Mass Effect Andromeda may get several things right, its writing however is unfortunately not one of them. Oliver Rebbeck at GoombaStomp runs through several of the major problems with the games writing and characterisation.
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.
Drew Karpyshyn was probably the best writer at Bioware. But it will be interesting if Bioware and EA decide to make another Mass Effect game with Mac Walters as the lead writer.
Can't argue with this. Well said. I was worried for a bit that it was sheer anger but the points are well rounded. Good read.
Hire Halo 4 lead writer! EA/Bioware are beyond stupid. Now bungie hired the same guy to fix their storytelling, LMFAO!
Almost every complaint about the writing was from the beginning of the game where it does seem a little rough but it does improve a lot after that. the comedy might not land at all times but damn if I wasn't laughing out loud on Liam's loyalty mission or some of the ambient conversation between Jaal and the crew on the tempest or out and about in the nomad. My favorite part of the game so far is def kadara it has some of the best written sidequests and characters in the game and can easily hold its own with anything from the og trilogy