How Not To Fix Things - GameLinked June 29, 2023

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CDPR USES GASLIGHTING…IT’S NOT VERY EFFECTIVE

CD Projekt Red says “We need to fix the relationship with our players”

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cd-projekt-we-need-to-fix-the-relationship-with-our-players

Says it “became a cool thing not to like [CyberPunk 2077]” https://lmg.gg/6WAYL

Even though the launch was so bad it was pulled from the PlayStation Store https://www.gamesradar.com/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-the-playstation-store-until-further-notice/ 

 it made some national tv headlines https://youtu.be/9r65S2oES1s

"Work-life [balance] is really important to us. It always has been but it was hard to maintain the balance.” https://lmg.gg/Z4WYT

Maybe also their employees, since there were accusations they were in crunch for over a year on Witcher 3 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-3-studio-responds-to-crunch-accusations/1100-6422841/

Massive rumours of bad morale and terrible glassdoor reviews led to a public statement https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/919885993171398656

Alt: Promised “more humane” working conditions on CP77 https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-promises-more-humane-cyberpunk-2077-crunch-than-devs-endured-for-the-witcher-3/

Promised it again a month later https://kotaku.com/cd-projekt-red-boss-again-promises-that-cyberpunk-devs-1835518344

Shocker: they didn’t keep the promise https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/29/21494499/cyberpunk-2077-development-crunch-time-cd-projekt-red

Entire team to stop excessive working https://lmg.gg/mIRqx

 

STEP IN FRONT OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN, JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN

RDR Remaster rumours swirl as Korea’s Media Ratings board releases brand new rating

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/new-korean-rating-for-red-dead-redemption-has-fans-hoping-for-a-remaster

Actual rating dated this month https://www.grac.or.kr/Statistics/Popup/Pop_ReasonInfo.aspx?f9835d0907c858034d6ce96daaa6a1fda6c813a6a053e8e5ec12581d53453bb0

Media Ratings board has a history of leaking things:

-          Leaked LoL spin-off Mageseeker earlier this year https://www.eurogamer.net/league-of-legends-spin-off-mageseeker-leaked-by-south-korean-rating-board

-          Even leaked Tekken 7 update in 2016 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tekken-7-producer-criticises-korean-ratings-board-/1100-6434542/ (ALT https://kotaku.com/tekken-developer-the-south-korean-review-board-is-awfu-1757276170 )

-          Leaked plot details of Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch back in 2018 https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/42703/1/plot-details-for-the-new-black-mirror-have-leaked

Fan Made RDR Remake Trailer got 1.2 million views https://youtu.be/M92mAlq7_As

 

THE BACHELOR: CORPORATION EDITION

FTC lawsuit stuff

Microsoft considered buying over 100 game developers, including Bungie, CDPR, Square Enix, and Sega

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/92098/microsofts-buyout-consideration-list-included-100-game-devs-bungie-cd-projekt-fromsoftware/index.html

RE: Sega, planned to keep games multiplatform and re-release non-Xbox exclusives on Xbox

https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-said-it-would-have-kept-sega-games-multiplatform-after-proposed-buyout

Bethesda Exec “confused” by Microsoft’s multiplatform policy for CoD, first shared by Axios reporter Stephen Totilo https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1673470891433271297

Says it’s the opposite of what Bethesda was “asked (told)” to do https://lmg.gg/EFDHp

Also implied TES6 might be skipping PlayStation https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1673470894595874818

Playstation boss doesn’t like Starfield exclusivity but says it isn’t anti-competitive https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-boss-jim-ryan-doesnt-like-starfield-exclusivity-but-doesnt-deem-it-anti-competitive

Also, while he initially believed ABK acquisition WASN’T about exclusivity, he says opinion changed after correspondence with Phil Spencer in August 2022 https://lmg.gg/2J6V7

 

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BREAKING: COMPANY MAKES VAGUE SEMI-PROMISE

Nintendo discusses Switch successor at investor Q&A

Will carry over current Nintendo Accounts https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-2-nintendo-accounts-carried-over-lite-oled/

Vague about backward compatibility https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/will-nintendos-switch-successor-be-backward-compatible/

Translated Q&A about backward-compatibility https://twitter.com/Cheesemeister3k/status/1673697345693945856

Plan to deal with scalpers: more supply, maybe something else (they’ll get back to us) https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/06/nintendo-aims-to-reduce-scalping-of-new-hardware

 

ACCEPT THE COMING OF YOUR NEW LORD.

