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Ex High Moon Studios employee on 'Deadpool' troubled development

On Tuesday, a former High Moon Studios employee opened up on the company's troubled development of "Deadpool", for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

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Blaze9294516d ago

"Can you imagine working on a game where your higher ups say "yeah we're shooting for a 64 or lower" and then have them give you mandatory overtime?"

smh, that sucks to hear. Activision needs to straighten up

3-4-54516d ago

Activision is usually up to something dishonest. They don't completely suck, but they seem shady.

Moncole4516d ago

That's why they got Daniel Way to write the game because they weren't aiming high.

kevnb4516d ago (Edited 4516d ago )

i cant even imagine what it would be like aiming for a certain metacritic score... that's completely absurd.

SilentNegotiator4516d ago

I doubt they could have made a good deadpool-centric game if they had PERFECT working conditions.

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deadfrag4516d ago

Disey took the Ip back and pull the plug to Activision Thank GOD!Now go to Platinum Games and make a deal im pretty sure that we will see a High Octane Deadpool from them!

tanookisuit4516d ago

Companies need to realize they need to do a better job loaning out their IPs to publishers/developers. "Shop the market", don't just go for the guy that gives you the "best deal".

If the best deal guy barely puts effort into your IP, ditch em'; don't give them MORE exclusivity time!

admiralvic4516d ago

I think Platinum Games would have the opposite problem with the game.

High Moon's Deadpool was funny and captured the character correctly, but the gameplay wasn't there. I think PG would capture the gameplay (or make a great game), but the character wouldn't be right. They've a long history of okay stories and I don't think they would be the go to company for getting both right.

Ashunderfire864516d ago

It's shocking that there are publishers that actually want their games to have lower ratings? In my game design class, I was taught to make the best game in the world, not the universe. Every Game Company should think that way about their game, even if it turns out crap.

InTheLab4516d ago

Why is Activision the only pub doing Marvel outside of the Street Fighter cross over. I mean, it's been over 20 years! When will it end? The last great Marvel title was Ultimate Alliance 2 like 6 years ago with a few mediocre Spider Mans and a really good Wolverine game.

It's no surprise High Moon had the budget and staff slashed mid developement because the game was terrible almost immediately. As soon as you bump into Cable in the ruins the game was unplayable.

And while some believe it's not Acti's fualt, I believe they allowed Silicon Knights to ruin the XMen. I mean, how was Acti fine with them pumping out an XMen game where you do not play as the XMen. ?

Were it not for EA......

Tito084516d ago (Edited 4516d ago )

Actually Sega did Captain America, Hulk, Ironman, and I guess Thor, but Activision seems to aim at the ones that could make easy money for them like the X-Men and Spider-Man, Activision have those IPs under lock, and likely the Marvel namesake, their latest efforts with both IPs have being nothing but mediocre.

jayswolo4516d ago

Sefa only does movie games.

Tito084516d ago (Edited 4516d ago )

@ jayswolo- Same thing can be said about Activision, who has being doing it for far longer than Sega, plus Sega isn't very much into milking their games to death like Activision does, some might bring up the Yakuza series, but they don't follow the yearly obsession like Activision does, plus Sega has more IPs at their disposal, what does Activision have other than an over-milked generic FPS? Nothing.

DVAcme4516d ago

I don't blame High Moon at all, I'm sure the executives were the ones that caused it to be mediocre. After all, High Moon did both transformers: Cybertron games, and both were pretty damn good, the second one being great even.

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20 Rarest & Most Expensive PS4 Games

The rarest and most expensive PS4 games you can find. That is, if you can find afford them.

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darthv72581d ago (Edited 581d ago )

Many of these are available on other platforms like the PS3, 360 XBO... so no need for the PS4 version if you want to just play it.

If you want to just have it for the sake of saying you have an expensive piece, then.... sure. I will say though, anything LRG I dont count as all they do is re-release other peoples work. They used to do their own games, but found it more lucrative to re-press games with their own name on it. That is just glorified reproductions / bootlegs.

