RIP Arkane Austin. I know at this point the people who made Prey aren't there anymore but it still stings

    • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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      7 months ago

      They aren't releasing new games or fat DLC season passes this quarter. This is bad for the stonks. stonks-down

      Is it bad for actual real money? Shut the fuck up. STONKS GO UP. stonks-up

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    7 months ago

    focus on high-impact games

    Oh, so Call of Duty

    Great, amazing, thank God we don't have to worry about losing Call of Duty

  • peppersky [he/him, any]
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    7 months ago

    Within the next two decades, all of art and entertainment will be produced under three companies solely as loss-leaders to get people into their eco-systems. People simply don't have enough disposable income to support these industries and the money that is there is concentrated in a handful of big properties. It's basically inevitable.

  • BioWarfarePosadist [she/her, they/them]
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    7 months ago

    This is basically the Microsoft Strategy™.

    They buy out smaller tech companies, squeeze them dry and then close them down.

    This is like what the 15th game studio they've done this to since Rareware in the mid 2000s?

  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Dishonored is legit one of my favorite games ever.

  • sneak100
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    12 days ago

    deleted by creator

  • itappearsthat
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    7 months ago

    Utter stupidity. I mean sure redfall had to die, that shit was never gonna get good, but why the hell did they close the studio. Also did hi-fi rush sell poorly or something?

    • Blep [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      No it sold decently, but most people probably played it on game pass.

        • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
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          7 months ago

          i saw a line about "devastating cuts" at bethesda too, but that never means throwing out incompetents like todd or that other guy we hate because he sucks

        • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]
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          7 months ago

          From what ive heard through the grapevine Bethesda severely underpays talent based on their size and reputation. Fire Todd, keep everyone else and pay them more probably

  • companero [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/arkane-founder-teases-his-next-project-a-retro-sci-fi-first-person-game-and-now-im-thinking-a-whole-lot-about-the-prey-sequel-we-never-got/

    The game director of Prey is working on something that sounds similar with his own studio. I'm holding out hope, even though their last game (Weird West) wasn't that good.

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      I didn't like Weird West at all really but I'm willing to give Not-Prey 2 a shot for sure

  • dkr567 [comrade/them, he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Of course the incompetent fucks at Bethesda game studios are left intact while developers that actually made an interesting game (Tango) gets gutted.