Take it from the developer of 2016's breakout Kinect title, 'Fru.'
A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.
Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."
If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.
Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.
I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.
The new Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition has the community in an outrage after promising exclusive access to the new PvE mode for $250 USD.
$250? Do they not know all the other games that already exist or will be made in the future that can do similar?
This is for the hardcore people that have 2500 h in the game. They basically play that one game the whole year.
Oh and those same people are mad as hell at this... what a way to reward fans of your game and annihilate newcomers.
Read a comment earlier calling it a "special monetization operation." I had to chuckle at that.
People are still making Kinect games?
*in supermans voice* The kinect is dead, bury it
The developer doesn't think Microsoft needs to be blamed but who else can you blame? Even unbundling the camera, it's Microsoft's job to show why kinect was relevant. Not a 3rd party developer. All they had to do was sell Xbox one with and without a camera.
When it came to software, you can't deny its cool to tell something from far away to turn on,change a channel or pausing and picking a movie. That is cool tech. Beyond that, where were the games? That's why it's knocked on. No games for an advanced camera. If Microsoft would have stayed steady and built some great games, those without the camera would have picked one up. Developers aren't going to support it if Microsoft wasn't. And games that used to be for Kinect like Ryse were canceled to be regular games.
As for its possible use for VR... Why? Current Xboxs don't support it without an adapter. But maybe the drop of the Snap feature will release more resources for VR. You never know. Games don't have to be super detailed for immersion. Just good. Job simulator isn't detailed but it's fun. Same with games like Bound on PS4. Scorpio should be definitely capable of VR. But again, why support Kinect? If oculus and Vive are supported, they have their own sensors for tracking making Kinect obsolete and not needed for that.
At the moment it's a virtually dead peripheral. And the responsibility lies with Microsoft and that's a shame. It would have given PS camera a run for its money with inexpensive VR. Gamers tasked Sony in proving the PS camera can do more than video chat, live streaming, etc. And Sony responded with VR and the camera's necessity with or without move (DS4). It's Microsoft's responsibility to prove Kinect had and has a purpose.
No dev in there right minds would build a game for a peripheral (unless heavily subsidised). Many struggle to make ends meat making games for base systems let alone catering to less than 10% install base.
Peripherals rarely have a lasting impact. N64 rumple pack is about the only one I can think of that did.
Xbox One S doesn't even have a Kinect port. Nobody is going to games for a device that isn't even being supported by the latest model of consoles