https://www.gamesindustry.biz/embracer- ... -employees
This followed terminations at Crystal Dynamics, Beamdog, and Gearbox Publishing, which are also owned by the Swedish company and have been affected by its restructuring program.
This followed terminations at Crystal Dynamics, Beamdog, and Gearbox Publishing, which are also owned by the Swedish company and have been affected by its restructuring program.
they're the devs responsible for the tombraider gore fetish games rightwndrbr wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:24I don't remember Crystal Dynamics releasing any outright bad or incompetently-made games (Avengers doesn't count, the blame lies on Square Enix).
They also haven't released anything profitable in a long time. 2018 is when they released the last NuLara game, and after that it was Avengers and not much else. 5 years without making a profit is a long time (and that's assuming the third NuLara game sold all that well).wndrbr wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:24I don't remember Crystal Dynamics releasing any outright bad or incompetently-made games (Avengers doesn't count, the blame lies on Square Enix).
Yup.rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:25they're the devs responsible for the tombraider gore fetish games right
beamshit inserted butthurt libtard propaganda into the BG EEs, BG2 companion is an insufferable ugly negress vampire(they even trick you by having a temporary attractive white companion lead you to her) that is all around the best character in terms of stats(wow, surprising), SoD has tranny & sodomite propaganda with a stronk female character protagonist, IE game ""enhanced"" editions hurt the actual open source GemRB remakes and set them back who knows how many years by making people less interested in participating in their developmentRand wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 17:40Okay @rusty_shackleford, this should be amusing.
What's your gripe with Beamdog and/or Gearbox?
Rand wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 17:34Beamdog is an okay games company.
I don't think anyone is against Gearbox, either.
There are real shit companies, but these two aren't.
We thinking of the same Gearbox?
Interest rates were low and IP has value. Nobody predicted interest rates going from 1% to 6% in a year.rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 17:07Embracer completely fucked itself by mass purchasing a bunch of worthless companies that make nothing of note and full of people who don't work
no idea what their strategy was
Perhaps Lars wanted to save gaming by making them all go down in flames?
Let me guess
Dracula was a minority tho.Slavic Sorcerer wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 20:43Let me guess
Blonde Paladin - strong, independent woman, possible interest in the sorcerres'/wizardess' panties
Wizardess - white woman, strong and independent, possibly slutty, leading Blonde Paladin into scizzoring
Nigger - enough said, looks like always morally correct one too
Vaguely asian bard/rogue - I bet a buck he's gay or at least bicurious + slutty
Vampire lady - looks like normal villain to me, but after Carmilla I've got a feeling she's the one pulling the strings
Beastman - written as the avatar of toxic masculinity
Fuck, even the Dracula-esque villian on the top looks vaguely like a minority
I should've rephrased looks vaguely like a minority to looks vaguely asian
The gays and anime no doubt.Slavic Sorcerer wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 21:32I should've rephrased looks vaguely like a minority to looks vaguely asian
Belo Lugosi, the first Dracula's actor, was Hungarian
Also, what's with current animation style that makes male lips more prominent?
The sad part is that I would like to see games made with art that looks like an 80s cartoon. When the 85 IQ marketing executives look at why that game failed they won't divorce ESG from art.
yeah but that's on Square Enix. NuLaras were competently made (unlike modern AAA games).gerey wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:57They also haven't released anything profitable in a long time. 2018 is when they released the last NuLara game, and after that it was Avengers and not much else. 5 years without making a profit is a long time (and that's assuming the third NuLara game sold all that well).wndrbr wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:24I don't remember Crystal Dynamics releasing any outright bad or incompetently-made games (Avengers doesn't count, the blame lies on Square Enix).
If i remember right the woke Avengers game was made by the core team behind the nuLara Croft games, and the (pretty good, IMO) Guardians of the Galaxy game was made by the core team behind the nuDeus Ex games.wndrbr wrote: ↑ October 30th, 2023, 01:00yeah but that's on Square Enix. NuLaras were competently made (unlike modern AAA games).gerey wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:57They also haven't released anything profitable in a long time. 2018 is when they released the last NuLara game, and after that it was Avengers and not much else. 5 years without making a profit is a long time (and that's assuming the third NuLara game sold all that well).wndrbr wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:24I don't remember Crystal Dynamics releasing any outright bad or incompetently-made games (Avengers doesn't count, the blame lies on Square Enix).
nuDesu Ex dev studio (Eidos Montreal) wasn't mentioned in the news cuz they weren't hit with layoffs.aweigh wrote: ↑ October 30th, 2023, 02:10If i remember right the woke Avengers game was made by the core team behind the nuLara Croft games, and the (pretty good, IMO) Guardians of the Galaxy game was made by the core team behind the nuDeus Ex games.wndrbr wrote: ↑ October 30th, 2023, 01:00yeah but that's on Square Enix. NuLaras were competently made (unlike modern AAA games).gerey wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 16:57
They also haven't released anything profitable in a long time. 2018 is when they released the last NuLara game, and after that it was Avengers and not much else. 5 years without making a profit is a long time (and that's assuming the third NuLara game sold all that well).
Wrong. We got Caves of Lore and a few other really great games this year. But none of them came from your stupid big studios.
Bela.Slavic Sorcerer wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 21:32Belo Lugosi, the first Dracula's actor, was Hungarian
Their strategy was to immediately flip those companies to the Saudis for profit. When the Saudi deal fell through, they suddenly found that they had spent money they didn't actually have buying companies that couldn't deliver the goods.rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ October 29th, 2023, 17:07Embracer completely fucked itself by mass purchasing a bunch of worthless companies that make nothing of note and full of people who don't work
no idea what their strategy was