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Dear Activision, You Are The Devil

Ever since Activision launched Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in 2007, Activision has been digging itself a hole ever since. With the horrible lag that was found in just about every multiplayer match of Call of Duty 4 to the milking of the Call of Duty franchise to death and beyond. Activision has been a disgrace to gaming industry.

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Forbidden_Darkness5158d ago

LOL, yeah. Read the whole blog and theres another awesome picture.

dangert125158d ago

if this is yourz props a great read and all true

Forbidden_Darkness5158d ago

@Dangert12: Yes it is mine. Thanks, glad you enjoyed reading it. I'll be posting anothing one soon about the console wars, stay tuned.

WildArmed5158d ago

So.. is this our activision hating#32 article now?

xXRight3yeXx5158d ago

F Activision. I hate MW2 now. Played it for about 340 hours before stopping and now i can't continue because if i do, i feel disgusted.

Anon73495158d ago

Except when you said "That’s why you should stop supporting Activision and support publishers like Codemasters, Ubisoft, Atlus, EA, Sega and more."

Ubisoft, EA and Sega are almost or just as poisonous to the industry as Activision is.

Sega with their Bayonetta port, Cutting Content from Yakuza 3 and various other stunts.

EA with their rehash after rehash, and their DLC bullcrap. Although EA is quickly redeeming themselves be supporting new IPs and new developers.

Ubisoft with their DLC bullcrap, their PC stunts, and a few other shady tactics.

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-Alpha5158d ago

I take all your money
I don't like to make new IPs
I screw developers
I overcharge our products
I like to turn our developers against their fans
Most of our top franchises are recycled
EA was our teacher. We have dethroned them since.

Anyone?

DaTruth5158d ago

The student surpasses the master!

gtamike1235158d ago

so true but it's easy don't but their games really I don't :)

Forbidden_Darkness5158d ago

I hope you liked reading my blog :)

More to come soon

DaTruth5158d ago (Edited 5158d ago )

Bobby, where are my Tenchu PSOne classics and my next gen Tenchu(not Tenchu Z)

If you don't want it anymore, please sell the IP!

TheDeadMetalhead5157d ago

They also need to sell Vigilante 8. That XBLA remake was a disgrace.

AliTheBrit195158d ago

I never thought I would be one of those guys

But I will never give Activision my money again.

If they publish a game that I really do want, I will buy it second hand off eBay.

F*ck them.

tdogchristy905158d ago

I could not agree more. I love call of duty for the story aspect but activision is done it in, I will never buy anything from them again. If I do pick up MW3 it will be to keep the story intact and will be a second hand buy so they don't get my money.

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Anyone else not blown away with graphics these days? Me neither

Talal writes: "I'm talking about having that rush of excitement - that feeling you get when you know you've just made a memory for a lifetime."

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OptimusDK2h ago

There are different games. Some have gamplay at it highest priority, some have the story, some have the replay value and choices... There are a lot of different game experiences.

It is laughable that just now graphics does not have anything to do with that experiene. We have had many games of that type over time. This is just the one that have come closest to feel like playing an actual movie. Just look the the Digital foundry walkthrough it is a masterpiece in that perspective and hence wrth trying. But yes do not do it for the gameplay - but that was never the goal of this experience.

MyDripMyDripO2h ago

Of course Christopher would submit this lol.

PS fanboys like Christopher for years: “OMG visuals!”
Xbox releases a game with better visuals than any Sony game: “visuals don’t matter!”

Giga_Gaia1h ago

Not better than any Sony games. Hellblade 2 visuals aren't really impressive and anything we haven't seen. Plus everything else about the game is shit. Wouldn't be different if it was multiplatform.

MyDripMyDripO1h ago

No Sony game looks as good as HB2. Not even close

Eonjay1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

You mist be late to the party.
Christopher submits most VideoGamer articles... because N4G is owned by VideoGamer...

Nevermind alt...

MyDripMyDripO1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

And 100% of those articles just happen to be negative Xbox and positive PlayStation 😂😂

Remember when we had 1 approved article for PS layoffs and 100 approved duplicate articles for Xbox layoffs?

😂😂

1Victor1h ago

@obcurednewaccount: “Of course Christopher would submit this lol.”
You don’t learn do you expect to be closed soon 🤦🏿🤣
The graphics in the industry are getting less shocking than 10-15 years ago but now and then we get games that look great like like this new game from ninja theory.

MyDripMyDripO1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

“ You don’t learn do you expect to be closed soon ”

English mothafucka - do you speak it!?

1Victor52m ago

@obscureotheraccountsoontobeba nned: “English mothafucka - do you speak it!?”
🧐Tally ho good sir and good luck in your future endeavors looking for a new name less peasant 🧐

jjb198152m ago

Nothing to see here in the above comment but another alt account splooging over a glorified photo mode.

MyDripMyDripO47m ago

PS fans love a good photo mode though, no?

Or did that goalpost move now that an Xbox game looks better?

Elda7m ago(Edited 5m ago)

Imo Stellar Blade looks way better than the bland & drab Hellblade 2 & the gameplay in Stellar Blade is top notch, immensely fun than Hellblade 2. Horizon Forbidden West graphics look way better than Hellblade 2 as well.

MyDripMyDripO3m ago(Edited 2m ago)

Of course a PS fanboy would say that though.

And SB is made for weebs who jack it in their parents basement

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Kneetos1h ago

Mario kart 8 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Sonic18811h ago

Horizon forbidden West has great graphics and great gameplay

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The Indie Games Scene Is Carrying The Gaming Industry At This Point

Indie games are single-handedly carrying the gaming industry right now and it's about time they get their deserved recognition.

shinoff21831h ago

Idk about numbers but it certainly seems so. I'm cool with indies so no biggie.

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai17h ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19728h ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot7h ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19728h ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel1d 1h ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz6h ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay6h ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).