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Thief Dev on Next Gen Console Games: “If It’s Not Fun, Then We’ve Failed”

Eidos Montreal producer Stephane Roy recently spoke to Videogamer about developers doing “bigger and better” things with next gen consoles, stating “We will have to be careful because it would be easy [for us to say], ‘it’s more powerful, let’s have more food on the plate’.”

Currently developing the next generation Thief, slated to release on PS4, PC and other next gen consoles, he stated that, “That said, I think now with this technical freedom – it’s not unlimited but we have much more freedom – I think now, the designers and artists will be able to really do what they have in mind.

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An update from Eidos Montréal

Crafting emotions since 2007.

OtterX516d ago

The Embracer Group brings the Embrace of Death, once again.

staticall516d ago

Yeah, they should be renamed to Embarrassment Group at this point. Bought every studio they could lay their hands on just to fire people from them, close them or cancel their games.

ROCKY28516d ago

100 % The CEO is a PIG and it showcases how Embarrassment Group has always been a sham of a company
within the game industry !

Eonjay516d ago

Seems like the most turnover is being generated by companies making acquisitions and cuts.

Abnor_Mal516d ago

Ahhhh a man of culture, Futurama is the best.

thorstein516d ago

It's like they don't know their behinds from their elbows.

UPS just signed all their drivers to a huge contract.

In order to afford the contract, UPS is laying off management.

That's how all of this should work. Lay off management. That's how a business can be more "efficient."

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VincentVanBro516d ago

God this hurts, I love Eidos Montreal. They make great games.

Si-Fly516d ago

They’ve not closed the studio.

VincentVanBro516d ago

I know, but they laid off 97 employees and canceled my most anticipated release from their studio.

Xenial516d ago

Shouldn't laugh because of the situation. But that did make me lol.

Psychonaut85516d ago

Bro f$&k Embracer. How do companies not even understand basic concepts like “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”? And now all these peoples lives are upended because of it.

KwietStorm_BLM516d ago

Fkn trash. They had no business buying up all those studios with house money. I been waiting so long for the next Deus Ex. All these large scale consolidations are bleeding out the industry one at a time.

CantThinkOfAUsername516d ago

They were banking on Saudi money. When the Saudi Government backed down everything fell apart.

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Embracer Group Reportedly Cancels Deus Ex Video Game as Layoffs Hit Eidos Montreal

Embracer Group has reportedly canceled a new Deus Ex game after two years in development and laid off some staff.

thorstein518d ago

The scum of the earth continue to be the scum of the earth.

RaidenBlack518d ago

NOOOoooooooooooo ........
[vader-style]

RaidenBlack518d ago

Who even cancels a new Deus Ex game? Are they stupid or something? Its Deus Ex ffs!
Embracer is now acting worse than Square Enix!

XiNatsuDragnel518d ago

That's sad fr *plays Tokyo ghoul theme song*.

RiseNShine518d ago

Better than Embracer they should be called Dismember.

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Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal are expected to release 5 triple-A games by March 2028 | VGC

Lars Wingefors, the CEO of Crystal Dynamics and Eidos parent company Embracer, provided an update on the group’s pipeline of triple-A projects during a quarterly earnings presentation on Thursday.

He defined triple-A games as titles that have over 100 full-time developers at the peak of their development phase.

They must also have notable or significant marketing budgets and are expected to sell at least two million units.

And if development work is paid for by an external partner, Embracer must also have a notable economic upside.

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Tapani864d ago

I would presume a new Tomb Raider and Deus Ex game is on its way, and a Perfect Dark title, but I do wonder what the other two games might be. Legacy of Kain and one more Marvel game?

Flawlessmic864d ago

Can only hope a new legacy of kain game is coming!!

A new deus ex would be sick as well!!