Arrowhead has less than 100 employees. Helldivers 1 sold much, much less than 2. It has an all-time peak of 6,744 players, and that was seven years ago.
These were the conditions going in. I’m sure they’re trying to scale up and meet the insane demand for bug fixes and content, but that ain’t done in two months. In most respects this is a small developer who hasn’t planned for this kind of popularity.
Weird. I have like three crashes total in 66 hours since I bought the game in late march. Did you clear the shader cache, update drivers and all that jazz?
Costumes seem like an obvious barometer, but the measurements may not be what you’re expecting. Rather than looking for costumes with quality, attention to detail, or uniquely inspired designs, all you have to do is look for how dirty the costumes are....
This was the whole ethos of the first Star Wars films - Lucas made a point of getting everything look worn, to the point of having a term for it: the "used universe". Exemplified by C-3PO's whole look, Luke's clothes or even Han Solos's sweaty shirt.
It's a shame he seems to have completely forgotten this when it was time to make the prequels...
MS has been doing that for over 20 years, no news there. The reason for acquiring is to deny acquisition to others, and to ensure MS’s ecosystems have software, I imagine.
Yeah, clearly offering more ways to legitimately purchase their content is predatory… Stellaris is EIGHT years old at this point, it’s hard to find another single player game that’s still supported and updated as well. Every dlc also brings a free update, so all owners benefit.
Or maybe we just need to stop buying shit that’s just thinly veiled skinner boxes, and play games because they are fun again, not to get the best/coolest/most brag-worthy stuff in-game.
would focus on the essence of what made the original series great by making an, “arcadey, amazing-feeling, very accessible, competitive and fun game.” Project Gravity was also planned to be a live-service, free-to-play title
In 1996, Independence Day became the highest grossing movie of the year, cementing Will Smith as a leading man, turned director Roland Emmerich into one of Hollywood’s top names, and solidifying the alien invasion movie as the ideal summer blockbuster spectacle. But another alien invasion film came out in 1996, one with the...
I saw this when it was in theatres, haven't seen it since. It came with a lot of hype due to all the big-star names, and its marketing really hadn't communicated how tongue-in-cheek it was. People went in expecting something akin to ID4 or Batman, and it sure wasn't that.
Redfall: We are working to release our final update, Game Update 4, that brings revamped Neighborhood ( x.com )
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Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert's next game is 'classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Helldivers II sales top 12 million ( www.gematsu.com )
[OpenCritic] Animal Well Reviews (89 Top Critic Average 100% Critics Recommend) ( opencritic.com )
-PC Gamer 90 / 100...
A Year Later, Redfall Players Who Spent $100 Are Still Waiting For Its Promised Heroes ( kotaku.com )
The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook ( www.pcgamer.com )
Men of War II | Release Date Reveal ( www.youtube.com )
Helldivers 2 CEO Says Arrowhead Must Fix the Game and Add to It at the Same Time ‘To Stay Relevant’ ( www.ign.com )
The dirty secret to making sci-fi believable ( www.polygon.com )
Costumes seem like an obvious barometer, but the measurements may not be what you’re expecting. Rather than looking for costumes with quality, attention to detail, or uniquely inspired designs, all you have to do is look for how dirty the costumes are....
Microsoft has ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’ following its acquisition, studio says ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Stardew Valley is basically the same game 8 years later ( www.polygon.com )
The next adventure from the developer of Ori and the Blind Forest is a gripping soulslike action-RPG with a survival game twist ( www.pcgamer.com )
Stellaris announces DLC subscription ( store.steampowered.com )
Diablo 4’s Hellish Microtransactions Go From Bad to Worse With $65 Horse Bundle That Costs More Than the Game Itself ( www.ign.com )
EA flop Immortals of Aveum reportedly cost around $125 million, former dev says "a AAA single-player shooter in today's market was a truly awful idea" ( www.gamesradar.com )
Spiritual Successor To SSX Was In The Works, But Not Anymore ( kotaku.com )
Ubisoft CEO defends Skull and Bones’ $70 price despite its live service leanings, calls it ‘quadruple-A’ ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
You Need to Watch Tim Burton's Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movie ( www.inverse.com )
In 1996, Independence Day became the highest grossing movie of the year, cementing Will Smith as a leading man, turned director Roland Emmerich into one of Hollywood’s top names, and solidifying the alien invasion movie as the ideal summer blockbuster spectacle. But another alien invasion film came out in 1996, one with the...
Must watch classic SciFi movies? ( kbin.social )
So far this year I have watched Metropolis and Zardoz for the first time. What are some other must see SciFi movies?