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thingsiplay, do gaming w Marvel Rivals Director Shares That He And His Team Were Just Laid Off

How many were laid off? Did they hire another people maybe? I would be careful with premature conclusions based on this single event. It would be hilarious if those laid off people go to work on Overwatch…

alyaza,
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the going theory is that this is effectively the western division of NetEase getting axed because they’re not important enough and “cost too much” to keep around

Virkkunen,
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6 people in a support team working on R&D

p03locke, do gaming w Marvel Rivals Director Shares That He And His Team Were Just Laid Off
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write successful game

get laid off

Virkkunen,
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It's a small team of 6 in the USA that worked as a support team for R&D, no one there "wrote the successful game".

JokeDeity, do gaming w Marvel Rivals Director Shares That He And His Team Were Just Laid Off

LMFAO. Good, can’t wait for the newest Chinese spyware to die.

Hello_there, do gaming w Marvel Rivals Director Shares That He And His Team Were Just Laid Off

The only decent game companies left appear to be the indies

metaStatic,
@metaStatic@kbin.earth avatar

always have been

Akasazh,
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Valve?

SilverCode,

Valve make games?

Faydaikin,
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It’s been a while, but yeah. I do believe they have a couple of projects in the works.

Whether or not they’ll amount to anything is anyones guess.

NOOBMASTER,

Deadlock

Blackmist,

Sometimes.

They mostly make money though.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

I do believe Valve also counts as Indie. They are privately owned and self-publish.

Akasazh,
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I’d say indie should be a smaller company, not one of the industry pillars.

But it’s arguable, their style is different, to say the least.

realcaseyrollins, do gaming w Marvel Rivals Director Shares That He And His Team Were Just Laid Off
@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club avatar

How come they fired the whole team and then started posting game promos on YouTube right afterwards lol

https://thelemmy.club/pictrs/image/0c469d7f-b8a6-4de7-b8bb-b862e2ff9c96.png

madame_gaymes,
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They fired the devs, not marketing /s

realcaseyrollins,
@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club avatar

Maybe they wanted to give the Marketing department a raise

ZeroHora, do gaming w Marvel Rivals Director Shares That He And His Team Were Just Laid Off
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One of multiples R&D teams got laid off, an American team, not the main devs.

alyaza, do gaming w Marvel Rivals Director Shares That He And His Team Were Just Laid Off
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resetERA is an unusual source for this, but the OP is just direct screencaps off of LinkedIn of people saying they were laid off, and it’s hard to get more definitive than that in terms of sourcing

MudMan,

It's LinkedIn, you can just go check. The screenshots are indeed real.

Thatuserguy, do games w Viktor Antonov (art director on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored) has passed away

Hope whenever tf HL3 eventually comes out (hopeful I know) they cns emulate his style well at least. That super sleek industrial look is a bit part of the style of both Dishonored and HL that I love

EveningPancakes, do games w Viktor Antonov (art director on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored) has passed away

R.I.P.

His style and atmospheric setting in the games that I grew up with will always stick out as some of the best.

JoeKrogan, do games w Viktor Antonov (art director on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored) has passed away
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R.I.P

Stereotype_Be, do games w Nintendo Direct announced for June 18 at 7 AM PT

This is the Direct where they announce Twilight Princess and Wind Waker for the Switch. I can feel it! I wish they would, but I’m not holding my breath.

ieightpi,

There have been rumors of a 2D Zelda too, so I have a feeling we see Zelda in this direct in some form.

Stereotype_Be,

Yeah, if I remember correctly they’ve said they’ve been working on or have completed a remastered Oracle of Ages/Seasons in the style of Link’s Awakening.

technomad,

Ok, that one might catch my interest.

ieightpi,

Interesting twist we got today

Stereotype_Be,

I agree! I thought it was A Link to the Past or the Oracle games remastered in the Link’s Awakening style. I didn’t think we’d ever get a game where we played as Zelda!

simple,

WindWaker feels very possible, there was already a remake for Wii U. Not sure why they never ported it over.

timo_timboo_,

It was a remaster

Stereotype_Be,

I have WW and TP on Wii U, but I rarely play my Wii U.

camr_on,
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I waited for years for them to release them on the switch and I finally just emulated them on the steam deck. Not sure why Nintendo doesn’t want my money

hal_5700X, do games w Nintendo Direct announced for June 18 at 7 AM PT

ResetERA…no thanks.

emb,

Ehh, I know it’s not the original source, but I saw it there. Then it was either link to that or Twitter.

simple, do games w Nintendo Direct announced for June 18 at 7 AM PT

I am once again asking for Metroid Prime 4 and a release date for Silksong.

ytsedude,

Nintendo execs: No.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Silksong has already had some kind of deal with Microsoft in place, so if it shows up on a platform holder’s stream rather than their own thing, it’s more likely they show up with Microsoft than Nintendo. Given that it got content rated already, it’s still due for a release this year, so maybe we hear about it with Gamescom.

simple,

Does it? The last time the game was shown was in a Nintendo event 5 years ago.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

No, it showed up at an Xbox showcase in 2022, where every game was going to be on Game Pass day 1 and releasing within 12 months, which would have meant the game would be out by June 2023. Silksong wasn’t the only game that missed that 12 month window, but it showed that, at the time, they were confident that it was nearly done, and that they took a deal with Microsoft, because being on Game Pass day 1 means Microsoft offered them a huge bucket of money to make up for lost sales.

simple,

Ahhh, you’re right. I forgot about that Xbox showcase. I also remember when the Xbox twitter account confirmed the game was coming 2023…

whereBeWaldo,

Even if they give a release date for silksong I doubt its gonna be released at the said date given their track record.

LostWanderer, do games w Nintendo Direct announced for June 18 at 7 AM PT

Eh, if there’s no announcement, I can’t be bothered. As of late, the Switch has been showing its age to me. I don’t want to buy games for out of date hardware; I will play the games that I own, but not buy another game until Nintendo gets vastly improved hardware out there.

technomad,

You think they’re going to vastly improve it though? My impression is they’ll do some kind of gimmick again. I could be wrong though.

LostWanderer, (edited )

Honestly, I’d accept something much better but not a massive upgrade. The thing enough power under the hood to make it easier for devs to port their games. Making the Switch an attractive choice and for games to run smoothly on their handheld/console. I would prefer Nintendo bring back home consoles, as it would be easier to make a strong performer.

My hope is that they make a true contender, however, this might not be Nintendo’s plan. They very well may choose to make another gimmick; perhaps Nintendo will refine a gimmick this time with their next hardware release?

cheddar,
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I doubt they will. Ninendo is not fighting with PS and Xbox, and it surely has no reason to fight with Steam Deck and other powerful portables. They found their market, and they are extremely successful at what they are doing. One does not need super hardware to create wonderful games.

TWeaK, do games w Nintendo Direct announced for June 18 at 7 AM PT

The more I hear that they won’t announce the Switch 2 the more I think they will.

cheddar,
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Yeah, that is exactly what somebody who is planning to announce Switch 2 would say.

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