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Nikls94, do games w Sony, owner of "Naughty Dog", is suing a small game developer "Naughty Cat" in HK for trademark infringement.

Sony doing a Nintendo.

cRazi_man,

“Naughty publisher”

sgh, do games w Sony, owner of "Naughty Dog", is suing a small game developer "Naughty Cat" in HK for trademark infringement.

I’d understand if it wasn’t a game developer, but this looks like a clear case of piggybacking.

Also, fuck gambling.

echodot, do games w MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say

How the hell do they even have 100 employees to fire? The game is basically a UE5 demo project.

SharkAttak, do games w MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say
@SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Some of these titles needs different capitalization, apices, quotes... something!
I shouldn't have to read it 3-4 times to extrapolate the meaning.

Stovetop,

For anyone else trying to parse the title:

Sources from Build a Rocket Boy, developer of MindsEye, say the studio has begun layoffs amid a disastrous launch.

This might hurt every English teacher I ever had, but maybe title format should stop applying to article titles. Unnecessary capitalization hurts legibility.

Not that it would necessarily solve the wording issue, though, as I’m sure the data people for news publishers have some stats showing they get more engagement when the title is front loaded with more keywords, or something to that effect.

eronth,

Old title format is sensible for the limited space of newspapers. We don’t need it to be quite as concise as it used to be with current digital formats.

SharkAttak,
@SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Once limited page space, now limited attention span. I fear a title longer than 20 words would already be tl,dr territory.

eronth,

Yeah titles should still be short and snappy, but they can cater to more readability while still remaining relatively short.

ChicoSuave, do games w MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say

Co-CEO Mark Gerhard had hit the headlines ahead of MindsEye’s launch for claiming there was a “concerted effort” by some to “trash the game and the studio,” suggesting people were being paid or using spam bots to post negative comments.

The people who made the decisions which led them to this troubled state do not understand or accept that they are the reason hundreds are going to lose their jobs. “Paid actors” seems to be the big push back against criticism but no one knows how much these jobs pay or where to find one. I want to make some money for not buying crap!

Stovetop,

I am seeing more and more of these “review bomb” takes lately, too. Dragon Age Veilguard getting review bombed because their game is too woke. Moon Studios saying they might have to close because trolls are review bombing their new game. Monster Hunter Wilds being review bombed on Steam because entitled PC gamers expect their games to be stable, I guess.

Too many people out there are deflecting legitimate criticism in favor of what are basically conspiracy theories—that there must be a concerted effort to specifically punish these developers in particular for the crime of releasing a misunderstood masterpiece. No one wants to accept the possibility that they just put out a bad game.

Regrettable_incident,
@Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world avatar

I mean, I’m sure these jobs exist, social media manipulation is neither new or difficult. They’re probably outsourced to India or somewhere though.

But it’s a bit of a pathetic excuse for bad managers to use to cover their failing. I think they should have some sort of evidence before they start squawking about it.

ChicoSuave,

Outsourcing is such a pre-AI mentality. Why have foreign loose ends that don’t speak the language well and give off amateurish vibes when a few computers and some AI credits will do it faster, better, and cheaper?

cryptiod137,

It’s even more funny, or sad really, given that most of these studios are paying people to promote these games, without any of the legally required disclosures of course.

Those incongruously positive opinions disappearing after a few days is totally normal and definitely not because they were only being paid for a 1 week window around the launch of the game.

mhague, do games w MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say

I don’t get why they write an article and then play a Mario kart ad over half my screen. I’m not clicking to close their ads I’m clicking back to leave the site.

Just wanted to know if the lead designers, project managers, etc. were being fired or if it’s just the people who carry out their visions being axed. I can guess the answer though.

slimerancher,
@slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

No info on that, but apparently firing over a 100 people (out of 300 or so people)

One person, who asked to remain anonymous in order to protect their career, told IGN there’s no word yet on exactly how many staff are affected, but the standard 45-day consultation process starts today, June 23, which according to UK law is triggered when an employer proposes 100 or more redundancies within a 90-day period. IGN understands Build A Rocket Boy currently has around 300 UK employees, with around 200 abroad.

DrSleepless, do games w MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Begins Layoff Process Amid Disastrous Launch, Studio Sources Say

You know it is bad when the devs have to stop streamers before they play it.

nostalgicgamerz,

Wait what happened?

cryptiod137,

They cancelled all sponsored streams a short while after launch.

