Karan writes- "E3 is here, and despite being cynical bastards—we can’t help but still be excited. Being as hard as it is to be positive about the show these days (and being proved right equally as often), we still hold our breaths each year for major announcements. They sometimes come true and most often do not. Till the truth is revealed however, it’s all heresy and speculation. Still, we’ve been thinking about E3 a lot–as you may have surmised from our other lists. So here, without further ado–are the questions that most burn inside us."
Ubisoft says they are focusing on two "core verticals," and that's to return as a leader in the open world genre, and live service games.
Calling Ubisoft a leader in open world gaming at any point in time would be like calling Dollar General a leader in retail.
Well, to be fair, they did pump out good open world games before. It was used as a template so much that people now know what it means when you say it's like an Ubi open world collectahon.
I don't think they were ever the leader tbh. I've never really cared for any of their open world games. I do wanna try watch dogs 2 because it looks like it's set in San Fran. Looked interesting
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Rockstar Games founder Dan Houser's new studio, Absurd Ventures, is currently working on a AAA open world action adventure game.
I'm really curious to see what he's going to do. It seems like a GTA-style game, but I wonder how it'll differentiate itself.
E3 is sadly becoming less and less necessary each year.