Delaila from The OuterHaven writes:
"Blizzard Entertainment released early access to the Overwatch beta on May 3, 2016 for those who preordered Overwatch Origins Edition. On May 5, 2016 the beta will be open for all players to experience up until May 9, 2016. This team-based first person shooter has up to 21 playable heroes, each with unique weapons and abilities. In Overwatch, you control one of the several heroes in competitive 6-person team shooting matches. Battle over objectives, take down the other team and achieve victory."
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.
I don't understand it's release at all. Maybe they sell a ton b4 Overwatch, bit most people will just wait. It's too bad, but after Overwatch, Lawbreakers is coming, and I think it sets itself apart much more than battleborn.
It may have a niche audience , bit it's fade into obscurity will be fast. And why? Because of its release. I honestly think Blizzard knew this and that's why they changed their pricing.
This game is really fun, but I hope Blizzard does a lot to support it post-release. The game could get stale fast, as there's only a couple modes and like a dozen maps. Right now the most variety of the game is coming from the different playstyles from the 20+ characters.