God of War’s long-awaited return was one of the biggest talking points and highlights of this past E3. Kratos’ surprise reveal during Sony’s press conference.
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Saad from eXputer: "After Arkane Austin & Tango were shutdown, Xbox President Sarah Bond spoke with Bloomberg in what I believe to be utter corporate fakery."
im not really surprised by that, shes always been more a "let me talk about something else than what u want to know" kinda gal
Yea, it was and it’s insulting that they think we’re dumb enough to fall for this. Look, the truth was you took a gamble on these studios and while they released some games to critical praise and great reception they just aren’t bringing in a ROI. Be transparent, you’re not a politician.
Just tell everyone you spend money on projects big and small and when money isn’t being made you go over the potential of revenue a studio can bring in vs those that can’t and make the hard decision to chop them.
She says this whole thing about “success” doesn’t fit one meaning for each studio. Well yea, a small budget production isn’t going to expect to sell the same as a large budget production.
One thing I wish they did though was let Tango be an independent studio.
disheartening to see no regard for the human cost of business anymore
the bad decisions and judgements of these CEOs severely impact the frontliners
these fake responses are just salt on wounds
imagine havin the audacity to say "we need more games like hifi rush" right after closing the studio that made it lol
followin up with this show of "deflecting every question" was in poor taste
Well written article. Don't get me wrong, I love the classic God of War games, but after 6 titles I do feel this is the right time to reinvent the series. One of my most anticipated upcoming games now.
Im not a gow fan and I never liked gow gameplay are camera but I know many others disagree and thats fine.This gow looks pretty good im glad they brought it up to date I think I would enjoy this game.
I'm all for games getting exciting new direction and ambitious changes. I trust the director when he said this game will still be a GoW game.
It's articles like this that pissed me off about God of wars new narrative focus. Buzzwords like "grounded" and "unrealistic" made by obvious naughty dog fans who think turning every game into the last of us is "innovation".
After watching barlog on the know interview (a really good interview) my criticisms were put at ease. There will still be giant bosses and dozens of enemies on screen. The kid won't get in the way and it won't be some babysitting escort ordeal. It will still be the original team making the spectacle it always was with deep mythology ties. I can't wait.
I like the idea of changing up the style of the franchise but I don't like the similarity of the new style they've chosen to that of The Last of Us, which was an amazing game don't get me wrong but much like everything became Uncharted 2 after that game blew our minds years ago, it seems now everything has decided it needs to be The Last of Us (even Uncharted it seems) and I don't think the style fits everything as well as the creators think it will. I loved that slow cinematic trek through a ruined post apocalyptic America but I don't think I'm gonna enjoy slowly walking through most of the games released in these next two years, walking between precanned cinematic moments and having lengthy conversations with characters that aren't nearly as well rounded and interesting as Joel or Ellie.
I also think they should've gone with a mythology other than Norse. I feel like we've seen enough Norse mythology inspired gaming in recent years, hell it even looks too much like a dirtier version of the setting of God of War 3. Ancient Egypt or Japan would've been far more interesting.