Jen plays Crimson Alliance and we may have to stage an intervention.
Halo Infinite and Call of Duty co-developer Certain Affinity has been hit with a wave of layoffs, CEO Max Hoberman announced.
Unfortunate as Certain Affinity has been a great partner for many developers
EXODUS was one of the most interesting game reveals at The Game Awards 2023. It is the debut project of Archetype Entertainment, an Austin-based studio helmed by former BioWare legend James Ohlen (who worked on classics like the first Baldur's Gate games, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Dragon Age: Origins) and owned by Wizards of the Coast. Shortly after its foundation, the studio was joined by another ex BioWare veteran: writer Drew Karpyshyn, known mostly as the lead writer of the acclaimed first two Mass Effect games.
AAA RPG? How quaint. Call me when the fourth A makes its appearance. Otherwise, YAWN!
While 5A games are just a bit too wild for me...for now, at $70 plus tax for the broken base game, an extra $200+ for the complete experience plus a year of patches to fix all of it, AAAA games are just right. Perfect experience if you ask me.
But Triple A games? LOL! What am I? A pleb? As if...
From GI.biz: "Is there space for an independent studio to create a big-budget title that can fight for its place in a market increasingly dominated by ever-consolidating global publishers? When even mega-publishers like Activision Blizzard are no longer immune to a corporate takeover and budgets continue to spiral, can a studio from outside this sphere of influence even hope to have their voice heard?
This is exactly the proposition that Austin-based games studio Certain Affinity is betting itself on, as the company continues to work towards its goal of self-producing and releasing its own AAA-quality titles."
Fresh review of a game I honestly had slip under my radar. Might well take a look at it given it is free to start playing.