This morning SOE announced on their forums and social media that they’ve been sold to an investment firm and are no longer under the Sony umbrella. This isn’t the first time a big change has happened to SOE, but it’s by far the biggest.
Daybreak Games announces its strategic investment to acquire Cold Iron Studios, developer of PC and console game based in the Alien universe.
It is not my parade as I have nothing invested in the creation of the game. But I think that if done well the community would like a Massive Online Aliens Shooter. AI2 is not going to happen and I have played GTFO quite a bit, fun game. But not Aliens.
I loved that game and beat it on nightmare but why did it only sell like 3 or 4 million copies?
It could be good if done right. I would think this should be easy as there is a ton of source material.
I think Planetside 2 is a good basis. Alien Infestation and you are part of a large Colonial Marine force sent in to clear it. Unsure if players get to play the Alien as well but who knows. I also think at this point they need to either jump to Next Gen and PC or at the least factor Next Gen in.
Sony wouldn't have let Daybreak go if they felt the studio was going in the right direction and supplying games that would sell.
Also, I have never seen a game taken over by another studio mid-way through development become successful.
I am dubious as to the quality this game will deliver!
They were the victim of circumstance. Fox wanted to go all in on games and took on Cold Iron. Fox was sold to Disney who do not want to be in the AAA game development and want to license out. FOXNext was sold to a Mobile Game company who clearly was not a fit for this type of game as it was console and PC. So they worked away until they found a home that would let them complete the game and release it. If they do not load it wit a subscription and microtransactions it may be ok. If they can do Cross Play and Next-Gen graphics that would help as well.
So, lemme get this straight: you know what the fans want, you've heard the outcries, and you decide to do this?
They announced the game in Jan 2019 so they have not deviated from what they original announcement was. An massive online shooter set in the Alien universe.
Right, but my point is if you're going to make an Aliens game wouldn't you kind of do your due diligence and see what people are wanting?
I think there are many Alien fans who would love a quality shooter as we have not had one since AVP2.
Alien Isolation worked so well, because it fits the alien horror theme on the other hand when you have group of marines, the real alien atmosphere disapears. Shooter will be a lot harder to make it right, after last try (colonial marines) i dont give it much chance... But if the game would be something like multiplayer only: humanVsAlienVsPredator teams asymetrical, gear/gene progression, procedural map generation - this could work for me.
Robert Mueller’s investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken all sorts of strange turns over the past year and a half, but this might be one of the strangest: It turns out that Trump’s lawyer has a circuitous connection to the video game company behind games like H1Z1 and Everquest.
H1Z1 is Russian propaganda that tipped the scales in the 2016 election? Oh it didn’t? Who cares.
I didn’t read it. I was going to until I saw kotaku. That makes interpretation easy, just take the headline and assume the opposite.
@360ice
I'm sure he reads a lot, he probably just doesn't read garbage articles from garbage websites that would turn his brain into faeces.
Trumpers will continue to scream no collusion, while new tides between trump and Russia keep being uncovered.
Oh I forgot Russia gooood, Fbi baaad /s.
Trump is getting stuff done. Is he perfect not even close but it's about time someone in office is doing right by America instead of bending over.
I agree. It seems like many have already made up their mind though, and would rather see nuclear war than see Trump succeed, or even admit that he did something good. I mean, it was bad with the other side too when Obama was president, but this time it's ramped up to a whole other level. Way too much divide in this country.
So you don't care that he has lied continously about his Russian links and the fact that he is being investigated for wide of serious range of crimes. He has barely done anything apart from fighting lawsuits, more rallies, golfing and the typical embarrasing tweets. Also every presidents job is "to do get stuff done"why is the standard so low now for this demented man. For anyone to like Trump you have to overlook sooo sooo much, way too much. The only thing Trump is good at is talking (lying) to his uneducated base.
Atticus you must be uneducated yourself. You probably take what ever the msm tells you. Do you even give him credit for North Korea? For getting Americans back? Getting rid of bad trade? Tax cuts? I would have loved better choices for president but we didn't get that. Hillary would have been nigjtmare.
I dont like trump as a person. But i didn't like the alternative. I agree with most of his policies. Taxes, pro life, stronger borders better trade and others.
Sorry my friend but you got conned. NK has always wanted to meet with a USA pres, nothing new. Infact Republicans hated the idea of Obama meeting him, Kim jong is only looking for attention. We brake the Iran nuclear deal and now you applaud a meeting with nuclear mad NK, Hilarious!!!!
"Getting Americans back" wards?
The tax cuts are only relevant if you're rich, dont forget last time repubs gaves themselves tax brakes, we have a recession. How exciting /s.
Bad trade? You might want to learn more about our dependence on other countries.
You're reasons to support Trump are misguided at best, let's not pretend like he won't flip-flop on important issues and the fact that he lacks any decent knowledge to make any good decisions. Trump only cares about one person and is not you.
