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Curt Schilling opens up about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Schilling, owner of 38 Studios, only moments ago on WEEI in Boston opens up about the five year journey to make Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and confirms the demos 2 million plus downloads.

MySwordIsHeavenly4498d ago

If this had come out on the PS2...sure. I would be all over it. We've evolved since then.

DaveMan4498d ago

but the ps2 was the king of the gaming days...

kma2k4498d ago

I am no fan of Curt Schilling, i have really high hopes for this game....but knowing he was behind it sours my view ever so slithtly!

Felinox4498d ago

He just startexd the company. Hes not a programmer or anything. If anything it makes me respect him a little more. Most rich douches dont do anything worthwhile with thier money.

Capt-FuzzyPants4498d ago

Yes. This exactly how I feel. Any true Philadelphia sports fan will feel the same way. I might get this game, but knowing Curt Schilling had something to do with it makes me a little skeptical.

computeSci4498d ago (Edited 4498d ago )

Why are you guy's skeptical? Curt's pastime was playing MMOs and other RPGs when he was off the field. He's a gamer at heart.

Capt-FuzzyPants4498d ago (Edited 4498d ago )

He didn't like Philadelphia so he whined and complained until he left. I just don't like Schilling. No one in or around Philly does really. That's the only thing I have against the game though. A little irrational but I'm a huge Phillies fan.

Arts10004498d ago (Edited 4498d ago )

Everything I hear from this team is impressive ...........

BrunoBRS4498d ago

i don't know, i didn't really like what i saw from the demo.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws11d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman11d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath211d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai17d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga16d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole13d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville14d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5216d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_16d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville14d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM16d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka16d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_16d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long20d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0920d ago (Edited 20d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.