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'We don't have shareholders, but we also don't think about them,' Larian Studios

"Building games that are actually fun is going to make you the most money, that's it."

PRIMORDUS71d ago

I highly respect Larian Studios. I say fuck all the greedy shit bag shareholders, they are rich to begin with, and only want more and more who sometimes do not even know about the industry they invest in.

XiNatsuDragnel71d ago

Good stuff other studios take notes 📝

Christopher71d ago

Those other companies have shareholders, so they aren't even thinking about this.

XiNatsuDragnel71d ago

Problem is some shareholders are greedy mofos which ruins creativity imo

shinoff218370d ago

Take note of how they handled the physical release to. They seen a demand for it and unlike remedy they decided to meet that demand half way. Have us pay for our pre orders it pays for itself. No money needed from the studio. More studios should do this before outright dismissing.

The_Hooligan70d ago

Exactly! I preorder a physical copy and the amount of stuff it comes with, really speaks to the care they have taken. I'm part of Q2 release so not sure when I'll get it, but it'll definitely be worth the wait.

XiNatsuDragnel70d ago

For real they're doing all the right moves.

isarai71d ago

God this sounds like to good ol days 😌 when the industry was ran by gamers and nerds who just wanted to make something cool.

phoenixwing71d ago

No wonder other companies said they couldn't replicate the standard they set. They're too busy bending over for shareholders to make a good game.

dumahim70d ago

I just watched a video from an environment artist who worked on Forza Motorsport and he talks about this 18/6 contractor thing that MS uses. Work for 18 months, and then you go away for 6 months. He talks about him being there for a pretty short time and his mentor in the role messages him that his contract is about up so big responsibilities are going to fall on him now. I had never heard about it, but no wonder Microsoft studio games just lack passion.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

BrainSyphoned71d ago

Yet they had to sell 30% of themselves to Tencent. Don't go crying outloud about your purity when you had to take Chinese money to stay afloat. China doesn't censor anything though so no worries about future issues with bear sex.

shinoff218370d ago

China I'm sure has some form of censorship

The_Hooligan70d ago (Edited 70d ago )

As long as it's a normal bear and not Winnie the Pooh

Edit: meant to reply @brain

TheColbertinator70d ago (Edited 70d ago )

If you had read ANYTHING about Larian's involvement with Tencent, you would know their 30% investment still does not give them any voting power or influence. The majority of the company belongs to a private investor in Europe who makes the final call not Tencent, China or anyone else.

dumahim70d ago

"Larian Studios does technically have a single shareholder in Tencent—which owns around 30% of the company. However, an important piece of context is that Tencent appears to own what's called a "preference" share, meaning that Tencent doesn't have voting rights when it comes to Larian's decision making. The rest of the company belongs to CEO and Founder Swen Vincke and his wife."

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Bloober Team Working On 2 New Games Already

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein1d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii20h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo20h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9020h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198911h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus2h ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha20h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno20h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan20h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno19h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198120h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66911h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life19816h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

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Inverno1d 16h ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno20h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga1d 15h ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator1d 10h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac1d 8h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.