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XBLA dev: 'Disney not set up to run a game company'

Disney isn't set up to run a game company, the developer of upcoming XBLA and WiiWare title Retro City Rampage has told Nowgamer.

Brian Provinciano worked at the now defunct Propaganda Games before leaving to work on his own project, Retro City Rampage - due for release later this year on Xbox LIVE Arcade and WiiWare. Provinciano feels that "Propaganda wasn't doing good work, but at the same time Disney didn't know how to properly manage a game company".

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Daavpuke4823d ago

I'm doing a podcast shortly where I discuss Disney layoffs, so thank you for this, I'll keep it in mind.

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Why Monopolies In Gaming Must Not Be Allowed

As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.

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thorstein9h ago

Shouldn't be allowed in any field.

Inverno5h ago

And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.

jwillj2k44h ago

Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.

MrCrimson3h ago

tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.

Zenzuu4h ago

Monopolies shouldn't be allowed regardless. Not just for gaming.

MrCrimson3h ago

They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.

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German Computer Game Awards 2024 has just announced its winners

"The best games of the year and the creative teams behind them were in the spotlight at the grand award ceremony of the German Computer Game Award 2024." - German Computer Game Awards.

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anast5d ago

BG3 has won everything possible. It's insane.

TGG_overlord4d ago

That's right, well, BG3 deserved it imo.

anast4d ago

It's definitely a game of the generation if not all time.

InUrFoxHole4d ago

Sure buddy... You're trying to tell me it has a deeper story than goat 🐐 simulator 4000?!?!?. I wanna give bg3 a shot but my brain is burnt out on long games