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It's Time to Question the Good Guy Narrative around CD Projekt Red

Nic Rueben writes: "Glassdoor, of course, is anonymous. I could have posted a review myself if I wanted to. Some of the statements about CDPR on there are admittedly bizarre, including the assertion that 'The company has an annoying constant phobia of Russia'."

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Fist4achin2375d ago

Intersting article, but im still not sure what the focus was...

2374d ago
bluefox7552374d ago

No, I don't think it is. CDPR is one of the few good devs left, and a few baseless rumors does nothing to make me question that. Perhaps it's time to question the legitimacy of this website.

CorndogBurglar2374d ago

This is a very good article.

I have to agree though. Anonymous reviews from "emplyees" are simply that. ANYONE can go post those reviews. 50 total reviews, 24 are mixed, of those, 11 are 2 star reviews and 7 are 1 star reviews.

Its just hard to take accusations like this seriously when they are coming from faceless, anonymous sources. If these people were to come out and make these accusations then they would hold a lot more weight.

Chaosdreams2374d ago

There's actually more weight to this than the glassdoor rumours.

This video essentially covers the topic really well:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Lamboomington2374d ago (Edited 2374d ago )

"No, I don't think it is. CDPR is one of the few good devs left"

Making good games and having a good rap with gamers does not mean they treat their employees particularly well. End of the day it's quite unlikely that these reviews would just pop up for no reason. Besides, most of the accusations aren't hard to believe.

EazyC2374d ago (Edited 2374d ago )

I actually liked the author's opinions and writing style-a rarity in game journalism.

I must say though... the entire conceit of the website makes me shudder a bit.

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Servbot412374d ago

'The company has an annoying constant phobia of Russia'

So does everyone else in the world besides Russia and its cronies.

DrumBeat2374d ago

They aren't saints. They're developers. I have no idea what goes on internally at CDPR, but I do know that it's within the realm of possibility that they're actually human, and that infighting and rancor occur there.

Dirty_Lemons2374d ago

Often we hold those we admire on higher pedestal, for better and/ or worse. I know I'm certainly guilty of that, but as you say they're just people at the end of the day. Flawed like us normal folk.

PixelGateUk2374d ago

Banning, not so much. Most of the points raised can be dismantled easily enough while being civil. That's how you highlight bad points and trust me, they have plenty of them.

DaigotheKing2374d ago

Unfortunately I don't have the patience to wade through the swamp.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere6h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN4h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos1h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

PassNextquestion6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger4h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Profchaos6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto5h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos5h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long2h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel4h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator4h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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I’m Glad Atlus & SE Changed Dates To Avoid Competing With Shadow Of The Erdtree

Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."

H91d ago

More intelligent than guerilla games

raWfodog6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.

HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.

It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg7h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos7h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola2h ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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