Bloodstained has a lot riding on it. After its numerous delays, is it still shaping up to be the next big title from Koji Igarashi?
Steam's total player count hit an all time record recently, and it foretells the influence that Black Myth: Wukong and China is going to have on gaming.
One former 343 Industries QA Tester blames Microsoft's contracting policies for the Halo franchise's hardships and MS' exclusives downturn in quality.
Microsoft biggest opp is the main stream media lol suda 51 hit it on the head on metacritic and media bias.
I found that after Microsoft bought 2 certain ip's from Bungie and Epic their quality has gone down. The exclusives are boring Gears 4 and 5 I thought were boring Halo 5 I also thought was boring. And yes the quality was there when XB360 had exclusives. But since XB1 and Series X the quality and lack of exclusives has gone down. And yes it sounds like Microsoft is a prick to work for. Work today get turfed tomorrow.
Uncover the spending behind Xbox's Game Pass subscription. Discover how Microsoft invests a billion dollars annually in securing third-party games for the service.
Good.
Now that you´re releasing games and making big money from every gaming platform, you should double that amount and give us even more day one third party games!
I like how they twist cannibalising game sales into "invests".
No lifetime sales with MS, they'll F-up gaming the same as streaming services have done to the movie industry and it's workforce.
we know this, we have known this since last year.
this is not new or news.
I've been a bit dubious about it but it's looking pretty decent now. Could still use a good polish graphically but the gameplay looks solid now.
No thanks, the old ones look better, and based on what I saw here sure play better.
The animations are kind of bad and stupid looking.
Bunch of negative nancies in here...
I think it looks great; brings back good memories of Order of Ecclesia, and the music sounds wonderful too.
It says a lot that people are willing to wait so long in anticipation for Bloodstained to be released without spewing a bunch of negativity at it.
Most who are waiting to finally play it have reasonable expectations and will likely make supporters and fans happy and with a project like this I'm sure that's all that matters. Not like Igarashi ever promised to flip the game industry on its head or make the most incredible thing people have ever played.
It's a passion project that people who loved his games will hopefully be able to enjoy, this and Indivisible are still two titles I am most excited to play so hopefully things go well here.