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[BrawlMan]

(Update) Activision Blizzard: NetEase rejected partnership extension proposal

Activision Blizzard states that NetEase has rejected its six-month extension proposal for the publishing of Blizzard titles in China.

www.destructoid.com

Looks like our good friends at Blizzard are getting booted out of China on the 23rd as negotiations have failed.

That's what you get for sucking up to a bunch of jackasses who constantly violate human rights.

 

[Chimpzy]

(Update) Activision Blizzard: NetEase rejected partnership extension proposal

Activision Blizzard states that NetEase has rejected its six-month extension proposal for the publishing of Blizzard titles in China.

www.destructoid.com

Looks like our good friends at Blizzard are getting booted out of China on the 23rd as negotiations have failed.

Inb4 NetEase announces a new hero shooter that looks like Overwatch, sounds like Overwatch, plays like Overwatch, but is called, idk, Uberguardians or whatever.

 

[CriticalGaming]

Inb4 NetEase announces a new hero shooter that looks like Overwatch, sounds like Overwatch, plays like Overwatch, but is called, idk, Uberguardians or whatever.

It wouldn't surprise me. It's not like they need some American company to farm China for cash, especially when they are perfectly capable of making "legally different" rip offs anyway.

 

[FakeSympathy]

(Update) Activision Blizzard: NetEase rejected partnership extension proposal

Activision Blizzard states that NetEase has rejected its six-month extension proposal for the publishing of Blizzard titles in China.

www.destructoid.com

Looks like our good friends at Blizzard are getting booted out of China on the 23rd as negotiations have failed.

They tried so hard to appease the government and its people. And now they are paying the price

 

[BrawlMan]

I like you Flynn, but I don't trust Konami at all. This is not good news.

Metal Gear Solid Announcements Coming, Says Raiden Actor

Quinton Flynn, the Raiden voice actor in Metal Gear Solid, claims announcements from the franchise will be revealed in the coming weeks.

www.escapistmagazine.com

 

[Bedinsis]

Interesting... I wonder if that will lead anywhere.

EU will reportedly object to Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard will face an antitrust challenge in the European Union, Reuters reported…

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[FakeSympathy]

I like you Flynn, but I don't trust Konami at all. This is not good news.

Metal Gear Solid Announcements Coming, Says Raiden Actor

Quinton Flynn, the Raiden voice actor in Metal Gear Solid, claims announcements from the franchise will be revealed in the coming weeks.

www.escapistmagazine.com

Pachinko, NFT, or live-service. Maybe a combination of all three

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Ubisoft Paris staff called to strike following CEO's "ball is in your court" comments

Union workers at Ubisoft Paris have been called to strike in response to CEO Yves Guillemot's comments to employees tha…

www.eurogamer.net

No objections, fill ya boots!

Union workers at Ubisoft Paris have been called to strike in response to CEO Yves Guillemot's comments to employees that "the ball was in their court' following disappointing financial results in the company's most recent quarter.

"Today more than ever, I need your full energy and commitment to ensure we get back on the path to success," Guillemot wrote in an email to employees last week. "I am also asking that each of you be especially careful and strategic with your spending and initiatives, to ensure we're being as efficient and lean as possible. The ball is in your court to deliver this line-up on time and at the expected level of quality, and show everyone what we are capable of achieving."

In response to those comments, the Ubisoft Paris chapter of workers union Solidaires Informatique has now called for strike action on Friday, 27th January, writing, "The ball is in our court (but the money stays in his pocket)".

Solidaires Informatique's statement accuses Guillemot of trying to "shift the blame (once again) onto the employees", saying that the CEO's calls for employees to "give it our all" and to "be efficient and lean as possible" would lead to overtime, managerial pressure, and burnout.

"If the request to employees to be 'especially careful and strategic with your spending' is supposed to be ironic considering the company's editorial strategy of the last few years, it is not funny," it wrote. "When Mr. Guillemot speaks of 'attrition' and 'organisational adjustments', it means: staff reductions, discreet studio closures, salary cuts, disguised layouts, etc.".

Solidaires Informatique also accuses Guillemot of asking "a lot from his employees, but without any compensation". To that end, it's making four demands of Ubisoft:

• An immediate 10% increase for all salaries, regardless of annual increases, to compensate for inflation
• Improved working conditions with a particular focus on the implementation of a four-day week
• Transparency on the evolution of the local and global workforce
• A "strong commitment against disguised dismissals and a condemnation of abusive managerial policies that push employees to resign"

The statement also makes specific references to the developers behind Mario and Just Dance, asking, "What has been put in place for the teams that come out of the production exhausted?".

