Duke Nukem has been getting slammed by critics, and things got ugly earlier this week when Redner Group boss Jim Redner tweeted out of frustration about limiting reviewers' access to games in future. He proceeded to delete the tweet and issue an apology to press, but the proverbial sh*t already hit the fan and publisher 2K Games immediately fired Redner Group as its external PR firm. This quick action by 2K should be commended, says PR expert and founder of IDE Agency Sean Kauppinen.
It took about five seconds for artists (and fans) to notice.
What would otherwise have been a fairly minor announcement, the news that some old Duke Nukem games were coming to an Evercade handheld, has blown up after the rapid discovery that the bundle’s promotion included a bunch of terrible machine-generated imagery.
Literally who cares. It's a picture of Duke Nukem shooting a gun on a black background to announce a tiny port to a practically unheard of handheld. Why would anybody care that it's AI generated?
Why do they need to apologize? You can’t use AI generated imagery in advertising now?
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The help desk platform used by 2K Games for its customer support has been hacked, with malicious emails sent to certain players.
I was one of those users that got an email. Good thing I didn't open it. The email is from actual 2k support so I'm sure many people opened them. Scary stuff Take Two. You guys should invest some of your billions of dollars into some advancements for network security. I wonder who's getting hacked next at Take Two. First GTA 6 and now this.
Its a shame as while I do not condone the action I have worked with Jim on many titles over the years and always found him to be a very good and decent person to work with. He was always helpful and took the time to listen and address any concerns or questions I had.
BS. In the end, they took Redner's advice practically, and already blacklisted Eurogamer.
LOL...This game is so bad but i luv it...I just like mindless shooters..All i wanna c is explosions and big guns :D
To be fair, people are clearly coming in with a bias and wanting to get press by unloading on the game. I am playing it and it is not that bad. I have played far worse games in the last couple of years and it is actually fun. The big thing is that it is a retro game with dated gameplay and people expected this game to be what Half Life was to shooters.
The Redner group were layed off because they were honest. The fact is all publishers blacklist reviewers who give their titles bad scores. Lets face it, any negative view towards the PR group would be a "pot calling the kettle black" issue.