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Disney confirms lay-offs Split/Second's dev Black Rock

TechNoid writes: “Disney confirms that their reducing the amount of workers at Black Rock.”

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antauwnehart4732d ago

split second is a 7/10 game. It really wasn't that great.It should be no surprise that layoffs happened!

heylo4732d ago

"split second is a 7/10 game."

except it's not...
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crematory4732d ago

wasn't great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i would like to know u norms on arcade racing games

MmaFan-Qc4732d ago

they saw MS:A and simply said "fuck it, our split second 2 will look like ass in comparison....cancel it..."

Quagmire4731d ago

I think MS:A owes itself to S/S, after all it gave birth to the environemental destuction in a racing game, which looks to continue the trend with NFS The Run.

MmaFan-Qc4731d ago

i played both games and they are differents.

Split Second you press a button to activate a trap.....thats about it.

MS:A you directly RACE INTO crazy shits and level dynamic changes....wich is better(imo offcourse)

Shadow_DR24732d ago

I actually loved Split Second. It was a something that was rare, a risk-taker game. Sure, taking risks has its drawbacks such as being built from the ground up and how well they could get the game going, especially if they were on a budget. Bet you that if they make Split Second 2, it would surpass the first one in every way for they would now have had time to polish and add stuff to the sequel than focus on building the game from scratch.

I still have hopes for Split Second 2.

Redempteur4732d ago

Split/second 2 was refused by the new disney direction .. it's dead ..sadly ...

and i loved the first ...

RankFTW4732d ago

Split/Second is a great game, proud to have platinum on it.

Quagmire4731d ago

Damn, musta taken ages. Some of the races were insanely hard, but it had that great old-skool difficulty about it.

DocHoliday4732d ago

This recession just got real!

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Five Abused Video Game Visual Effects

Like children with new toys, developers can excitedly overdo it with visual effects until good sense prevails - here are five examples of exactly that from across video games history

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fr0sty1023d ago (Edited 1023d ago )

Dirt on the lens (and JJ Abrahms style overuse of lens flare) is the worst, especially in war games like Battlefield. We're not supposed to be a camera! Way to ruin the illusion of actually being the player we're controlling.

PrimeVinister1023d ago

Yeah, that's a bad one that is missing from the list

FPS_D3TH1022d ago

Most soldiers today wear goggles or tactical glasses so dirt on the lens isn’t that much of a stretch tbh

isarai1022d ago

Vignettes, chromatic aberration, and that annoying thing where they blur the corners of the screen. Also film grain.

FPS_D3TH1022d ago

All those immediately get turned off when I load up my settings haha. Unless I’m going for screenshots it’s more than annoying

PrimeVinister1022d ago

You are mostly stuck with whatever terrible effects on console. There are some options like motion blur that can switched off but it's not common

PrimeVinister1022d ago

Depth of field is annoying. Along with most camera or lens effects.

But DoF will be cool in the future when they can track what you are looking at and apply DoF accordingly.

DeviateFish1022d ago

Don't forget camera shake and "realistic" camera movement in cutscenes.

porkChop1022d ago

The Syndicate reboot had the absolute worst bloom I've ever seen. It literally hurt my eyes and gave me a headache just from playing. I could never finish it.

PrimeVinister1022d ago

Absolutely. Beyond the distraction and obstruction, it looked unpleasant a lot of the time.

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A Love Letter to Split/Second: Velocity

Racing games, on the outside are very attractive propositions to gamers and non-gamers alike. You don’t have to explain to somebody what the object of such a game is. You get in a car and try to get to the end of the course before the other racers, simple.

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windblowsagain1781d ago

Really Enjoyed Split/second used to play it with my son all the time.

Einhander19711779d ago

Still own this beauty on ps3:)

KyRo1779d ago

One of my fave racers of all time. Such a cool concept. Gut wrenching knowing there will never be another one 😭

mcstorm1779d ago

I know I'm with you on that. One of the best racing games last gen. Love to see someone buy this IP and give it another go but I feel this game this gen with cross play would of had better legs and for me mp was the issue because it sold low on both consoles.

KyRo1779d ago

Easily one of the best on last gen. Such a good concept. I hate the fact we haven't really had any arcade racers this generation apart from NFS and that's fallen in quality.

gangsta_red1779d ago

I like these type of racing games. The over the top gameplay was fantastic

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Nine Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 Cult Classics That Deserve An HD Release

There were a number of cult classics that didn't sell like gangbusters, but still worked their way into gamers' hearts. Here's WWG list of nine great titles that deserve a second chance on newer consoles

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evilkillerk2471d ago

Blurs servers were the main issue but would love to see it return.

AZRoboto2471d ago

I'll point out that these games are all from the X360/PS3 era - they've already had HD releases when they first came out. Split/Second and Blur - with the crazy vehicle physics capable today, why would we not want sequels to them?

The other games, all a matter of opinion of course, but... thank you for your ads between every single game. /s

TheDCD2471d ago

Problem with sequels is that they aren't very likely. Activision dropped Blur like a bad habit, and Disney isn't doing games anymore. So I'll happily take the originals.

Relientk772471d ago

Remember Me
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Miss_Weeboo2471d ago

Alan Wake
Lost Odyssey
Demon Souls

TheDCD2470d ago

As much as I'd kill for a Demon's Souls remake, isn't likely. We'll probably get Bloodborne 2 instead.

PhoenixUp2471d ago

Dafuq kinda title is that? These games were already released on HD consoles though...

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