Video game developers Eidos-Montréal and Eidos-Sherbrooke have announced that they will transition to a 32 hour work week in the near future.
A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."
If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.
Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.
I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.
The new Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition has the community in an outrage after promising exclusive access to the new PvE mode for $250 USD.
$250? Do they not know all the other games that already exist or will be made in the future that can do similar?
This is for the hardcore people that have 2500 h in the game. They basically play that one game the whole year.
Oh and those same people are mad as hell at this... what a way to reward fans of your game and annihilate newcomers.
Must be nice..
Eventually, most companies in North America will go that route. Studies have shown that a 4 days week actually improve productivity and morale.
In theory, it's a great idea. The problem comes when the same amount of work that you would get done in 40 hours is expected of you within a shorter amount of time.
If they truly want to move towards a 4 day work week, then they'll also need to ensure they lower the output expectation, which is easier said than done.
mkay... but why are they doing it?
I won't be surprised that it's just to cut on payments
What's the most interesting in all this is that it doesn't effect pay at all. You work 4 days but still get paid for 5 as normal.