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Microsoft Is Allegedly In Talks To Bring Deadpool & Other De-listed Marvel Games Back On Sale

Microsoft is allegedly in talks to bring Deadpool and other de-listed games from Marvel's catalog back on sale on the Xbox store.

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Lightning77634d ago

Hope it's true bring back up the servers and release them on Xbox and PS again.

MS can't even advertise their console and games so why I believe them doing something like this. Would ne nice but MS incompetence is hilarious lvls of bad and most it is self inflicted.

Obscure_Observer633d ago

"MS can't even advertise their console and games so why I believe them doing something like this. Would ne nice but MS incompetence is hilarious lvls of bad and most it is self inflicted."

In a short period of time MS has been doing more for Activision than Kotick was able to do in years.

To bring those games back would be fantastic news for games.

I do agree with you when comes to MS incompetence regarding marketing for its games and console, though.

Lightning77633d ago

Yah but MS isn't very reliable. Like o said they don't even advertise their own stuff so why I believe a rumor in them renewing the license? Would be great but definitely not getting my hopes up.

Xbox Era aren't very reliable as well.

LG_Fox_Brazil634d ago

Please, bring X-Men Legends back! I have fond memories of it, used to play a lot with a friend back in my teenager years. Unfortunately my friend passed away a few years ago, but I would love to play it with my younger cousins to see if I could relive a little bit of those days... It was a great game

Skate-AK634d ago

Legends is pretty unlikely to be honest. Closest you'll probably get is Ultimate Alliance.

Jingsing634d ago

Does Microsoft have any originality left in their business portfolio?

CrimsonWing69634d ago

Um, did you watch their summer showcase?

anast633d ago

That summer showcase is an expression of mediocrity.

Obscure_Observer633d ago

@anast

"That summer showcase is an expression of mediocrity."

It was one of the best showcase of all time! And that simple fact got you hurt pretty bad.

purple101633d ago (Edited 633d ago )

Flight sim was the only 10/10 game on that showcase, and thats niche in popularity
hope im proved wrong but on m$ track record, it doesn't seem I will be

Terry_B633d ago

actually he did..thats why he asked

CrimsonWing69633d ago (Edited 633d ago )

@Terry_B

C’mon man, the hyperbole is real here.

I mean, you got Avowed, Perfect Dark, Gears of War E-Day, Indiana Jones, South of Midnight, Fable, State of Decay 3.

You have an article mentioning how Microsoft is trying to bring back delisted Marvel games and a comment that literally asks if they have any originality left in their business portfolio…

You damn well know if this was Sony bringing back delisted Marvel games people would be rimming the hell out of Sony and I doubt a single person would have asked if they have any “originality” in their portfolio. There’s literally 3 new IPs in that list 🙄

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XiNatsuDragnel634d ago

Make marvel chaos again plz 🙏

neomahi634d ago

They want to be Sony. What does Sony do? Mimic them. Sonys success with Marvel, Xbox wants a piece of that pie too. Marvel games weren't really all that big before Spider-man, but Insomniac Games learned from veteran Rocksteady and figured out how to make it work. It's just a crying shame Xbox is always late to the party and always will be. They don't have a smart enough team to be forward thinking, so they're always trailing behind. Sony knows how to show you how to have fun and Nintendo knows how to make you smile. Xbox? They're always too busy trying to catch up.

Xbox is using the very same producer Insomniac had for the Spider-man games for their Blade game, this is why Xbox is falling. It's not Sheamus Blackly and Ed Fries anymore, you're voluntold at Xbox and they're suits that don't know their customer base, how it's always been. Xbox will always be only second

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Marvel Snap’s Deadpool Diner mode changed after community backlash

Maximum effort from Marvel Snap’s gamers means that the stakes for the ‘Cereal’ table in Deadpool Diner have been significantly lowered.

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