The answer seems to be no. I’m anticipating Sony, MS, and Nintendo’s response on this. Did they even know about it? I’m very curious to see how this pans out because at this viewpoint it seems like an entire shit show.

How 'bout last year?

RIP gullible

There might be a reason people freak out about death threats…

He was the CEO of Electronic Arts when the controversial loot box monetization was added to FIFA 09. He made news when he called developers “fucking idiots” over some developers’ reluctance to introduce monetization schemes earlier in the development process. There’s also the infamous clip of Riccitiello talking during a shareholder call about charging Battlefield players a dollar to reload their guns.

Look at this guy…I couldn’t read all of the Bloomberg article due to paywall, so I don’t know if this jackass actually provided proof of these “death threats.”

While I don’t condone them, it seems awfully convenient that an executive who’s known to stir controversy with his monetization strategies received “alleged” death threats. I have a hard time believing it without proof because this guy is a sleaze ball greedy mofo.

No doubt…

Are we going to get 25,000 planets with repeating assets and only one town? I’ll have to take your word for it, I don’t have a platform to play it.

That’s too bad. I use a cradle charger with room for two controllers, so I always have one in standby.

EDIT

The setup works very well.

battery life will be comparable to the DualSense controller, which would mean roughly 8-9 hours

Never has my DualSense controller’s battery lasted 8-9 hours, especially when haptic feedback is enabled.

It took Bungie years to do this for Destiny; Larian immediately begins to work on it in a couple weeks after release.

I love this studio, and how it’s upending the AAA gaming standard. About time. I’m definitely buying it when it comes out on the PS5.

It’s not a burn; it’s a poorly constructed comment made out of context. The author’s criticism on Diablo 4 is based within the context of Baldur’s Gate 3’s release. The review for D4 was written before BG3 was released.

Good news everyone!

Seriously, this is great to hear. Awesome that Larian is supporting and acknowledging their entire staff.

I would say just leave those aspects out of the game, or put strict limitations on their usage. You could isolate higher magic abilities to specific items (e.g. deck of many things).

It is complex, however I think if you look to games like Neverwinter as a template for moving forward (absent microtransactions).

I didn’t say he was a showrunner.

Then blame execs and showrunners, not the audience. American audiences are savvier than he thinks, just because he had one pitch that didn’t fare well with American audiences doesn’t mean that they won’t embrace more complicated elements of The Witcher.

Plus it just sounds sad; blame audiences for something you, as a producer, can’t effectively produce.

I’m definitely excited for the 8TB SSD support. My 2 TB SSD is 3/4 full.

There’s a lot of “it depends” in regards to a game that is fully completed at 25-30 hours. If Ubisoft is going to charge $70 USD for the game, along with an additional Deluxe Edition that costs an extra $30, I’m probably not going to buy it on release unless the story is phenomenal, and it’s replayable.

I’d be the first to agree that the more recent releases (especially Valhalla) have been too expansive. The only thing that kept my interest with Odyssey and Origins were the settings (I love ancient Greece and Egypt). I think a 50-60 hour game is adequate for a AAA game like Assassin’s Creed.

His viewpoint is just like the producers the writers and actors are striking against; that it’s all a commodity to be consumed and he’s not invested in the creative process or supporting the talent that creates movies & television. As long as Hollywood churns out media (regardless of its quality), this guy is all there for it.

The end credits of Ending E of Nier: Automata

I don’t know if you can exactly count it as a cut scene, but if you do, it is an emotionally overwhelming experience.

They’re not buying Activision for Diablo, they’re in it for the mobile platform. Microsoft believes the future is in cloud gaming, and the Activision’s mobile platform is very well developed.

He stands to make $520 million from the sale to Microsoft. He currenly owns over 4 million shares.