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Another story that made me quite annoyed was Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Dubbing Contest. the rules of the contest are sketchy as fuck.

Gave some more targeted opinions in this video:

Ya know, you're right! We got movement in CoD! https://vxtwitter.com/charlieINTEL/status/1799871771362934935 why yes, they are touting "sprinting in any direction" as a new feature.

Um, Nintendo? EDIT: keep in mind my issues are not specifically with game quality. AAA makes good games, but at what cost?

Seemingly so, yes, but I tend to remain skeptical of everyone out of caution.

Having worked in the indie scene, I can fully agree with this sentiment. I also made a point of this in the article that indies will absolutely not be able to prop up the industry on their own. AAA's are a necessary evil to an extent but the way they operate needs to change.

I mean, the C-suites of these corporations often end up millionaires so maybe we should start there?

ya know, fair

That is, until we get that sweet Amico with the Karma gaming engine!! :)

Yeah this is kinda my point I guess. It's a shit cycle and I'd love some ideas on how to stop it.

I don't want to derail the various threads about the new Doom game that had its trailer come out today but I did want to facilitate discussion in a different light than most are talking about it right now, because I think it's important to address the industry politics that's brought us to this point. You can read my full article here about it but here's the main points: Layoffs have been happening a lot Particular layoffs in the Microsoft family of studios have allowed Bethesda/iD to continue the Doom franchise (directly or indirectly, I can only speculate) We've been stuck in sequel/prequel/remake loop for over a decade now because it's become the only way game studios are allowed to live, and even that's shaky Games critique has been and likely will continue to be impacted by layoff fatigue and journalists will have nothing to critique if games stop being made Overall, my short time in the industry has seen a lot of sad stuff and the announcement of a new Doom game has kind of managed to bring all of these thoughts to a head. I'm curious to hear your guys' thoughts on it.

I don't want to too heavily derail the topic so this is just how I'll answer and let others continue the conversation, but this is from internals at Xbox/Microsoft. "continued investment" being the key words here.

Tango Gameworks and others were shut down in service of making this game possible. Regardless of what they're doing with this game, and stuff that I mostly hate anyways, I hate more that other studios were shut down so that we could have yet another Doom game instead of something new.

Please refer to how companies post job listings instead of just posting a Discord link with no other information if you actually want people to help you.

Agree, the HUD also shouldn't be so bright/loud that it distracts from the maps.