During THQ's financial conference call with analysts, company execs explained why two of their highly anticipated in-house games, Stuntman Ignition and Jucied 2: Hot Import Nights, did not do as well as anticipated in sales and reviews.
For Stuntman, the execs stated that they felt the game's design was too old-fashioned and highly scripted compared to the more open games that involve more player's choice that the publisher feels are more popular now.
For Juiced, THQ felt that giving the developer, Juiced Games, a total of six different platforms to develop all at once was too ambitious and that going forward THQ will only give their game developers no more than three SKUs to work on at once.
Neil writes: "The latest sale is now in place, and yet again it is found delivering a multitude of discounts to Xbox One and Xbox 360 players, with all of the following available via the Xbox Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale for 13th-19th August 2019. Better still is the fact that there are also a ton of discounts on our favourite LEGO games, whilst the Xbox Super Game Add-On Sale also adds in even more. Anything you'll be picking up?"
Stuntman Ignition is now available to download through Games with Gold on Xbox 360 and Xbox Backwards Compatible on Xbox One.
Carlos writes: "We may have some exciting and highly anticipated releases set to arrive on Xbox One throughout October, but let’s not forget that each month also brings Xbox Live Gold members a handful of games to enjoy for no extra cost at all. Whilst last month’s titles didn’t manage to rouse the biggest appreciation from everyone, there were still some hidden gems included that made for some classic additions to our gaming collections. With September all wrapped up and October upon us, it’s time to look into this month’s selection of free Games With Gold titles and see just how good or bad they are."
Overcooked is probably the best couch co-op game of the generation, along with its sequel... so it's an alright month in my book.
Stuntman was alright from what I remember but it’s 360 game same with hitman but looks pretty average month to me.
zomg, how will i go on?
Well... their right. Juiced seemed "rushed" and "Stuntman" Demo was entertaining, but it didn't have that lasting appeal to me.