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Saints Row IV "Independence Day" Trailer Analysis

We’re pumped for superpowers, aliens, and AMERICA in Saints Row IV. Here’s why.

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TwistedMetal3957d ago

lol how Is this game not out yet? I thought this was gonna be out a long time ago? and I hope they don't plan on releasing it the same time as gta 5.

Yukicore3957d ago

It would be only their loss, their advantage would be that they can release it before GTA V and get money from some of the GTA V fans who are waiting for the game to come out.

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Bethesda & Xbox To Meet Up With Laid-Off Deep Silver Volition Employees

According to a LinkedIn post, Bethesda and Xbox Game Studio representatives will meet up with Deep Silver Volition employees.

shinoff2183235d ago (Edited 235d ago )

That's pretty cool, but didn't they just lay of 10k as a whole. Reportedly some from the gaming division even.

Confused in pa.

Sonyslave3235d ago

Yes they did , it the circle of life in the tech bizz.

blackblades235d ago

Circle of life of meh games

mkis007234d ago (Edited 234d ago )

This is called good PR. And an opportunity to hire veterans over scrubs.

phoenixwing234d ago

Not to call them scrubs but yeah some veteran devs are more welcome than others with less experience

Flakegriffin233d ago (Edited 233d ago )

You can hire veterans all day long but it’s the talent Microsoft lacks.

Zeref234d ago (Edited 234d ago )

It was mostly outside of gaming. Most of the game studios weren't affected besides 343i and Coalition from what I recall

Charlieboy333234d ago (Edited 234d ago )

But of course. Just look at the latest Saint's Row....that is exactly the level of quality and writing that Xbox strives for these days.

Aloymetal233d ago

Nope, like Redfall, Craig infinite

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ravens52234d ago

There u go. This is way more acceptable than buying up studios. Buy individual talent until you strengthen your already owned studios. 👏🏽

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Saints Row & Red Faction IPs Will Be Kept Alive Despite Volition's Closure

Today publisher Deep Silver took to X (formerly Twitter) to follow up on the announcement of the closure of Saints Row developer Volition.

Terry_B249d ago

Who knows...maybe we see a remastered SR2 after all and a new studio that makes good SR games again. Still..thanks a ton Volition for the excellent Punisher Video game

Christopher249d ago

We will keep making money off of these by giving them to new teams with zero experience with them.

DarXyde248d ago (Edited 248d ago )

Not necessarily a bad thing having zero experience. Insomniac took a crack at Spider-Man and did it very well. Sucker Punch also made Ghost of Tsushima. Heck, some would say Ninja Theory did a great job with DmC.

jambola248d ago

None of those are new teams

DarXyde247d ago

jambola,

Perhaps we're looking at "new teams" differently. I mean handing it off to a different team (one with no experience in these franchises or types of games). I don't mean a newly formed team.

But even then...a new team doesn't mean they're new to game development.

I'd also like your input on where The Initiative stands. They're new in the sense they've yet to produce any games and formed relatively recently, but comprised of industry veterans.

chicken_in_the_corn248d ago

I'd love another Saints Row game but I can't see it happening after the response to the reboot.

Battlestar23248d ago

I enjoyed the Saints Row reboot and i hope we see more titles in the franchise.

cammers1995248d ago

Reboot was trash and killed the developer.

ChiefofLoliPolice248d ago

I'm very happy to know the SR and RF franchises won't die. RF was a revolutionly fps at the time and loved the 4 og SR games.

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Christopher250d ago

Kind of sucks, but to be understood. I feel bad for the talent there who fall due to the decisions of the few and not because they aren't good at what they do.Hope those who deserve it land safely with other teams.

darthv72250d ago

...and as a parting hooray, they are letting Sony give their game away on PS+.

Christopher250d ago

They also made them port it to Steam (was Epic only) so Embracer can rake in money from that over the years.

Lionsguard249d ago

I would pay extra to not have it in my library.

dumahim250d ago

Quite the shame. I really enjoyed the Saints Row games prior to Agent of Mayhem.

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HankHill250d ago

It was a shell since most of the original developers left years ago. They haven't made a good game in 10 years imo.

It still sucks though. R.I.P.

seaboy1200250d ago

I agree. New people screwed it up, shame to lose this franchise. Well for now at least. I wonder if anybody else will take the series on

DarXyde249d ago

Scary thought when you consider R* is not really R* anymore either.

StrangeDerp248d ago

@DarXyde Let's face reality and accept the facts, because it's irrelevant that Leslie Benzies and Dan Houser left rockstar games, because Leslie Benzies left rockstar games in (2016) and it made no difference to GTA Online updates or GTA Online gameplay and Dan Houser left rockstar games in (2020), and Dan Houser ONLY wrote the GTA Story for GTA Single Player, and Dan Houser wasn't a programmer or gameplay designer lol.

Leslie Benzies (Producer) leaving rockstar games in (2016) and Dan Houser (GTA Single Player Story Writer) leaving rockstar games in (2020) isn't going to affect GTA 6 gameplay or GTA 6 Online Multiplayer, because they aren't programmers and they don't create the gameplay design, the GTA world, GTA Online, etc.

if GTA 6 Single Player Story Mode is worse than GTA 5's, who cares ?, because most people will only be playing GTA 6 Online Multiplayer after they have finished GTA 6 Single Player Story Mode anyway, because GTA Single Player Story Mode / Free Roam can only entertain most people for so long, until it becomes boring and repetitive.

There are still millions of people playing GTA Online to this day, and there is probably a lot more people playing GTA Online than GTA 5 Single Player.

Have you seen the trash games that Leslie Benzies and Dan Houser are working on ?, Leslie Benzies is working on a trash game called "Everywhere", and Dan Houser invested in a blockchain games company called "Revolving Games", Leslie Benzies and Dan Houser have seriously embarrassed themselves lol.

Here's the video trailer for Leslie Benzies boring and uninteresting looking game called "Everywhere", and here's the article link about Dan Houser investing in a blockchain games company called "Revolving Games", this is beyond embarrassing for Leslie Benzies and Dan Houser lol.

Everywhere Gamescom Teaser 2022
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser invests in blockchain games studio, joins its advisory board
https://www.videogameschron...

-Foxtrot250d ago

It's a shame for people to loose their jobs but these guys did make fun of gamers for pointing out how bad this looked rather than taking criticism on board.

What the hell were these guys thinking

They didn't just ruin their studio they literally tanked a franchise.

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