Wasn’t that Quake, not DOOM?

Well that tracks as Eli Roth has never made a good film.

Despite the article talking about crashes, that outfit from Threads really makes me want to play!

I was semi-joking, but I also didn’t click the link.

Bro, no-one’s clicking a link with “spyware” in the URL.

Interesting, you sound like a 12 year old on Fortnite.

I think generally the majority of developers do think like this. They’re normally the ones passionate about good games and see fads and trends for what they are. Unfortunately it is not usually these developers in control of major decisions or greenlighting projects at [large] games studios. Even less so at publishers.

Looks interesting, but sounds like it is not really set up to be the competitive shooter it wants to be and might just be a cash grab. The change from having steam traded skins to non tradable skin packs is a particular red flag.

I wouldn’t say Metroid and Castlevania merging into the name of a new genre label is quite the same as expecting every game with the word “Soul” in the title to be a souls-like.

Rogue has a similar problem sure, but I don’t think it’s at the point of expecting every game using the word to be a Rogue-like. Recent example 40k: Rogue Trader.

Its a bit odd if a genre can have a monopoly on a word which has been used throughout games involving any magic or mysticism since the 80’s

Kinda. On PC you still use the Xbox app and game pass has Xbox branding. It’s not just about OS, it’s about store sales.

My point is that technically everyone that bought it bought it on iOS. The figures are the same whether you look at iOS sales, MacOS sales or “Apple ecosystem” sales.

Ok but we are taking about the ecosystem. Should we start saying “Xbox ecosystem” for everything on game pass, or the “Steam ecosystem” for games that work on PC and Steam Deck?

Leaving the EU was a major problem. All game developers in other EU countries pull from all over the EU for their talent pool, but that’s much harder for the UK now.

So you mean to say you can play on all iOS devices?

This reminds me of Sensible Soccer and I love it.

Someone should write them a strongly worded letter for infringing on white representation and ruining the man’s good reputation.

They’re technically interdimensional beings. They were worshipped as Gods by the Norse, not literally Nordic humans.

Also, it’s yet another hero shooter. Have we not moved onto another trend yet?

Good to see. I really enjoyed the demo and have it wishlisted. Poor choice of release date in my opinion though. I was never going to be prepared to buy a full price game the day after the Steam Sale finished.

Addicted to reading drivel.

I wouldn’t mind if my kids were glued to books all day, but newspaper opinion pieces should only be used as toilet paper.

I don’t understand his point. He’s saying the engine was not built for shooters, but wasn’t the engine first used in The Division? I would describe that as a shooter.

But they hit so many buzzwords. 20 year old buzzwords even!

But who is going to implement the AI policy? I thought they sacked everyone.

Germany really getting some host advantage here. Honestly can’t believe there was no foul given on the first goal.

A remaster is in no way the same as the original. I understand you’re putting forward the business reason for it being delisted, and that is probably the true reason, but that doesn’t make it less scummy.

This article makes me wonder if it was becoming insanely expensive to produce. It always seemed like an expensive choice to sign Rod Humble to make his own studio from scratch in California. They are probably very glad to get that off the expenses.

It doesn’t seem likely at the moment. It’s a whole mess and it doesn’t look like the outcome is going to benefit the original creators, the usurpers, or us fans.

I’m very surprised by the discourse in this thread. I understand that people were given lots of warning, but that doesn’t excuse that they just had their purchase recinded. Why not just allow download of an old version of Minecraft Java still?

I’d consider myself a Microsoft fanboy as I’ve had Xbox live for nearly 2 decades and Game Pass since it came into existence. Removing people’s purchases for any reason is a scummy move.

What a weird article. When I think of hybrid I immediately think that means hybrid working model (some days in office some from home).

Having studios in two different countries working together doesn’t feel like a remarkable feat in this day and age and worldwide collaboration is pretty much the norm in any sizable developer.

Whatever game they end up putting out, it’s going to be Disco Elysium in name only and I hope it doesn’t fool anyone into buying it.

As other comments have said, they aren’t even doing game streaming, just mobile games. You can already download mobile games through heir app on a phone with a subscription.

And Steam didn’t really fail, it excels at streaming games around a network. Xbox games can all be streamed with game pass and its pretty good.

From the thumbnail I thought it was a new Destiny expansion. Worth a watch though, could be an interesting co-op game.

I’m all for stopping games and punishing fans for slurs being used, but this seems like a really weird one to draw the line at.

Got to at least make it look like a finished product so you can write the tax off!

I also had the same question and it seems like you just need to have an Nvidia account to get it them.

I’m conflicted. Most of the current skins are kinda mil-sim, or at least a bit dystopia future. It’s arcadey, but still kind of gritty. Throwing Rabbids in there is going to be wild.

I’m mainly on the fence about whether I should join Team Rabbid to troll those that want it to be serious and help pollute the lobby.

Interesting, thanks for the link!

I wonder how this is going to shake out in the long term. A lot of studios are set up in Montreal purely because of the tax breaks and it’s evidently easy enough for some to close down or move away. It’s certainly not going to be a destination companies will look to set up new studios or offshoots in the future if the tax breaks are less enticing than even other Canadian provinces.

Did something change with the games industry tax breaks in Montreal/Canada? It feels like a lot of Montreal based layoffs lately.

The man doesn’t want the industry to thrive, he wants money in his own pocket ASAP.

Development, yes. Executives, the sky is the limit.

Especially when you have a great success, like laying off tonnes of your employees, which Embracer has been leading the charge on.