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i have no idea how many years its been since i found this channel… and i still can't wait for my weekly "GAAMMMEEEERSS!"
Please let wow get its hooks into you again!
Tim Sweeney has gone fucking nuts.
Airframe Ultra mentioned. I can't wait to see everyone who hasn't played Beta and Alpha be filtered. The game is NOT EASY, and it thrives by it
I disagree that EA may sit on Mass Effect forever, it's a fungible franchise that fans are thirsty for. I'll hold that hopium that there's a timeline where Larian Studios gets their hands on that franchise.
Patrick Stewart saw videogames differently because he was an actor, not a celebrity. He acted in Shakespearian theatre because he had a passion for acting and narrative, and he could see those things in places that others couldn't because he had that background.
Epic Nostalgia pull – Lands of Lore was amazing!
Lol these nerds praying for corporations is hilarious
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Skill up mentioned airframe ultra, hell yeah that why he's the goat
Not that I was playing Epic Games before, but now they've made it personal too.
If it is Half Life 3, It entirely defeats the point of a code name to call it HLX. Either valve is being very stupid about that or it’s not half life.
Sucker Punch LAYOFFS AFTER THEY WONT PUT THERE GAMES ON PC IS FUCKING DUMB FROM SONY AGAIN
Fucking Shatner is still here but Stewart isn't
We will see how bullish for AI Sweeney is once someone releases a Fortnite clone or figures out a major cyber attack on the game.
Except there is a D1 remake coming. BUNGIE confirmed it yesterday in their unvaulting blog
I think the problem with video game studios is the budget for video games now. It costs way to much to make and develop games nowadays, an its hard to swing a profit if the game costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
I've been here since the beta of The Division. Constantly going on about warcraft will definitely cause an unsub!
If Blade is coming out, they'll close the studio after it sells well.
Though, honestly, we need less games. I miss the pandemic. So happy to bw taking 3 months off work and get through some backlog between GTA
I hope airframe ultra is good. Played it on one of the steam next fest demos last year and it played really badly. Couldn’t believe how badly the on-foot sections played.
if anything comes out of me petition im scared for the workers… so many death threats, no one deserves this. rip
Bro and I used to play Godzilla DAM growing up. Its fairly simple but MAN was it fun in couch co-op
I can never tell if Tim Sweeney is just unintelligent or salty all the time
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Kekw…. new ps5 pro is now 1800 buxx in Norway. *seller is a major retailer.
I bought a new ps5 slim..750 buxx.. :/
you talk about layers and about individual employees losing their jobs curious to know how rich the CEO of these companies are; how truly financially down bad they are, are their actions to fire people
justified
very surprising and disappointing from SUCKERPUNCH studio
Wdym xbox lack of supply!??!?! Im sure that the whole "everything is an xbox" didnt help?
I don't believe Avi Lewis was saying that Bioware should be held up by the Canadian taxpayer and made to make mass effect. More that the government should work with employees to secure funding for the studio and probably take it on as a public investment. Not necessarily to continue making Mass Effect but to continue making games, presumably for themselves. I like Avi and he's clearly the future of this country but I also agree that regardless of how you read his statement, it is at odds with the reality of building games in 2026 of the size that Bioware is known for. That being said, the games industry is huge in Canada with just about every single major publisher having some kind of office in this country. At this point, the games industry is a considerable revenue maker for the country let alone for individual provinces like BC, and Quebec. A conversation does need to be started about how we can stop corporations from exploiting the workers here more than they already do (e.g. lower wages in comparison to american counterparts doing the same work), let alone laying off large portions of a work force that's officially part of the backbone of Canadian economics.
@4:44 "Imagine the mass effect that might have been"…. straight into a WoW Forever ad
Surely you'd always expect console sales to decline month on month, excluding during big new game releases. There are less people who don't have one.
Yotei cost more to develop than Tsushima and didn’t sell as many copies. It’s not rocket science and I’m disappointed that you went with the angle of “it did well but they fired people anyway.” It’s a half-truth.
I’m not sure why Mass Effect needs to continue. It was a great trilogy. It finished. It’s ok for things to finish.
You're a bad person for picking that farewell message from Septim, dude. Goddess above that hurt.
thanks so much for adding the gift subscription! I doubt my brothers will see this here but I got them two for christmas. Also props to the team behind the site, I was so surprised yall reached out to tell me you added it after I asked if giifting subscriptions was possible a few months ago. I cant wait to brag about that to them.
The Saudi's have saved Mass Effect from Bioware.