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iamperfection
United States9645 Posts
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Miragee
8583 Posts
On October 29 2025 13:56 Gescom wrote: Frostgiant cross-posted this to the Stormgate Kickstarter today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2805850/Atre_Dominance_Wars/ So again proving they haven't lost the keys to the castle, they're just intentionally being weird af and saying nothing intentionally. That looks pretty cool, although 4X, and there is playtest going on right now. Gonna check it out, thanks! On October 29 2025 14:21 iamperfection wrote: If I was the atre ppl I would decline that endorsement. Why? You think because many people will smell "scam" because it gets endorsed by a company that is seemingly scamming people? Idk, I don't think many people think that far. And for a good reason because it's quite far fetched imho. Most people will just see the notification, look at the game (or not) and then decide. | ||
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Jeremy Reimer
Canada1035 Posts
On October 28 2025 02:52 Gorsameth wrote: To anyone wanting to read it, warning. you will not get the 10 seconds of your life back that it took to skim through it. It has nothing to do with Stormgate or Frostgiant. Its just generic "ai exists now and will change some stuff, maybe." www.linkedin.com God knows why this man is still posting this stuff He's just trying to keep up appearances after the complete collapse of all of his grand plans for Stormgate, and by extension, himself. Perhaps he's trying to lay the groundwork for his next act. Maybe he sees himself as being part of the charge for a new round of cheap-ass games made mostly with the help of AI for almost no money. The industry does seem to be trending this way, sadly. Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs (and more to come) including the shuttering of all their game development studios. They cancelled the upcoming LOTR MMO, and are ceasing development on New World and preparing to shut it down in 2026. But they are still moving ahead with AI slop games like "Courtroom Chat with Snoop Dog" (I wish I was making this up) Meanwhile reports have come out that Microsoft accountants have been forcing their game division to achieve 30% profit margins since 2023, a figure only achieved by Activision (and only once, during Covid) and occasionally Nintendo. This explains some of the more idiotic decisions coming out of Redmond lately, like increasing the price of both the XBox and Game Pass, bizarre and confusing marketing campaigns that proclaim "Everything is an XBox" (so I guess nothing is an XBox?) and putting XBox games on Playstation. Expect more layoffs in the future from their gaming division. We live in the worst timeline. | ||
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Miragee
8583 Posts
On October 30 2025 04:44 Jeremy Reimer wrote: The industry does seem to be trending this way, sadly. Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs (and more to come) including the shuttering of all their game development studios. They cancelled the upcoming LOTR MMO, and are ceasing development on New World and preparing to shut it down in 2026. But they are still moving ahead with AI slop games like "Courtroom Chat with Snoop Dog" (I wish I was making this up) Meanwhile reports have come out that Microsoft accountants have been forcing their game division to achieve 30% profit margins since 2023, a figure only achieved by Activision (and only once, during Covid) and occasionally Nintendo. This explains some of the more idiotic decisions coming out of Redmond lately, like increasing the price of both the XBox and Game Pass, bizarre and confusing marketing campaigns that proclaim "Everything is an XBox" (so I guess nothing is an XBox?) and putting XBox games on Playstation. Expect more layoffs in the future from their gaming division. We live in the worst timeline. These are the two most depressing, game-related paragraphs I have read in a while. Remember people were ecstatic about Microsoft's acquisition of Blizzard? Well, here's some news: It doesn't matter which garbage multi billion dollar company is in charge. It all comes down to the same, which is terrible decisions for consumers in favour of greed. At least there are still indie studios out there making great games. | ||
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