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Gwentfinity Part 3: Team Structure Update

PlayGwent: "Until the end of the year, about 30 remaining Gwent team members are going to part ways with CD Projekt Red. It’s never easy to say goodbye. And even though decisions like this are unavoidable and a natural result of the transition, we’d like to express our sincere thanks for all the contributions these team members have made to Gwent — just like the community, you helped make the game what it is today."

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Xenoblade Series Composer Has Finished Orchestra Recording For Next Monolith Soft Title

Xenoblade Chronicles series composer Manami Kiyota has possibly finished the final orchestra recording for the next Monolith Soft title.

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Marathon hands-on preview | Notebookcheck

Darryl Linington from Notebookcheck.net writes: "Early hands-on time with Marathon, spanning roughly 10 hours, points to a distinctive extraction shooter with strong shell-based class design, layered faction progression, surreal presentation, and a dense UI that still needs smoothing out."

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Flenter19h ago

Fantastic extraction shooter,very addicting 💙

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K6raj22m ago

The player count says otherwise lol

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MrDead7h ago

Almost 16,000 reviews on Steam currently has the game sitting on a very positive 90% Not sure if it has the player numbers but those who are playing seem to be enjoying themselves.

Putte6h ago

And as of now a 5.1 user score on metacritic. Really bad.

LiViNgLeGaCY4h ago

On Steam, you have to have bought the game, in order to play. On metacritic, ANYONE can review it. I'll leave it for you to decide which one matters more.

MrNinosan3h ago

Trolls on Metacritic, must be a new thing or you were born yesterday

K6raj20m ago

Reviews don’t matter, player count matters

And this game is dying of a swift death

Putte6h ago

The game is really really bad. So generic boring and lifeless. UI is terrible. Bad and slow gameplay. Not sure who gives the go ahead for these games. Insane all that money companies just throw away for no reason. Nobody a asking for these games

LiViNgLeGaCY4h ago

You haven't played it. That much is apparent from your comment. Gameplay is FAR from slow and boring. I do agree the UI definitely needs to be re-worked. But then again, you're just repeating a complaint you're reading about, not actually experiencing.

MrNinosan3h ago

Can you show any proof you've actually played it, by sharing your PSN ID or Steam profile? Nah, guessed as much.

K6raj21m ago

You defended concord also lol

Marathon is dying, you know it

Outside_ofthe_Box3h ago

Gunplay is the best thing about the game. To call it bad is wrong. Just because it isn't a twitch shooter doesn't mean it's slow, not everything has to play the same. Everything else is generic I agree.

Flenter1h ago

Yes I am. But tell me ,with goty games do you play? Have you even played Marathon? If not ...S T F U!!
So sick and tired of the hate BS 🤮🤮

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Nagoshi Studio reportedly facing closure, after NetEase ‘pulls Gang of Dragon funding’

The new studio founded by Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi is reportedly facing closure after publisher NetEase indicated that it will pull funding for its debut title.

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MrDead1d 21h ago

One of my most wanted games after I saw the preview at the game awards. Fingers crossed that someone grabs this team or at least funds the studio.

Lennoxb631d 14h ago

They may have to defect from NetEase and start their own studio if at all possible

Killer2020UK20h ago

Sony should help out, they did a lot of damage to their reputation by closing bluepoint, this would go a little way to restoring it.

DarXyde19h ago

You think so? I think it might do the opposite.

"Sony's closing their own studio and funding other games" would probably be the flavour of outrage for every comments section.

But more importantly, this is surprisingly one of those situations where I can weigh in with a personal anecdote. In my deeply unconventional life, I've met a grand total of two people that are Yakuza in my life (well...*were* is more accurate), both times in Shinjuku during different visits and eight years apart. They're fascinating people, and I remember something from them that might be relevant here: they're a bit thin-skinned. Not on a personal level, but flying too close to the organized crime sun gets a response. They don't really hide their existence, but they do engage in some reputation laundering to appear more innocuous than they are. My guess? There has been some pressure to kill this project. Like a Dragon doesn't take itself seriously and it makes them look fun. GOD looks to be a bit more...accurate, and I suspect it flies too close to the organized crime sun I'm talking about.

Sony, still being a longstanding Japanese corporation, probably has a lot of cultural cache. And if Nagoshi goes to Sony, I suspect they'll either say no upfront or would be talked into pulling support before long (which would do even more damage).

It's a shame because the game looks interesting, but this kind of thing comes with precedent. I would compare it to The Last Temptation of Christ ,or even Sony's own experience with The Interview.

Killer2020UK11h ago

Thanks for your insight, that was a really interesting angle to read.

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