At this point, Wildlight Entertainment’s Highguard is about as dead of a horse as it can be. It looked mid when it was revealed, it turned out to be mid when it was released, and its (very likely) failure has been examined and mocked from just about every angle. I didn’t (and still don’t) have…
Tag: AAA Gaming
The Writing’s on the Wall
A recent article by journalist Jason Schreier on Obsidian, the studio responsible for The Outer Worlds and Grounded series, and Avowed, to name just a couple of its very recent credits, has been weaving its way through the news and social outlets. It’s an interesting read. While it’s focus is on the studio’s re-invention efforts,…
Ubisoft CEO Blames Organized Criticism For Poor Game Reception
The more I see and hear from the executives in charge of major AAA gaming companies, the more convinced I become that they truly neither care about their product, nor do they want to. While they still make stupid amounts of money thanks to the casual audience, AAA is nonetheless becoming less and less relevant…
Marathon is Everything Wrong with AAA Gaming
With just about everyone out there weighing in on the Marathon situation, I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to write anything about it myself. After all, what is there to add at this point? It’s a terrible situation that was entirely avoidable, and is likely to lose Sony an insane amount of money and…
What is the Lesson of the Oblivion Remaster?
Despite being shadow-dropped, the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster is enjoying tremendous success, supposedly selling over 2 million copies and topping 4 million players in its first week. Naturally, many are seeking to hold it up as some sort of lesson for the AAA gaming business, but what exactly that lesson is seems to depend…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Already Cleared 1 Million Copies Sold
While the Oblivion remake is probably the year’s biggest surprise release so far, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is perhaps its biggest surprise hit. The hybrid action RPG has, as announced by the developers themselves, already sold over 1 million copies, and it’ll likely continue to sell as word continues to spread. Actually, if it weren’t…
PS5 UI Update Reportedly Brought Unwanted Ads With It
So, earlier this month, Sony rolled out a UI update for the PS5. Its main feature is a customizable home screen that’ll display different things based on how users are interested in seeing and how they arrange it. However, it seems it’s also come with the unwanted addition of ads in a manner somewhat similar…
Embracer Group Shuts Down Pieces Interactive
Another AA developer joins the ever-growing pile of husks being left in the wake of major publishers. This time it’s Pieces Interactive, the studio behind the recent Alone in the Dark remake. The reasons for the studio’s shuttering aren’t clear yet, but speculation has it that it has do to with Alone in the Dark’s…
Team Fortress 2 Gets a Surprise Update
Sometimes you gotta hand it to Valve. While they hardly make games anymore, they have been steadfast in keeping their existing titles in good working order. Case in point: Team Fortress 2. The game released all the way back in 2007, but Valve is still dutifully maintaining it.
Amazon Lays Off Another 180 Employees From Its Games Division
Lays offs are nothing new in the gaming industry. I mean, the business has been infamous for its utter lack of job security for the better part of twenty years now, so it probably doesn’t surprise anyone to hear that people are losing their jobs. What is a little surprising though, is that anybody expected…
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