"With the popularity of the internet allowing for a huge amount of transparency in politics, how can video games keep up with modern ethics without trampling on country boundaries?" | Explosion.com
The Marvel Rivals closed alpha test has begun. On the surface, things seem to be fine, but creators who are joined into their creator program are signing a contract that forbids them from saying negative things about the game.
How can you trust people when you have shit like this going on
Honestly I think the game looks average first impressions wise and will probably die off within a year or so.
Jeez man we want games to grow and develop and if we're prevented from that this is how games dying amidst other complications.
The Arrowhead Game Studios CEO has shed some new light on the mass restrictions of Helldivers 2 in 180 countries.
The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.
well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3
But who knows, Dishonored 3 could have been Austins next project, so might be cancelled.
Not even this Prey
Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy
The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.
Same Bethesda basically screwed over the original developer team human head back around 2011 so it was really never going to come despite a honestly amazing trailer. I liked prey 2017 but it always held a stink of disappointment due to what we never got
I really didn't like this game, tried it because of how loved the original Prey was, played the demo of this one and thought it was garbage, it didn't feel nice/fun to play.
Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.
Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.
Those people will just argue that Arkane Austin and Tango would've been shut down either way.
Zenimax allready put them in a tight spot by demanding them to do a multiplayer title. So it's not unlikely, considering how bad the game performed. They didn't stand a chance. MS had the money to save them and to correct Zenimax' mistakes.
Hopefully people don't try to create controversy on purpose in video games. But I am all for exploring social and ethical issues in the world today. That's why I loved Deus Ex Human Revolution so much and believe it has a legitimate chance at being a good movie if they do it right. Exploring ethics in stories are what makes some TV Shows, Movies, Etc. better than others and I welcome that in games.
But I think the FF14 gay marriage thing will end up being a bigger deal than it needs to be. Same with all this talk about women in games. If people want to debate or send some kind of a message then they should keep it out of games and find another way to express their opinions.
Games should be completely free to explore any subject they want, but to tell the truth, I really don't like when politics are injected into art.
I don't mind when art explores the more general ideologies of politics, but when the subject becomes as specific as the battle between our current day political parties, things often start to feel manipulative and overly suggestive toward one side or the other. Not that it's always handled that way, but too often the subject is treated as a podium for preaching rather than an objective pallet for us to form our own opinions from.
If they mesh it subtly and organically into the game's main story then it's fine.
If it just to stir controversy to rack up free publicity or tacked on because one of the writer have strong personal feeling about a certain topic, then no it's bad for gaming.
TERA is exploring Politics in an MMO environment, but right now, it's still in a VERY early stage...
I play games to get AWAY from politics (unlike most gamers, I actually watch and read the news), and I despise turning on my Xbox 360 only to see Barack Obama or Rachel Maddow or Bill O' Reilly on my dashboard!