Rifts to be officially, no-shit published under a different ruleset

Source: Kevin Siembieda himself — can't get the link Vforum function to work on the iPad for some reason, so here goes: http://ift.tt/1E1ldOT

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Originally Posted by Kevin Siembieda, on the Palladium website Rifts® is heating up There has been a flurry of interest in Rifts® by third parties these past few months. Nothing big like a Walt Disney movie yet (waaahh, are they ever going to make a Rifts® movie?!), but a few things we think you’ll find fun and exciting. Something new and exciting. In an effort to truly expand Rifts® across the Megaverse®, in cooperation with Palladium Books, another role-playing game company is currently adapting the Rifts® Earth setting to that company’s RPG system of rules, as well as producing adventure sourcebooks. This is only the second time in Palladium’s history that an outside company will create new game material under a different set of rules. Rumor Squashing: No, Palladium is NOT going to stop publishing Rifts®, nor change to a completely different set of rules. Far from it. In fact, Palladium expects to release six new Rifts® titles in 2015 and 98% of all Rifts® titles are in stock and available for purchase right now! The idea is that by offering Rifts® via another game company’s set of popular rules it creates a parallel dimension of gaming enjoyment. An expanding Megaverse®, if you will. This is a bit of an experiment, but we are excited to see how it all unfolds.

I remain vaguely skeptical that this will actually see the light of day, but... holy shit.

Wonder who the mystery licensee is? Pinnacle/Savage Worls? Evil Hat/FATE? SJG/GURPS? Someone else entirely? Hell, maybe even WotC/5e?

Rifts to be officially, no-shit published under a different ruleset