Forbes contributor Todd Kenreck talks to Motiga creative director James Phinney about how the idea for the 5 vs 5 (plus one really big monster) game Gigantic came about, as well as some of the creative minds behind this unique new shooter video game by Motiga. Gigantic is an Xbox One and Windows PC exclusive and it currently in closed beta.
Shortly after a major lay off at Motiga, Perfect World and Motiga announce Gigantic is shutting down later this year.
Well that sucks. The game was rescued from cancellation by Perfect World only to get shut down shortly afterwards.
Overwatch completely demolished these new MOBAS. Gigantic was a good quality game, just bad timing.
It did. It sucks. I really think that a lot of these games are hurting from Overwatch.
Perfect World confirms the date and details of the Gigantic shutdown, granting players their final few months of free play in the unique MOBA.
1RBC: Publisher Perfect World has shut down both Runic Games and Motiga. Runic was the studio behind RPG series Torchlight as well as the newly released Hob– after nine years in the business, they’ve finally met their end. Motiga, on the other hand, was a much newer studio- they released their debut game, Gigantic, over the summer. Unfortunately, it seems that neither developer was quite profitable enough for international megacorp Perfect World- hence their decision to shut these studios. The rest of our episode this week is business as usual- new Playstation games from the Paris Games Week and Razer’s gaming phone- all embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
looks a lot of fun,I wished if they sent me beta code
i have been waiting since the announcement of the game
I love the style and characters, but different? It really isn't _that_ different from other games that have been out there in recent years and that are coming out at the same time as it.
I'm hoping the extra time they'll have to develop the game will produce something more unique in nature and with more gameplay options.
Doesn't something have to come out before it can do something in the past tense?