now that it's no longer VU Games? V for Vendetta Games? :p

I want some money$$$ =)

cool bro real cool

It's gonna be weird calling them V, instead of VU :)

Erebus, the whole Vivendi Universal ownership is a little convoluted, just check the Wikipedia. Vivendi Universal was created in 2000 after merger of Vivendi, Canal+, and Seagram (yes, the booze people), which owned Universal Studios. Vivendi Universal owns 99% of Vivendi Games. Today Vivendi Universal's ownership of Universal Studios is not so dominant. Universal Studios iss a subsidiary of NBC Universal, which was created in the 2004 merger of GE subsidiary NBC and Viviendi Universal's Vivendi Universal Entertainment. Vivendi Universal only owns 20% of NBC Universal, compared to the 99% of Vivendi Games so it makes some sense that Universal Studios is licensing out its movies to other publishers, while Vivendi Games creates games based on other studios like Fox's Ice Age 2. When VU Games had shown loyalty to Universal Studios, it was prior to the merger, resulting in the Hulk game, and the cancelled 2 Fast 2 Furious. However, VU Games still has some intercoprorate loyalty as they published 50 Cent: Bulletproof. 50 Cent is on the G-Unit Label, which is part of Interscope Records, which is part of the Universal Music Group, which is 92% owned by Vivendi Universal. See, it all makes perfect sense!

Yet more proof that WoW > All.

that's good to know, I hope they keep making good games, but take out the 50 cent game please

Dayum, Blizzard gets no press for WoW.

Wait wait, Vivendi Games is a subsidairy of Universal?

Actually, it makes sense to drop the "Universal" from the company name. When Universal's films like "King Kong" and "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" are licensed out to Ubisoft and Namco Bandai, it only leads to brand confusion (or maybe displays a lack of faith in its parent company's subsidiary). By removing Universal from the title, Vivendi Games conveys a certain autonomy from the Universal brand.

So now it's just V Games? weird...

good...

Didnt Majesco do the same thing around this time of the year? Not that I am suggesting anything at all about Vivendi's future.

WoW continues it's dominance... :|

I always hated the "Universal" part. I welcome the change.

wow pwns all other mmos

Wow, that logo is really freaking great. *note the sarcasm*

"... and dynamic and the ambition to offer customers the best products and services." :lol:50 Cent: Bulletproof:lol:

w.o.w is awesome

Maybe, but since is such a great game, you can go ahead and include the month because it will continue selling just as well.

Easier to say, but I like saying VU Games, its easier to remember ^_^

cool, a much shorter name.

WoW is the primary cash crop for Vivendi, especially now that Half Life has gone away.

Its just going to be vivendi now

fun! need more info!

THats neat to hear I wonder what it will now be.