Gaming News Conglomerate guts staff, seeks “AI Editor”

https://futurism.com/the-byte/gaming-sites-writers-ai-editor

Laid off over 50 staff 3 months ago https://www.strafe.com/news/read/gamurs-group-layoff-a-large-proportion-of-the-workforce/

Tom Henderson of InsiderGaming estimates this was 40% of workforce https://twitter.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1668711983019950081

Job posting in question that popped up this month https://web.archive.org/web/20230613212914/https:/gamurs.breezy.hr/p/3a291acf07ac-ai-editor

Own sites Dot Esports and Prima Games, acquired Destructoid and The Escapist https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamurs-group-buying-enthusiast-gaming-sites-report

 

HOW TO MAKE LORE DUMPS WORSE

Destiny unveiled one of their most important story cutscenes ever, but with a major issue

https://www.polygon.com/23767367/veil-traveler-gardener-winnower-witness-explained-cutscene-destiny-2

They copied a fan’s artwork https://twitter.com/ELEMENTJ21/status/1671281580831297536  

Bungie says they will compensate and credit artist due to mistake https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-says-it-will-compensate-and-credit-artist-whose-work-was-mistakenly-used-in-this-weeks-major-destiny-2-cutscene/

 

BIOWARE PUTS OLD REPUBLIC INTO CARE HOME

Bioware confirms SWTOR is being handed off to another studio

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/bioware-confirms-developer-change-for-i-star-wars-the-old-republic-i-

Official Statement from Bioware GM Gary McKay https://blog.bioware.com/2023/06/27/bright-future-for-swtor/

Bioware statement says this is to focus on Dragon Age, Mass Effect https://www.pcgamesn.com/dragon-age-4/bioware-update

Makes sense since Mass Effect still in pre-production https://wccftech.com/mass-effect-still-in-pre-production-bioware-passes-star-wars-the-old-republic-new-dev/

Layoffs will occur due to transition https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bioware-confirms-layoffs-as-star-wars-the-old-republic-moves-to-new-developer

Broadsword currently only maintains two older MMORPGs, worries about SWTOR’s future https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-05-mythic-devs-form-new-studio-take-over-daoc-and-ultima-online.html

 

SUS

Among Us is getting an animated TV adaptation…for reasons (money)

https://www.polygon.com/23775521/among-us-tv-show-infinity-train

Also confirmed by developer Innersloth https://www.innersloth.com/among-us-is-getting-an-animated-series/

Not your childrens’ cartoon https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs-studios-owen-dennis-1235655516/

Animation studio is Titmouse https://lmg.gg/uwygF

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OH IT'S HAPPENING

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LET'S GOOOOO!!!!

 

Excited to see that set go from concept to production and look so good on camera.  Great work!

[Spotty]

If you're looking for story suggestions...

 

The Cycle: Frontier is shutting down with the devs blaming cheaters for ruining the game shortly after launch. 

https://thecycle.game/news-and-media/sunset-announcement

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During perhaps one of the most important periods of a live game, we faced many challenges. One of them and perhaps the most crucial one was the increasing number of cheaters shortly after TC:F went live. Although we had tools and measurements in place, we quickly realized we needed to improve our anti-cheat efforts to be able to ensure a fair game experience for all players. By the time we got additional partners onboard for our anti-cheat efforts and could focus again on gameplay and performance improvements for The Cycle: Frontier, many of you had already been affected and as a result we saw a significant decrease in our player base.

 

The FTC lawsuit with Microsoft leaked that Bohemia is working on DayZ 2.

https://www.dualshockers.com/dayz-2-in-development/

 

 

The new set looks good but there's still some issues with the green screen that might need finer tuning, especially around the hands. It's very noticeable in the shot where Linus points to his hand (3:50) but if you're looking for it you can notice it throughout the rest of the video whenever his hands are in front of the background.

(I'm not sure if this video was shot using the tech showed off in the LTT video or if this was old fashioned chroma keying in post)