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‘God Of War’ Director Cory Barlog Blasts Gearbox And CEO Randy Pitchford

Cory Barlog is joining the growing chorus from the gaming community that is far from happy about the way Borderlands 3 developer Gearbox is handling itself of late.

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Cyb3r1575d ago (Edited 1575d ago )

I cant find the tweet that was mentioned on the website

Double_O_Revan1575d ago

He deleted it. But he did say it.

UltraNova1574d ago (Edited 1574d ago )

Sony must have asked him to delete to avoid potential conflicts with a 3rd party partner(Bethesda). It stinks but it's logical. Cory's point got a cross and that's more than enough.

SlothLordPootus1574d ago

Considering the fact that Godfall, one of the only big PS5 exclusives so far, is published by Gearbox, I'm surprised he said it at all.

LucasRuinedChildhood1575d ago (Edited 1575d ago )

Looks like Cory either deleted that tweet or this is an April fools joke given the date of the article (lame if true). https://twitter.com/corybar...

He would be right though. Randy telling people during a pandemic that if they don't like it (not being paid the bonuses they were led to believe they would getting to compensate for a lower than average wage), then they can just quit is disgusting. Even worse, he himself received a $12m bonus while having that attitude. The guy has consistently proven himself to be a jackass.

Aiwaari1575d ago (Edited 1575d ago )

Here you go, the cached version - https://web.archive.org/web... https://twitter.com/corybar...

Alternate link - https://bit.ly/2x2mKdb (PS: the above link is breaking up, even after editing it)

v_eno_m1575d ago

much appreciated and agreed with Cory

LucasRuinedChildhood1575d ago

Thanks for confirming that. Cory Barlog is a legend.

SegaGamer1575d ago

Even if there wasn't a global pandemic going on right now, this would be an asshole move. The fact that he has done this during a global pandemic just puts him on a different level of asshole.

Army_of_Darkness1575d ago

Douchebag level: pandemic asshole!

KillBill1574d ago

Bonus are contracted. If it isn't in your contract then don't expect it to happen... simple as that.

Kabaneri1575d ago (Edited 1575d ago )

Im surprised hes still CEO considering how woke Borderlands 3 was.

Vits1575d ago

Well, he owns the company so unless he got arrested or chose to retire. He will always be the CEO.

rainslacker1575d ago (Edited 1575d ago )

Kind of depends on the way the board is made up, and how many votes he has. It's possible to oust a sitting ceo, but it does take some effort if the CEO also owns a controlling share. However, since the company does have a lot of other big investors, its quite possible that he doesnt own a controlling interest.

But the investors dont care so much about the politics going around right now. They just want a return on investment. I assume given the state of the stock market, that this wouldnt be viewed as a negative on his part.

Vits1575d ago (Edited 1575d ago )

@"rainslacker"

The company does not have investors. It's a private held company. With Pitchford legally owning half of it and having 51% operational control.

He is not going anywhere.

KillBill1574d ago

Nope... tell that to Steve Jobs (if he wasn't dead) a CEO can be forced out. More common than you might think.

Vits1574d ago (Edited 1574d ago )

@"KillBill"

That is because Apple is a public traded company. That means that there are shareholders that control the company. On a private held company like Gearbox, the people that control the company is its owners and in this case Pitchford is the owner with the majority of operational control.

So nobody other than himself or maybe the law can take him from there.

ocelot071574d ago

There is talk of them becoming a public trade company if that happens and the investers don't like him.

He will be gone. However if they do go public then he is set for a nice big fat payday.

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AK911575d ago

People like Randy Pitchford are usually at the top of woke culture.

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JokerBoy4221575d ago

I hated how "woke" that game was. Ruined the whole thing for me. "Hey Gearbox, your story sucked. Fix Ava please?" Gearbox replies with an Oceans 11 DLC no one asked for and a gay wedding... yay.

Ricegum1575d ago

The latest DLC is fantastic. I'm guessing you didn't play it. It would be a shame to skip it because you insist on being a homophobe.

remixx1161575d ago

@rice

Where in his statement was he being a homophobe??

Or are you just projecting

victorMaje1575d ago

Agreed, main story sucked with some of the worst villains I’ve ever seen.
But the latest DLC is fun, even more weapons & better villains.

OT: imo the devs should sue RP & 2K.

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Rachel_Alucard1575d ago

Randy has the ego and attitude to be the biggest asshole on the planet and get away with it due to his position. I would love to see him voted out, but that's impossible.

Anomander1575d ago

Only way to vote him out is with your wallet

Rachel_Alucard1575d ago

Except most don't even know he exists and if they do it's only at announcement panels where his shit isn't on display. At least Battleborn flopped only because it was a bad game.

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The Pokemon Company Had Retail Sales Worth $10.8 Billion In 2023

The Pokemon Company had retail sales worth of 10.8 billion US Dollars in the year 2023, based on the latest report.

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gold_drake11h ago

that merch tho.

ridiculous the numbers they pull in, which makes it even worse when i think about the low budget broken games they make. or have made recently

-Foxtrot2h ago

We’re never getting an amazing mainline Pokémon game again are we

phoenixwing2h ago

Of course not. That's why I have tem tem because even if it's not the greatest I at least know the indie dev was trying

ZeekQuattro1h ago

Great plug for Tem Tem right there. It's not the greatest but at least they tried.... 🤣

phoenixwing12m ago

@zeek that's right it's as good or better than a pokemon game but they didn't have access to pokemon game money. So it's more of a stain on pokemon company to be in the same ballpark as them

Inverno4m ago

It's time we admit that they were never really that amazing to begin with. The games have never quite reach the same level of awesomeness as the anime. Look at the last few seasons we got to wrap up Ash's adventure, and the new series. 4 lazy Switch games and a remake which was so low effort that you wouldn't be able to tell it's a remake if your weren't told beforehand. The concept of Pokemon will always be awesome, but man the games absolutely suck.

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TennoCon 2024: Ben Starr On His Bridgerton Moment In Warframe 1999

Right before the full reveal of Warframe 1999 at TennoCon, we chatted with Ben Starr about the responsibility of stepping into such a huge franchise.

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Unending Dawn joins PlayStation China Hero Project

Parcae’s Fate Studio-developed open-world action game Unending Dawn has joined Sony Interactive Entertainment‘s China Hero Project incubation program, the companies announce. As previously announced, it will be available PlayStation 5, iOS, and Android.