Nukezilla's Jon Ruggiero writes:
"Someone claiming to be a friend of one of the final 12 Xbox Live Halo 2 players stated that none of the 12 had received gifts promised to them by Microsoft.
If you hadn’t heard, Halo 2 servers were shut down on April 15th, but an intrepid group of players were able to continue playing by keeping their Xboxs on. Over the following month the final 12 players dwindled down until the last player signed off on May 10th. In remembrance of their deed, Microsoft sent a press release to IGN claiming that the 12 would be given beta access to Halo: Reach. “Their tremendous exhibition of courage and commitment makes them ideal candidates for Noble team and therefore we are working to ensure they have everything necessary to participate in the Halo: Reach beta,” the message said."
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
Wow. Total dick move on Microsoft and Bungie's part if true.
That's a shame. Those 12 showed their love for a game and Microsoft told them they would be rewarded for their devotion. To not do so is not on.
"Someone claiming to be a friend of one of the final 12 Xbox Live Halo 2 players..."
For real? That's all it takes to create an article nowadays? There are more fanboys spreading fud than actual gamers unfortunately.