Today Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that it's set to acquire Canadian studio Reflector Entertainment.
HoYoverse has announced the development of a new Honkai game, which looks to feature Pokémon-like creature battles.
Konami: "Notice of Service Termination
Thank you for your continued support of 'Amazing Bomberman'.
The game has been available on Apple Arcade since its launch in August 2022, but due to multiple factors, the game has decided to end its service and operations.
Please refer to the schedule below for details.
We would like to thank you all for your enthusiastic support of the game.
The entire development team would like to express our deepest gratitude.
We hope you will enjoy the game until the very end."
I mean… it was pretty underwhelming. They basically slapped on that overused “neon remaster” aesthetic that a bunch of older revivals have leaned on, cranked up the speed a bit, and called it a day. No real innovation, no fresh ideas, just a faster, flashier version of something we’ve already seen.
Former Santa Monica Studio writer Alanah Pearce has shared some insight on the game industry, and it's not great.
AAA has gone downhill as they focus on huge profits. Indie and other smaller games however have been amazing not chasing trends and the next big thing.
Nail on the head. AAA has lost the magic and focused on profits and "player engagement". Gaming is an art form, and like always the CEO fat cats roll in to capitalize at the cost of innovation, passion, wild experimentation. We need a major realignment in the industry and it starts with gamers voting with their wallets.
She didn't even call out Stanfield's PNG file planets when she flew through one. She just 'yelled' something stupid like 'flat earth'. She wasn't even taken aback in the slightest. I am not sure she isn't a part of the problem.
Greed , lack of innovation and agendas
Why do we rave about a good indie game but we avoid a AAA game.
Interesting, Bandai/Namco with the big moves recently.
I really liked that trailer, looking forward to seeing more about the game.
Good move to buy them while they're still developing a game. Makes for a smaller price tag if you get them while they're spending on development.