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Opinion: Warner Bros Is the Perfect Fit for Saints Row

Push Square: "As we type, various companies and venture capitalists are picking at the bones of fallen publisher THQ. The organisation’s assets are being auctioned off individually, meaning it’s entirely possible that the likes of Homefront, Red Faction, and de Blob could all end up being owned by different parties as soon as this evening. Of course, the star lot in the firm’s portfolio will be the Saints Row franchise and its developer Volition."

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Warner Bros. Is Pivoting To Live-Service A Decade Too Late

Warner Bros. announced it's pivoting to live-service games, which could be a disastrous move for its devs

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anast179d ago

They really mean they are pivoting to slot machines on mobile devices.

CrimsonWing69179d ago

I don’t think there ever was a time for GaaS. Its entire resistance is revolved around making a game that generates recurring revenue constantly throughout its lifetime. It’s straight up a corporate scumbag design.

I watched the video seeing if anything changed since the initial Suicide gameplay vid before the delay and it looks the same. So weird watching all the characters just start a gun to their back and bounce super high shooting with no kick-back animation in an empty dead world. The voice acting is cringe and there doesn’t have any sense of atmosphere or immersion like the Arkham games.

And they expect you to pay $70 to $100 for this and then pay more for Battle Passes and items to make grinding less a chore. Yea, no thank you. I hope you learn a hard lesson with this one.

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Warner Bros. Eyes More Live Services as Mortal Kombat 1 Sells Nearly 3 Million Copies

Today, during Warning Bros' conference call, chief executive officer David Zaslav talked about Mortal Kombat 1, Hogwarts Legacy, and the company's gaming business.

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gold_drake187d ago

yea, because thats what people want, especially after those games sold millions and are not live service games haha.

so dumb haha.

Abriael187d ago

Genius executives at work. "hey, what we're doing is working great. Let's change it."

LOGICWINS187d ago

"Invasions" is technically free live service game with new content every 45 days. It's the best mode MK has ever had IMO. As a single player gamer, it gives me a reason to stick around after the story mode.

garos82186d ago

You have a terrible taste in games

-Foxtrot186d ago

I feel like their whole approach relies on how the Suicide Squad sells

Flewid638186d ago (Edited 186d ago )

Wait....why does live service = bad?

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CrimsonWing69187d ago

Oh great, looking forward to the sh*t future of gaming. Thanks industry!

PunksOnN4G187d ago

New mk sold less then the last in the same time frame the NEW MK is legit a live service game with its horrible monopoly board. I just wanted a normal title...

FatalityX77186d ago

It's not on older hardware, so that's why it seems less. No ps4/xbox one versions.

Sgt_Slaughter186d ago

I doubt older hardware would make a difference, given the ratios of sales of other multi-gen games

PunksOnN4G186d ago

Nah the new MK full of live service shit even the singleplayer monopoly board they gave use instead of a normal kyrpt says enough and sales reflect that also this MK is very combo heavy it not noob friendly what's so ever like others

Flewid638186d ago

Wasn't the last one a live service game?

MehmetAlperTR186d ago

More live services.. LOL.. i hope you ll see the deep.

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Total War: Rise of Mordor to Rebrand After being Removed from ModDB due to copyright claim

From GameWatcher: "Total War: Rise of Mordor has been removed from Mod DB following a DMCA takedown claim filed by Warner Bros.. Development of Total War: Attila's ambitious total conversion mod will continue, according to the developer, who is also looking into rebranding to avoid similar issues in the future.

"... we have received word from ModDB officials that Warner Bros has sent them a DMCA takedown request to remove Rise of Mordor from their databases. We are grateful to ModDB for giving us time to put our affairs in order before the page is taken down," read a post announcing Total War: Rise of Mordor's departure from Mod DB."

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