From VGC: "Yuji Naka has claimed that he was removed as the director of Balan Wonderworld six months before the heavily criticised game’s release, resulting in him suing publisher Square Enix.
In an explosive series of tweets published on Thursday (and translated in full below by VGC contributor Robert Sephazon), the Sonic the Hedgehog creator was heavily critical of Square Enix and co-developer Arzest for releasing the game in what he believed was an unfinished state.
He said he is now able to address his departure from Square Enix and the game’s reception because the trial has concluded."
In a recent conversation with the fans on X, the CCO asked them for their opinion on a new Stratagem for Eagle-1. He engaged with the fans, praising their ideas, and everything was going smoothly until a fan named Nasdorachi shared their idea.
The Outerhaven interviews Francisco González of Grundislav Games about his passion for Point and Click games.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
You could add the naming scheme for the consoles, it just confuses customers. I know they wanted to avoid traditional numbering bc it would always be lower than their competitor, but this whole 360 then One then Series thing is confusing af. Imagine a Soccer Mom trying to figure this stuff out. I still mistakenly call the Series X the One from time to time on accident.
Don't forget about the Xbox One, Xbox One X and Xbox Series X! Good luck to Soccer moms around the world.
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
2 of the 4 games they did already sold really well. So it's definitely going down. Idk about halo or forza but I feel those studios they've bought in the last 5 years, their coming
"I believe that if they don’t care about games nor their fans, Square Enix is a bad company"
Oh wow he is going at them
Lichdom Battlemage is a masterpiece against this.
I think in this case, like most, that the truth is in the gray area here. Naka has an advantage being an individual as a single person fighting a corporation will likely gain him a lot of support from the public. However Naka has a history of being "difficult to work with" and despite my respect for him and his games, the truth is he has not made a really good game in a long time. Rodea sky soldier was a turd as well...so I'm not inclined to believe this was all S-E's fault. In truth I think Naka is throwing this out into the public in order to pressure S-E to settle out of court. Was S-E likely unreasonable about missed deadlines and milestones? Probably. Were they expecting too much of a small team with a tight budget? Again most likely. However was Naka poorly managing his project? Given that he was voted off as lead by two other subordinates, yes. Ultimately I think this is about money, he was probably cut out of bonuses/royalties for missing said deadlines and for the game being received so poorly, and as a result is trying to sue to get those restored while citing "unfair work practices" and using public pressure
Well squares been terrible with many games as of late. Thank you for suing them lol.
Did he win?