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[The Rogue Wolf]

EA Games splits from EA Sports as part of rebrand

An internal shakeup at Electronic Arts will split EA Sports from EA Games, which will now be known as EA Entertainment.

www.nme.com

EA is divorcing itself?

If I was EA, I'd want to get away from me too.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Another red flag

 

[CriticalGaming]

Another red flag

16 TIMES the red flags!!!!!

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

"We've built all new technology... to slap over all that gamebryo legacy code that still infests our game engine."

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Giant tech companies are just the oil barons of the 21st century.

Microsoft was ready to “go spend Sony out of business” to strengthen Xbox

A key email in the FTC v. Microsoft case

www.theverge.com

So much for abandoning the three E’s (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish) philosophy of the 90’s. It will show how culpable our justice system is if they allow this deal to go through.

 

[BrawlMan]

Giant tech companies are just the oil barons of the 21st century.

And this is the reason why I stop giving an even further crap about Microsoft.

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom dominated US game industry sales in May | VGC

It’s already the second biggest game of the year based on boxed sales alone…

www.videogameschronicle.com

It looks like IO Interactive’s fantasy RPG is an Xbox exclusive | VGC

Internal documents list ‘Project Dragon’ is an Xbox console exclusive, in addition to PC…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Studio Behind One Of 2023’s Best Games Just Laid Off A Ton Of Devs

Scavengers Studio cuts developers after indie PlayStation exclusive Season failed to sell well

kotaku.com

Zero Punctuation - Dropping Video Player for YouTube Embeds, Same Day Post-ZP

We have a schedule update on Zero Punctuation at The Escapist to harmonize the website and YouTube and make a better viewing experience!

www.escapistmagazine.com

 

[Bedinsis]

Yakuza Games Scrub A Bunch Of People From The Credits, Including Series Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi

The recent Good Old Games bundle made some strange, post-game changes

kotaku.com

Too long, didn't read-version: a bunch of people behind the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series has left their parent company and in the latest gog release their names have been scrubbed from the credits.

I hope rules for proper crediting will be formalized within the industry so that companies cannot pull this.

 

[Chimpzy]

Dragon Quest XII Development Facing Difficulties Due To Targeting Adult Audience - Noisy Pixel

Japanese outlet denfaminicogamer recently published a text version of a radio interview they conducted with the creator of Dragon Quest...

noisypixel.net

... dafuck does that mean, 'adult audience'? If you fight a metal slime and miss, will the protag say fuck instead of the classic DQ miss sound, or something?

 

[CriticalGaming]

Dragon Quest XII Development Facing Difficulties Due To Targeting Adult Audience - Noisy Pixel

Japanese outlet denfaminicogamer recently published a text version of a radio interview they conducted with the creator of Dragon Quest...

noisypixel.net

... dafuck does that mean, 'adult audience'? If you fight a metal slime and miss, will the protag say fuck instead of the classic DQ miss sound, or something?

They trying to pull a FF16?

"If Final Fantasy can be mature then I wanna be mature too! Where is my horned gimp mask NPC!?"

 

[meiam]

DQ has been played mainly by adult for a long time, the first one came out in 86, someone who played the first one as a kid is now around 40! There's no reason to target that demographic, people play DQ game because they have a timeless quality to them, trying to change them miss the point.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Another red flag

So I don't think that this means some sort of exclusivity deal (remember Tomb Raider playing up TressFX support for Lara's hair?) but it's still a pretty idiotic move to infer any kind of exclusion for what is seen by many to be Todd's last gasp.

 

[BrawlMan]

Yakuza Games Scrub A Bunch Of People From The Credits, Including Series Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi

The recent Good Old Games bundle made some strange, post-game changes

kotaku.com

Too long, didn't read-version: a bunch of people behind the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series has left their parent company and in the latest gog release their names have been scrubbed from the credits.

I hope rules for proper crediting will be formalized within the industry so that companies cannot pull this.

What is it with game publishers and developers doing this on both sides of the Pacific. Were they really expecting these people to stay forever? Grow the hell up, you pussies.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

What is it with game publishers and developers doing this on both sides of the Pacific. Were they really expecting these people to stay forever? Grow the hell up, you pussies.

It smacks of middle-management pettiness, trying to deny people their deserved legacy as a punishment for "daring" to head elsewhere.