"Because Mr. Guillemot and his clique only understand the relationship of power," Solidaires Informatique concludes, "[we] are calling on the employees of Ubisoft Paris to go on strike on Friday 27th Jnary in the afternoon, from 2 to 6pm."

Ubisoft declined Eurogamer's request for comment when approached for hits story.

 

[FakeSympathy]

I got excited for like 5 secs, then I realized it was rainbow six siege. And then I realized it's a fucking skin.

Sigh.....

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

This is gonna leave so many people at 30 fps.

CINEMATIC!

(Update) Activision Blizzard: NetEase rejected partnership extension proposal

Activision Blizzard states that NetEase has rejected its six-month extension proposal for the publishing of Blizzard titles in China.

www.destructoid.com

Looks like our good friends at Blizzard are getting booted out of China on the 23rd as negotiations have failed.

D'ya think Blizzard will rethink its priorities and commit itself to artistic integrity and freedom of... of... bwaaaaahahaha. Dangit, I couldn't finish with a straight face.

I like you Flynn, but I don't trust Konami at all. This is not good news.

Metal Gear Solid Announcements Coming, Says Raiden Actor

Quinton Flynn, the Raiden voice actor in Metal Gear Solid, claims announcements from the franchise will be revealed in the coming weeks.

www.escapistmagazine.com

I mean, would a voice actor have any sort of inside line into the process unless the developers specifically gave them info?

 

[BrawlMan]

I mean, would a voice actor have any sort of inside line into the process unless the developers specifically gave them info?

Depends on the project, but with Konami, I am not expecting anything good.

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[hanselthecaretaker]

I like you Flynn, but I don't trust Konami at all. This is not good news.

Metal Gear Solid Announcements Coming, Says Raiden Actor

Quinton Flynn, the Raiden voice actor in Metal Gear Solid, claims announcements from the franchise will be revealed in the coming weeks.

www.escapistmagazine.com

Even with Kojima the franchise has seen its day. But, chances are the safe bet is a Bluepoint remake of the original game. Or maybe plans for the first three games if the response is swell enough.

 

[Dalisclock]

Pachinko, NFT, or live-service. Maybe a combination of all three

Beat me to it.

 

[Chimpzy]

Neat, if true. Og copies aren't too hard to find, but they've gotten pricey, like a lot of Gamecube stuff.

[EXCLUSIVE] Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings And The Lost Ocean Remake Is In Development

Sources have confirmed that a remake of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean is being developed for the Nintendo Switch.

exputer.com

 

[meiam]

Neat, if true. Og copies aren't too hard to find, but they've gotten pricey, like a lot of Gamecube stuff.

[EXCLUSIVE] Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings And The Lost Ocean Remake Is In Development

Sources have confirmed that a remake of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean is being developed for the Nintendo Switch.

exputer.com

lol worth it just to fix the voice over.

 

[FakeSympathy]

More gameplay on each playable characters on Dead Island 2:


I wonder why all of them are so melee-focused for all of them? Kinda wish I saw more of their abilities and builds

 

[CriticalGaming]

More gameplay on each playable characters on Dead Island 2:


I wonder why all of them are so melee-focused for all of them? Kinda wish I saw more of their abilities and builds

Cool but this game can't possibly be good right? For as long as it's been in development, there is no way this pulls through in good shape right?

 

[CriticalGaming]

And in today's Episode of Xbox doesn't know what the fuck it is doing......

Microsoft Slashes 10K Jobs, Including At Xbox And Halo Studios

Kotaku has learned that developers at 343 Industries and The Coalition have been impacted

kotaku.com

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees as it shifts its future focus, citing issues like the recession and lowered digital spending.

www.destructoid.com

 

[BrawlMan]

And in today's Episode of Xbox doesn't know what the fuck it is doing......

Microsoft Slashes 10K Jobs, Including At Xbox And Halo Studios

Kotaku has learned that developers at 343 Industries and The Coalition have been impacted

kotaku.com

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees as it shifts its future focus, citing issues like the recession and lowered digital spending.

www.destructoid.com

Recession my ass! I have a feeling that Microsoft is going to bow out of the console market at some point. They can't get beyond XBOX and 360 era mindset.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Cool but this game can't possibly be good right? For as long as it's been in development, there is no way this pulls through in good shape right?

Alas, that seems to be the trend. You want to believe it was delayed nearly a decade as they tirelessly perfected their vision when, in fact, it was more than likely sitting a shelf somewhere for several years, and they decided to dust it off instead of starting from scratch with something new. The first couple of Dead Islands were actually solid, dumb fun; me and a buddy 100%'d both together over the course of a weekend, and really enjoyed them, but it's the type of game that's just ripe for opportunities for microtransactions which kills any chance I'll even look it's way when it shuffles onto shelves like Frankenstein's monster.