Some of the first gameplay footage of Darkspore, a sci-fi action RPG from Maxis, has begun to trickle out onto gaming sites. While the campaign remains largely a mystery, two videos of monsters going at each other in an arena-style match have been released.
Darkspore is similar in some ways to plain old Spore, Maxis' pretty but disappointingly empty 2008 release. Instead of building communities in a real-time strategy setting, though, the highly customizable monsters are now known as "living weapons" and battle bad guys and each other in a, well, darker place.
In PVP, the living weapons have a small set of abilities they can use against each other. The style of play, attacks, and need to run away every so often and re-approach enemies bears some superficial similarities to League of Legends (the whole "tower defense" thing aside).
There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.
I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.
But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.
One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.
EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.
What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.
"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."
Yep, EA is disgusting.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.