"It was only a matter of time before the other shoe dropped. After delays hit The Witcher 3, Dying Light, Batman: Arkham Knight, and The Order: 1886, the video game industry has decided to simply shut down for the remainder of 2014 and start up again next year." | Explosion.com
There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.
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.
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.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
As far as consoles go, there are quite a few I'm looking forward to in 2014... Kingdom Hearts 2.5, Tales of Xillia 2, Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil, etc.
I expect we'll be seeing some more game announcements/release dates for 2014 at E3 regardless.
There are still plenty of games coming out in 2014.
Alien Isolation
Dragon Age 3
Assassins Creed Unity
MIddle Earth: Shadow of Mourdor
Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition
Drive Club
Forza Horizon 2
Killer Instinct Season 2
Bayonetta 2
X
Super Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS
Thats just SOME. If you think that isnt enough you are drunk.
Well good, gives me time to clean up my backlog.
AWESOME article, hits the nail on the head. Still a ton of great games for 2014 though, but is nice to see someone have some fun with trends lately.
I hear God is planning on delaying the second half of 2014 to spring 2015.