General Gaming News

[Sly Boots]

The impression I got was that it was only temporarily dead, and they're going to keep at it.

Sony haven't made any commitments either way. I wouldn't be surprised to see it return with a free to play model but I also wouldn't be surprised if we never saw it again.

Yeah, there was a decent PCG article this morning giving real-life examples of the different options Sony now has, with the Amazon shooter I've forgotton the name of but which is easy to confuse/conflate with Concord as the most likely one: being taken offline 'temporarily' and just quietly never reappearing.

Interesting read though:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry ... ened-next/

[Wrathbone]

It strikes me as a game that was miscalculated at every level, from conception to release:

- Overcrowded genre
- Poundshop Guardians of the Galaxy characters
- Uninspiring gameplay
- Trailer with failed attempts at humour
- Poorly marketed before release
- Wrong sales model / price point

Going F2P would grab a few more people, no doubt, but the core of the game doesn't appear to be worth salvaging.

[Sly Boots]

Weird one this, the entire management and 20-odd staff of publisher Annapurna Interactive quit at once after discussions with the owner, effectively shuttering them immediately:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry ... -en-masse/

One thing I was hoping to learn, and which the article doesn't cover, is why they felt it was so important to break away from the parent company?

[Animalmother]

https://news.abplive.com/technology/don ... hy-1717268

A spokesperson of the company told Bloomberg that the video game publisher's president Nathan Gary had been negotiating with Annapurna Pictures' founder Megan Ellison regarding a spinoff to make Annapurna Interactive into a different identity. The parties explored the possibility, but the discussion went south. Gary and other executives of the publisher resigned and walked out. Other members of the team followed them and walked out too.

Not much info really

[Sly Boots]

https://news.abplive.com/technology/don ... hy-1717268

A spokesperson of the company told Bloomberg that the video game publisher's president Nathan Gary had been negotiating with Annapurna Pictures' founder Megan Ellison regarding a spinoff to make Annapurna Interactive into a different identity. The parties explored the possibility, but the discussion went south. Gary and other executives of the publisher resigned and walked out. Other members of the team followed them and walked out too.

Not much info really

I've read a few suggestions that Ellison may be awful to work with/for, which could explain why they wanted to break from her parent company and why they all quit when she refused

[Animalmother]

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/next- ... 0-6526511/

Not much info but it's a return to modern day, 64 players and specialists have been dropped. Wouldn't hold my breath on it being up to scratch on launch as every other one has been a shit show.