Cancelled one for CohCarnage as it was starting or had just started, he immediately launches another game and doesn’t look back.

nostalgicgamerz,

Wooooow they knew.

priapus, do gaming w Marathon Delayed as Bungie Promises to Reveal New Release Date This Fall - IGN

I don't see any future where this game survives when Arc Raiders exists. Its kinda reminding me of Overwatch vs Battleborn tbh

Megaman_EXE, do gaming w Marathon Delayed as Bungie Promises to Reveal New Release Date This Fall - IGN

I don’t think this can be salvaged at this point. Original Marathon fans don’t like that it doesn’t stay true to the source material. Everyone is mad about the plagiarism. Bungies track record is kinda shot after Destiny 2. I think the only people they could attempt to appeal to are hardcore destiny 2 fans.

sculd,

Agreed. Not sure if anything can save this game at this point. I just want an 8 hour campaign in the spirit of the original…

madame_gaymes, do gaming w Marathon Delayed as Bungie Promises to Reveal New Release Date This Fall - IGN
@madame_gaymes@programming.dev avatar

We’ve entered a new era of postponing the release date for releasing the release date. Doesn’t bode well.

sculd,

They really need to take their time on this one. Without major change releasing the game will be a suicide.

FreeBooteR69, do games w Chrono Odyssey: 17-Minute Gameplay Walkthrough
@FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca avatar

This looks pretty good. Hope the game-play lives up to its looks.

ryokimball, do games w Chrono Odyssey: 17-Minute Gameplay Walkthrough

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOJMQcBnwFc

Found it on youtube. Couldn’t get the IGN webpage to play it (at least, not without signing up for stuff)

Xanthobilly,

Thanks, it was bloated for me too.

hypnicjerk, do games w Chrono Odyssey: 17-Minute Gameplay Walkthrough

how long since the last chrono trigger sequel does it need to be before the name is up for grabs again? 22.3 years?

CybranM, do gaming w Splitgate 2 Director Refuses to Apologize for ‘Make FPS Great Again Hat’, Then Apologizes Anyway - IGN

Such a pointless thing to do which puts a massive target on your back for no reason. Backlash is deserved and maybe he learned something

mosiacmango, (edited )

Hes a libertarian nepo baby born into extreme wealth. His dad, the chairman of his company’s board and a main investor, was a cofounder of Inuit, the turbotax/quickbooks company.

Learning isn’t likely a strong suit.

misk, (edited ) do gaming w Splitgate 2 Director Refuses to Apologize for ‘Make FPS Great Again Hat’, Then Apologizes Anyway - IGN
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

Just 3 months ago Kojima was sporting „Make TV Great Again” hat with zero backlash. I think people look for ways to be outraged.

Please downvote this more to prove my point about pointless tribalism.

Vodulas,

You mean in 2017 like the article pointed out. And maybe there should have been backlash for it. It was a shitty thing to do then, and an even worse thing to do now

misk,
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

There are more important things to get angry over. Getting angry over hats is just tribalism.

Natanael,

When the tribe which they’re appealing to is a death cult with a huge body count then that’s just being reasonable

misk,
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

Are hats your main issue with them? I don’t like organised religion but tend to focus on other things than their silly hats even though they are even sillier than MAGA ones.

mosiacmango,

Motherfucker decided to come out as MAGA on a global stage while journalists and protestors were being shot by rubber bullets and tear gassed just miles away. He was in range of the predator drones flying over head in a US city, and where Marines were illegally deployed to US soil for the first time in hundreds of years.

But nah dog, just ignore all that and play the game, the game that clearly supports all that. Cause focusing on what the dev clearly supports is not allowed for some reason because he wore it on a hat.

misk,
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

Does he really fuck his mother?

Vodulas,

Ah yes, getting angry over someone appealing to fascists is just tribalism. My bad

misk,
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

Yes. Attack opinions, not accessories. It’s much more productive, unless your point was making politics into a football match.

Sidyctism2,
@Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

i will. thank you for your permission

misk,
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

That’s my fetish. It only makes my penis more erect.

nisk, (edited )
@nisk@sopuli.xyz avatar

I was instance banned for trying to reason that we should talk about policy rather than hats when talking about politics.

This wasn’t intended to be ban evasion as I do not intend to return. Goodbye beehaw people, I guess it wasn’t a safe space for autistic people XD

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/dc4ae727-319e-4c8a-a5bd-f101323a4f23.webp

apotheotic,

“I guess it wasn’t a safe space for autistic people” is an insane takeaway from being temp banned for talking about people fucking their mothers and how people downvoting you arouses you (on a thread about not using a right wing hate symbol).

As an autistic person I’m baffled you’d try to hide behind your neurodivergence here.

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