"We recently mysteriously received a review copy of Real Life, an upcoming MMO that has supposedly been in a public beta test for years but slipped by us while we were playing other games. Heavenly Studios is the favored developer/publisher of Real Life (RL), but that is a point of much controversy. Some argue that there is no publisher, while others are stuck in a debate on whether it was Heavenly Studios' eastern house (Allahtta Games) or their western counterpart (Christy Software). Others abstain from committing to either side, arguing they can never know for certain. For the sake of consistency, we'll just refer to the developer/publisher as Heavenly Studios."
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
Heh, sounds like one of those games that is so bad it's good.
This reminds me of True Crime: New York City lol
I heard that the subscription costs for this game are completely insane.