 

[Gyrobot]

EA Games splits from EA Sports as part of rebrand

An internal shakeup at Electronic Arts will split EA Sports from EA Games, which will now be known as EA Entertainment.

www.nme.com

EA is divorcing itself?

More like just treating the sports division as its own thing while they still make regular games so they can see how much money each division brings in along with devs

Also, Skull girls had some content censored and I say good riddance

Skullgirls bombarded by negative Steam reviews after devs alter old artwork they felt was in 'poor taste'

The patch removes Nazi-like armbands and almost imperceptibly tones down the sexualization of some characters.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[BrawlMan]

Pretty dumb on both ends. The censorship is unnecessary, and Skullgirls is meant for late teens and adults, not kids. The Nazi-type soldiers I get, even though they're clearly the bad guys. The sexualization, which is the game doesn't have that much to begin with, is being too sensitive and aiming for people who are never going to play the game, nor invested in the first place. Which ironic, as most of the players (and there's a lot) that are female either I have 0 issues with the sexualization, or embrace the characters that fit right in the category. On the other side, the fans are going way too overboard and need to chill the fuck out. Don't even think of responding back to me Gyrobot, I don't give a fuck.

 

[BrawlMan]

What else is new? And I don't like you, Ryan. So would you kindly continue to fuck off?

PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Says Publishers Don't Like Xbox Game Pass

During an unsealed video deposition, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said that publishers don't like Xbox Game Pass.

insider-gaming.com

New Hello Kitty Game Is Basically Animal Crossing, A Deadly Combo

Hello Kitty Island Adventure, a new cozy life sim, launches July 28 on Apple Arcade

kotaku.com

Google is reportedly testing a product to play games via YouTube | VGC

YouTube is reportedly testing a product that would allow players to play games online.

www.videogameschronicle.com

Game design course immerses students in Japanese video game industry

RIT game design and development students got to explore the Japanese video game industry during a course and study abroad trip.

www.rit.edu

It begins!

Popular Video Game ‘Among Us’ Being Turned Into Animated TV Series

Learn more inside!

www.justjaredjr.com

Everybody 1-2-Switch! makes minigames massively multiplayer

Nintendo’s 1-2-Switch sequel is much more than just a tech demo

www.polygon.com

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

I just posted a message there, so hopefully someone can hook me up with a QR code or new setup key. Thanks for the suggestion! It's kinda crazy this place seems so void of...management? It seems to still have new content by contributors but I don't really even see mods or anyone with admin post anymore.

Finally after much back and forth with unknown/random discord folk I received an update from Nick -

I'm not sure there's much I can do on this right now. Our new parent company is in charge of the forums, and we've got some bigger updates at the moment taking priority. I'll flag it with tech, but be patient on that.


*sigh...taps fingers*

 

[FakeSympathy]

Checked Korean social media websites, and no one is too happy about this. Nevermind Korean being one of the more well known languages, but how messed up is it for them to switch and bait like this?

I'm sure modders will fix this as always, but man this really sucks

 

[Gyrobot]

Pretty dumb on both ends. The censorship is unnecessary, and Skullgirls is meant for late teens and adults, not kids. The Nazi-type soldiers I get, even though they're clearly the bad guys. The sexualization, which is the game doesn't have that much to begin with, is being too sensitive and aiming for people who are never going to play the game, nor invested in the first place. Which ironic, as most of the players (and there's a lot) that are female either I have 0 issues with the sexualization, or embrace the characters that fit right in the category. On the other side, the fans are going way too overboard and need to chill the fuck out. Don't even think of responding back to me Gyrobot, I don't give a fuck.

Your resistance makes the rod harder, Brawlie.

After all no one pointed a gun to your head to make a snide centrist argument as always even though I see this as a mostly good thing as I hope this kind of problematic content get memory holed

 

[Gordon_4]

It smacks of middle-management pettiness, trying to deny people their deserved legacy as a punishment for "daring" to head elsewhere.

Japan still has the kind of work culture that when you start somewhere, its essentially seen as becoming a company man and that you'll see out your whole working career with these guys; kind of like the Mafia in that respect. I can absolutely see their middle managers - especially if they're really old or were trained by very old school peers - treating this as a betrayal worth cutting them out of the company history. Like Arasaka's behaviour in Cyberpunk is only an exaggeration in that employee termination comes at muzzle velocity.