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Riot's 7 new games are a declaration of war against Blizzard

As Blizzard continues to falter, Riot is out for blood.

UltraNova2283d ago

Its about time someone slapped Activision-Blizzard back to reality.

GottaBjimmyb2283d ago (Edited 2283d ago )

Riot is chinese owned (Tencent) and basically run by the chinese gov so.... really they slapped themselves by bowing down to them.

UltraNova2283d ago

Tencent owns a slice of everyone, what's your point? Competition is always positive, no matter the border.

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GottaBjimmyb2283d ago (Edited 2283d ago )

The issue was blizzard was acquiescing to a communist regime opposing freedom and free speech because they are afraid to lose money.

To be clear, blizzard, the NBA, etc all speak out politically and oppositionally all the time in the US, because they have the freedom. Kind of Ironic, lebron james stood up for Kaepernick, campaigned with Hillary, complained about "shut up and dribble," but now says the "NBA is not political" and shouldn't give opinions on political matters.

The issue isn't the pursuit of of profit, that is fine, it is allowing a nearly tyrannical government control your companie's (and employees) interest to save themselves from losing money, at the expense of their own and others freedom. Of course competition and seeking profit are fine, it is called capitalism, China is not a capitalist system though. It isn't fear that they will lose consumers that drives this, it is fear they will lose the rights to operate in China at all, hence the issue.

SkatterBrain2283d ago (Edited 2283d ago )

They Should Announce
UnderLook ,
Planet of PeaceMaker ,
Dios 3

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slate912283d ago

Let's get it. In the end, we win. Also, don't think anyone is comparing Project A to Shadownrun (2007) - which is the reason I'm insanely hype.

Notellin2283d ago

I am!!!!! That Shadowrun game was so far ahead of it's time. I'm pumped and can't wait to see you out there!

slate912283d ago

That's what I'm talking about! Severely underrated game. Loved it.

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Notellin2283d ago

Criminally underrated. I told everyone I knew about it and we formed a squad. It was probably the most fun I had on Xbox Live in the 360 days outside of Halo.

phoenixwing2283d ago

they're both owned by tencent free hong kong

eddvdm2283d ago

In the end, it could actually be China vs current game market as we know - and probably want - it.

Look around about "dialectics" if you want to know more about it.

AllMightyFox2283d ago

isn't attacking a bleeding, sick and dying group more slaughter than war ?!?!?

maybe since the attacker is sick and dying as well it counts …..

PurpHerbison2283d ago

Really worried about the fighting game and what it will do to the genre moving forward. It will be the most accessible fighting game with super high payouts in tournaments and everyone will want a piece of that pie. There has already been a trend with fighting games being dumbed down, definitely over the last decade+, but I feel like Riots game will take it to a whole new level. Especially if you take into consideration the acquisition of Radiant Entertainment who made Rising Thunder. (A fighting game with easy combos and one button specials.) They have an opportunity to do something really special here but unfortunately I think it will only be on the netcode (GGPO) side of things.

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Rockstar launches official marketplace for mods

Rockstar has launched an official marketplace for "every server and every player" to buy mods: Cfx Marketplace.

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Christopher2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I wonder how much of this isn't just taken work of others who have modded for free.

Edit: Also, great way for R* to take popular ideas and build them into GTAVI based on demand.

fr0sty9h ago

What I see happening here is, R* is going to ban mods in GTA6 UNLESS you buy them from the marketplace and R* then gets a cut of that sale.

ActualWhiteMan12h ago

Ah, perfect timing with them taking down the Bully online fan mod. Greedy a$$ company.

Christopher9h ago

It's okay as long as they get a cut of the money.

fr0sty9h ago

Expect R* to force it on you.

Snookies123h ago

Yep, right there with you. I'll happily donate to a mod creator if it looks really cool, or if I enjoy it. But expecting payment up front? Nope, not touching it.

IanTH9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

I'm not entirely sure how to read this, as it doesn't seem exactly like an exact parallel to Bethesda's paid mods shenanigans.

Rather than single player stuff, this appears to be aimed solely on Cfx Servers. From what I've gleaned, apparently Rockstar bought the Cfx mod team several years ago, coming a few years after weird contentions led them to ban a few of their members. Ultimately, the question is if they plan to keep this contained to only online/servers.

I have to guess to a degree yes. It'd be pretty hard to "force" paid mods for single player when modding files locally on your own machine, but much easier for servers they'll control. So perhaps this is their soft launch ahead of GTA6 online and they'll clamp down more tightly on non-official servers going forward? Ever since they've become a 1 or 2 property studio, I haven't really cared much for Rockstar stuff, so I'm not entirely up on everything surrounding this. Sounds like it has the potential to be problematic further down the line, but right now fairly easy to ignore...I think lol.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL1d 6h ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor1d 3h ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS1d 2h ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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An Update to Our Shared Commitment to Safer Gaming

Discover how Sony Interactive Entertainment, Nintendo, and Microsoft continue to collaborate to improve player safety across our platforms.

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