vgPWN: "These games are without a doubt some of the most enjoyable games you will ever play."
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
For Xbox’s hugely expanded gaming division, anything that isn’t Call of Duty is now a failure, and that’s a problem
Honestly, If I worked presently for Microsoft's gaming division, I would update my CV and look for work elsewhere...
"Now"?
How about "ever"?
They closed so many of their dev teams during the second half of the Xbox 360 era. Have we forgotten history so quickly?
Dummy fake journalists acting so surprised over these recent closures, when this is something that's been going on for well over a decade now with MS.
"The sudden closure of several video-game studios at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division was the result of a widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished.
This week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.
Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said.
Game Pass has not seen the massive growth that Xbox boss Phil Spencer may have been hoping for."
"Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said"
So what you're saying is...you bought all these studios and you guys can't run them.
Jesus.
Reports are suggesting that Game Pass will be getting a price hike soon and that Call of Duty may not be added to the day one offering. I honestly have a hard time believing this but it does beg the question why exactly did GP fail? I think the answer is that it just didn't get the growth that it anticipated. Jim was right but I wish he wasn't because at the end of the day, its gamers, devs and other front-line workers who have to absorb the blow for Spencer and team's miscalculations.
For all the armchair executives who were calling for Sony to release its big-budget AAA games on PS+, the same exact thing would have happened at PlayStation. Game Pass has killed Xbox. Congrats.
21 separate pages? Don't even bother with this one
You just need two: Duke Nukem Forever and Aliens: Colonial Marines
I fell for the Bauernfängerei so you guys don't have to. Obvious click-bait shan't be rewarded with clicks. Here's the list:
1 – The Last of Us (2013)
2 – Super Mario World (1990)
3 – Papers, Please (2013)
4 – Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
5 – Final Fantasy VI (1994)
6 – Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010)
7 – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
8 – The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between World (2013)
9 – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
10 – Halo 3 (2007)
11 – Ikaruga (2001)
12 – Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)
13 – Minecraft (2011)
14 – Heroes of Might and Magic III (1999)
15 – Portal (2007)
16 – Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (1997)
17 – Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
18 – Resident Evil 4 (2005)
19 – Pokemon X and Y (2013)
20 – ZiGGURAT (2012)
21 – Donkey Kong (1994)
If you were in a Cast away situation and could only take one game with you, what would it be? Of course, this is just a hypothetical situation in which electricity would be a problem, but I'd like to hear what one game everyone would take with them to play. I might have to go with Demons Souls or Persona 4.