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GamerNode: Bulletstorm Hands-on Preview

In most first-person shooters, players are taught to kill in order to survive. With Bulletstorm, Epic Games and People Can Fly have shown that it is a whole lot more fun to kill with skill and to feel like an absolute badass.

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JonahFalcon5784d ago

This game looks truly awesome.

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Report: Epic is working on a Disney-themed extraction shooter

The project will purportedly launch in November 2026 and is the result of Disney's $1.5 billion collaboration with Epic.

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Disney Should Buy Fortnite And Epic Games, Former Exec Says

The Walt Disney Company's new CEO, Josh D'Amaro, is a big fan of video games, and one former Disney executive believes D'Amaro would be smart to do even more in gaming going forward. This could include a buyout of a gaming company like Epic Games.

In an interview with CNBC, Kevin Mayer--a former Disney and TikTok executive who now runs Candle Media--said D'Amaro will need to take "bold steps" to help Disney make more money and grow its stock price. One part of this could be doing more in gaming, he said.

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Profchaos28d ago

Apparently nobody remembers the absolute shitshow that happened when EA brought the Havok engine which was used as the default engine of the 6th generation like UE is used today.

SkilledGamer28d ago

You've got it wrong, EA bought Renderware not Havok. Havok was bought by Intel in 2007 and then Microsoft in 2015

Fishy Fingers28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Nor was it ever a widely used or considered, game engine, Renderware was. It was and still is a physics/material simulation plugin for the actual game engines.

Profchaos27d ago

Yeah you're right i was thinking of Renderware. But point still stands Renderware was used literally everywhere from games like GTA 3,VC,SA to Sonic games and Tony hawk it was really the default industry wide engine that UE is today.

If Disney takes over Epic and UE we could face a situation where they change the terms of use for other game devs big and small. They could remove the licensing agreements currently in place and impose a payment per download model like Unity did which could cripple the industry.

TOTSUKO28d ago

Fck Disney stock and their shareholders.

blacktiger28d ago

Well I can imagine DIsney with their transgender Snowwhite and black cinderally and mermaid and other garbage. Imagine video games lmao!!!

shinXseijuro27d ago

You sound like a fun person to be around .

Huey_My_D_Long27d ago

Dumbass cant even spell Cinderella but apparently he's upset by the 1997 Cinderella classic starring Brandy. Almost 20 year old movie.
Just say you dont like black people man, we all know it.

rlow127d ago

I really hope this doesn’t happen. They ruin everything that they buy. Terrible company

Zerobalance27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Trolling. Hope Disney take the Maval characters like Spider-Man and Wolverine away from Sony and make it themselves that would me laugh so hard.

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Analyst says Epic Games layoffs send a clear signal: 'This will not get any easier'

The myth of perpetual growth continues to bulldoze through the industry.

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Pyrofire9530d ago

"It is going to get so much worse in the video game industry...This will get worse and going to be bad and it's going to eventually get better." -Greg Miller right before it got worse

Agent7530d ago

Too many games, too many versions, download only games, game pricing, £700+ consoles, eye watering prices for controllers, four formats, gaming is one big mess.

gold_drake30d ago

id argue that epic games has alot of other revenue income other than fortnite, so their reasoning makes zero sense.