"We think the video game industry is no different than any other that deals with consumers," says the plaintiff's representative, Edelson LLC.
"Sega and Gearbox have been targeted in a class action suit, taken up by legal firm Edelson LLC on behalf of Damion Perrine, alleging that Aliens: Colonial Marines was falsely advertised by showing demos which bore very little relation to the final product. The suit argues that, because of the press embargo that only lifted on the game's February 12th launch, those who bought early or pre-ordered would have had no idea that significant discrepancies between the demo and final game existed."
SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.
Gearbox Entertainment has confirmed layoffs at the company, following the announcement of its sale by Embracer.
I’m glad Embracer is selling them. I hope someone other than MS buys them and frees them up to make great games.
Less than a day after the news that Take-Two Interactive would acquire Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group, layoffs have already begun. In the hours since former Gearbox employees were made redundant, they've taken to Twitter, and while the total number of staff impacted remains hard to determine, it sounds significant.
I am glad to see Gearbox under Take Two. But lay offs I am not surprised they aren't the only company cutting staff and they won't be the last. And I have a feeling the Borderlands movie honestly will tank when it comes out. The cast is just wow a complete mess Lilith is too old Roland is to small and scrawny. They are missing Brick and Mordecai and I don't think Tiny Tina will be as bat shit nuts as she is in the games.
Pfft, literally said yesterday how it must be nerve wracking for the devs and then this shite. People aren't looking to get fired, and these companies don't care in the slightest.
Inflation post 1/20/2020 is really causing pain to everyone. The cherry on top was companies waiting post 11/8/2022 to start doing layoffs. Hmm, I wonder why they waited past that date... Staring with Google in January 2023 and everyone following suit there after.
Companies that over-hire should be fined heavily and the CEO loses his/her bonus during layoffs, and that money can go to the workers that they laid off.
I hope Pitchford got let go for the sake of employee safty. The man is a walking grease fire waiting to happen.
Yeah, because these law-suites always work out. Just like Mass Effect 3's, where they flat out lied and mislead the consumer base without as a much as a "may not represent final product" notice.
"Choices will matter, won't be ABC."
Choices don't matter, was ABC.
Nothing came of that. I doubt anything will come of this. The amount of immunity the game industry receives is disturbing sometimes. Sure, when they have a game with guns, violence or heavens forbid implied sex it will be all over the news but when they lie and cheat the consumer "lol meh its just a video game, they're for kids, lets not care or take it seriously, move along."
Good luck to Edelson, though.
After Alien's Colonial Marines, I just can't feel sorry for Gearbox. They have this coming to them. People where looking forward to a Gearbox game, not an outsourced crap game.
demos should not mislead gamers they should not be released unless it is an outtake of the actual game anything else is misleading
man, they should sue Capcom instead. While you're at it, sue Konami for their false advertisement in Silent Hill HD Collection. They promised they were simply adding more on top of the game, but instead they went in and made some changes. Konami did clean up after their mess in the end though as they let customers switch SH HD with any other game in their library. Capcom's bs on disc locked content is something people should consider suing for.
I kinda feel bad for Sega on this one, From what I read, gearbox stole their money for Aliens, and used it all on Borderlands 2 instead.
Sega gets screwed both ways.