GamerTVNetwork, after hearing about Duke Nukem Forever going to Gearbox, thinks that this is actually a pretty good idea; take a vaporware title off one dev's hands and give it to another, a group that has the wherewithal to churn out the product, and a quality product at that.
GamerTVNetwork can think of a few other games that could use that treatment.
Gearbox Entertainment has confirmed layoffs at the company, following the announcement of its sale by Embracer.
I’m glad Embracer is selling them. I hope someone other than MS buys them and frees them up to make great games.
Less than a day after the news that Take-Two Interactive would acquire Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group, layoffs have already begun. In the hours since former Gearbox employees were made redundant, they've taken to Twitter, and while the total number of staff impacted remains hard to determine, it sounds significant.
I am glad to see Gearbox under Take Two. But lay offs I am not surprised they aren't the only company cutting staff and they won't be the last. And I have a feeling the Borderlands movie honestly will tank when it comes out. The cast is just wow a complete mess Lilith is too old Roland is to small and scrawny. They are missing Brick and Mordecai and I don't think Tiny Tina will be as bat shit nuts as she is in the games.
Pfft, literally said yesterday how it must be nerve wracking for the devs and then this shite. People aren't looking to get fired, and these companies don't care in the slightest.
Inflation post 1/20/2020 is really causing pain to everyone. The cherry on top was companies waiting post 11/8/2022 to start doing layoffs. Hmm, I wonder why they waited past that date... Staring with Google in January 2023 and everyone following suit there after.
Companies that over-hire should be fined heavily and the CEO loses his/her bonus during layoffs, and that money can go to the workers that they laid off.
I hope Pitchford got let go for the sake of employee safty. The man is a walking grease fire waiting to happen.
The game developer is best known for Borderlands, which has generated more than $1 billion in revenue
Hey n4g, can we maybe not allow articles where you can only read 3% of it before hitting the pay wall?
They just bought them not long ago. This is absurd. Embracer owns so many gaming studios and IP’s. They just don’t know to manage them right TBH
Give us saints row 1-2 proper HD remaster (3-5 million in sales confirmed as long as no major bugs)
Focus on AA games that cost less than 40 million go develop while funding 2-3 major AAA titles. Those smaller titles should aim for 8/10 type games with focus on fun and be released within 2 years while bigger games are given 3-5 years
If they would have bought Bethesda their stock would have crashed and sunk the company a couple days ago.
I'd have to say Ghost and Black Mesa would be games I would want to see. I wouldn't really care about the others. But I was hotly anticipating Ghost and was crushed to here it got canned. I really wanted that game to be a part of my collection.
Guitar Rising doesn't need to be made. Harmonix is essentially doing what that game wanted to accomplish with Rock Band 3. The game allows you to play it with the standard guitar controller that we are used to, but also a 100+ button controller or even a special real guitar that you can plug in to the game and play. On top of that, they have added a whole new layer to drums and also have the keyboard to top it all off.
As far as Starcraft: Ghost, Ubisoft can't make the game. Blizzard is part of Activision. The only way a non-Blizzard team could ever develop the game would be if it was an Activision owned studio.
I definitely want to see Black Mesa finished but last I heard, they are still working on it. No need for anybody else to take over.
No GT5??
on Bethesda doing Infinity: the Quest for Earth
they tend to make the place seem huge by hand placing events etc into small areas... Their expertise is in a different area then Infinity would require.
No mention of Wardevil?