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I don't know which is more sad; Bethesda killing Human Head Studios or HHS sending Rune 2 out to die

DSOGaming writes: "A couple of hours ago, Bethesda announced the formation of Roundhouse Studios. As the publisher noted, Roundhouse is staffed by the team from the recently closed Human Head Studios. Now this last part caught me off guard. Did I miss a memo? When did Human Head Studios close? Rune 2 has just come out on the Epic Games Store so what the hell is going on here?"

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Nu1644d ago

I thought HH S stood for Double Helix studios

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Count_Bakula1644d ago

No need for the semicolon as "Bethesda killing Human Head Studios or HHS sending Rune 2 out to die" isn't a complete sentence or part of a greater list. Try not to attempt intermediate grammar if you're just going to wantonly throw things at the board to see what sticks; it spreads misinformation.

You're fine with just: "I don't know which is more sad: Bethesda killing Human Head Studios, or HHS sending Rune 2 out to die." A comma would be ok instead of the colon as well.

Good luck on your next posting. Also, just in case you're a millennial: "Your" is possessive; "You're" is the contraction "you are."

carcarias1644d ago

Achtung! Where's the capital 'F'?!

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porkChop1644d ago

How do we know that Roundhouse Studios won't support Rune 2? Are we just assuming that? It's the same devs just with a new name.

Also, with HHS under Bethesda I hope we can finally get Prey 2. Just restart it for next gen.

NeoGamer2321644d ago

What probably happened here is a cost cutting exercise.

Lay everyone off and close the studio...

Wait some time for people to be desparate...

Start a new studio hiring people back at less cost...

Tell the public they are a reputable company...

I am no liberal, but these kinds of business practices are wrong. This is an exercise of squeezing people because you know you have leverage. Although capitalism has nothing against it, there are people affected here and it is a morally bad move.

MadLad1644d ago

Weird, and a bit sad.
I mean, Human Head not wanting to be bought into the Bethesda fold is the literal reason we didn't get their Prey 2 years ago.

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Epic Games Faces $1.2 Million Fine Over "Unfair Practices," Plans to Fight Back

Epic Games is facing a $1.2 million fine by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets over "unfair practices" in the Fortnite shop.

Sciurus_vulgaris13h ago

It might be cheaper to simply pay the fine. Fighting said fine could cost millions due to court and lawyer fees. Fortnite generates well over a 100 million in each month, so Epic has plenty of cash.

franwex6h ago(Edited 5h ago)

But if they did pay it, then they are basically admitting that they did something they weren’t supposed to be doing. If they fight it, they may win and continue to have a sense of urgency for their micro transactions thus making more money long term.

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Furesis1h ago

I'd fight back too. These are kinda meaningless reasons to fine someone like really for THAT. It's like they just wanted to make money or something.

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Dev Gets Windows 11 To Run On A Nintendo Switch, Don't Try This At Home

The OS works, but it barely crawls along on the Nintendo Switch's older ARM chipset.

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OtterX5h ago

Yeaaa... no. It's cool to say that you got it running as a bragging right, but this is completely unusable. I like how he hits the screen while trying to type! X'D

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The Finals Underperforms for Nexon in Q1 2024

Nexon has released its financial statement for 2024's first quarter, and it looks like FPS The Finals isn't proving the hit the studio was hoping for.

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BlackDoomAx18h ago

Too bad for the best fps there is atm...

Sgt_Slaughter11h ago

The market for games like this is too over saturated to make a dent in other established games' player counts. Trying to start all over with a whole new multiplayer meta and grinding to get better is not feasible when there's already a ton of similar games that have come out before it.