Hilarious? Getting North Korea to denuke and give us inprisoned Americans back is sonehow funny to you. This is historic. Credit where credit is due. Obama didn't need congress to go to North Korea that is just an excuse. LOL. The Iran deal was a joke we gave them billions. Obama was weak and did more to harm this country than good.
http://thehill.com/opinion/...
https://www.dailywire.com/n...
Tax cuts only for the rich is completely false. Just google it and educate yourself. Strong economy fewest unemployed blacks ever.
https://www.dailywire.com/n...
Sorry pal but the only one here being conned is you. You are brainwashed. Time to be a free thinker.
Obama destroyed the country? You and Trump are still taking credit for his economy and his low unemployment. How was the country before and after Obama left, I know you won't acknowledge it.
Why are you spreading lies "The 2015 agreement freed up Iranian assets that had been frozen under sanctions. Called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the deal included Iran and the United States, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the European Union." Iran got their money back, I'm sure you will believe Trump more though, lol.
The Iran deal was historic also I'm sure you don't care, Having the lowest rating pres is also historic btw. The Iran deal was weak? I'm guessing meeting attention whore Kim is sopposed to be strong lol.
The tax cuts is permanent for the rich, most poor people will see their taxes increase after 4 years. The rich avoid paying billion while the rest get chump change, thanks Trump 👏.
Trump is not only the worst pres in US history, he is also a terrible human being but I'm sure will defend him anyway.
It doesn't matter trump's your president lol
Obamas legacy erased
My guess is that you got a tax break too. Lol
The american economy was in the state it was in due to laws in the late 90s that obama was part of a lawsuit to force their creations. The Unsecured mortgages forced by these lawsuits directly contributed to the world wide financial crisis in the late 2000’s
http://dailycaller.com/2012...
He was part of the cause of the problem he failed to fix
Now i’m not saying trump is qualified for his job, but he was much better then the alternative Hillary and her crooked cronies. And he has already done a lot of positives
Obama's legacy erased, weird because he still exists and was a real mature president for 8 years. Trump will be lucky to make it to 4 before croaking or being impeached.
I did get a small tax break, which I don't need, I make more than enough running my business. Funny thing is I rather pay my fair share and have that money spend in infrastructure, healthcare, vets and our arm forces, things that actually matter.
Lmao the leftist keep on spreading the propaganda to any and every media component owned by them...I look to kotaku or any video game website for accurate unbiased “news”
Trump is walking dumpster fire, that ain't the left's fault. Don't let facts offend you so much. Propaganda is when your boy screams "fake news" for everything he doesn't like, I'm sure you're actually okay with his propaganda.
Right that's it or is it stupid liberals destroying this country. Anything is better than hillary.
CUTE! Why do Trump supporters like talking about Hillary so much, I guess anything is better than acknowledging you're boy Trump is garbage. I don't need to defend Hillary lol. But I hope you're getting paid to defend the indefensible Trump.
Your beyond dumb it's crazy. I have already stated that I don't like Trump as a person. I will write it again so you get it I don't like Trump. I bring up Hillary because she was the altrernative. Crazy isn't it. I also don't defend everything Trump. What's funny is that you can't even bring yourself to the realization that Trump may have done some good things. I wish we had different choices but we didn't.
The left is a freaking joke .
Dumb? I wasn't part of the males with no college degree who voted for Trump. Your list of good things, is hardly anything worth praise and could easily be attributed to other people.
"I don't like Trump as a person" but you will go really far to defend him, aren't you admirable.
I bet you don't defend everything he does because it's impossible but I wonder if you would let him grab you by the P.
All my criticism to trump hasn't even included his collusion, racism, misogyny, dementia, unending investigations, lying and multitude of crimes, is best if you don't keep going before this discussion becomes unbearable for you. We did have a better choice but you picked the worst one.
Everquest players getting banned for using severely discounted CD Keys.
Very interesting article coming from a former Sony Online Entertainment employee.
From the article - " PlayStation fanboys do not want to accept it, but Sony Corp isn’t doing to well outside of the console business. They’re bleeding money. They recently sold off their PC division, and the pressure is on Kaz Hirai to stop the bleeding anyway he can. That’s why there’ve been so many rumors of them selling off the film division…and the recent hack didn’t strengthen Sony’s side in any way.
In recent years, SOE has seen several rounds of layoffs and both of us have seen friends lose their jobs. This isn’t because SOE wasn’t making money, in fact their move toward F2P games has apparently worked out very well for them. But when they’re shackled to a corporation that’s not doing the best…things kind of roll down hill."
" I think it’ll be pretty cool to be able to play a console version of PlanetSide 2 and not have to be stuck on the up and down PSN to do so"
Them is fighting words!
"I think it’ll be pretty cool to be able to play a console version of PlanetSide 2 and not have to be stuck on the up and down PSN to do so."
Why add that? (As if XBL never goes down)
What's the big deal? It's not like they have any games that are game-changers. Besides, it will still be on PS platform as well as Xb. This is all just gunpowder for the MSboys - not that much though.
It's good for Daybreak, not fanboys - Greater revenue from game sales and financial backing from a company who can actually afford it.