Years past, the list of games showing at E3 has been absolutely huge. This year, not so. The list contains games from just 10 publishers. 25 other publishers are listed, with their games yet to be announced.
Notable entries so far include:
* Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
* Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations (Capcom)
* Turok (Disney)
* Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
* Unreal Tournament 3 (Midway)
* Little Big Planet (Sony)
While many gaming layoffs are cruel, Tango Gameworks being culled after Hi-Fi Rush doesn't even make sense.
Good read. I think the point is important. Cuz the message it sends is, make a bad game? Well shut you down. Make a good game? We still might shut you down. How the fuck are you supposed to feel any sense of job security under those conditions. The level of core incompetence at play in the upper levels of this industry is staggering. This is common sense shit. You can’t chase trends on a 2 year cycle when games take fucking 6-8 years to make. Just let artists fucking art for gods sake. They don’t understand the basic principle that they’re all haggling for the same slice of fucking pie and the market will not bear it. Find a different fucking pie.
"The sudden closure of several video-game studios at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division was the result of a widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished.
This week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.
Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said.
Game Pass has not seen the massive growth that Xbox boss Phil Spencer may have been hoping for."
"Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said"
So what you're saying is...you bought all these studios and you guys can't run them.
Jesus.
Reports are suggesting that Game Pass will be getting a price hike soon and that Call of Duty may not be added to the day one offering. I honestly have a hard time believing this but it does beg the question why exactly did GP fail? I think the answer is that it just didn't get the growth that it anticipated. Jim was right but I wish he wasn't because at the end of the day, its gamers, devs and other front-line workers who have to absorb the blow for Spencer and team's miscalculations.
For all the armchair executives who were calling for Sony to release its big-budget AAA games on PS+, the same exact thing would have happened at PlayStation. Game Pass has killed Xbox. Congrats.
"While the 20 year anniversary edition of Nordic Game, NG24 Spring's homepage on 21-24 May in Malmö, Sweden, is getting closer, the organizers announced that more than 150 speakers are now lined up for the show." - Nordic Game.
Err, what list have they been reading. This is the biggest line-up in years. And this is still being added too.
And how can you leave Killzone PS3 out of the notable entries list?
I can't wait for Force Unleashed.
I want to play that game...I bet the target demo is no where near hwo the action is in the demo...KILLZONE lets talk about that for a min either it will be good or bad I wonder is there middle ground for that title...yet there could be like the last title...it wasnt bad jsut wasnt all that great either...I liked it...Also I wonder wat trick xbxo got up here sleeve...I mean 08 is look bleek compared to MGS and final fantasy and the if they make a FF7 remake for ps3(exclusive) people in japan would go crazy and there would be a mild rush here in america...I wanna play R@C just because it looks so damn good..that game looks just as good as gears of war...(my opnion) its not like you can take my bubbles away (xbxots did that already) o yeah jason that comment was cute shout me out again...I love it
Microsoft
TBA
Nintendo
TBA
Sony
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Home (PS3)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
Lair (PS3) (When's this getting released then? Better be right after the show)
LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
SingStar (PS3)
SOCOM Confrontation (PS3)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
Warhawk (PS3)
Those are of note.
A long list haven't listed their games yet, thus a lot more to come:
1C Company
2K Games
Activision
Atlus Software
Bethesda Softworks
Codemasters
Crave Entertainment
Eidos Interactive
Foundation 9 Entertainment
GSC GameWorld
id Software
Konami Digital Entertainment
Majesco Entertainment
Microsoft
Namco Bandai Games
Natsume
NCSoft
Nintendo
Rebellion
SEGA
Sierra Entertainment
Square Enix
THQ
Ubisoft
Warner Bros. Interactive
All not listed anything YET