Torrence Davis from The BitBag writes "Over the last 2 years I’ve compiled a list of answers to the question, “What does next generation gaming mean to you?” I asked several developers and producers this question and here are the answers they gave me:
Gabe Newell
Managing Director
Valve Software
“The end of the distinction between gpus and cpus.”
EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.
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When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!
cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla
The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.
The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result
It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way
The two companies have combined to form Splash Damage Group with backing from investment firm Emona Capital.
This is one of those articles that isn't an article but is really quite good and interesting! I enjoyed :D thanks for not being flamebait like most posts here are (reference 10 Hottest Girls Playing Games post)
yeah nice short little article.... asking some developers what next gen gaming means to them... hopefullly down the road it will continue to grow and see more developers thoughts.
i love hearing what the industry thinks about stuff
I would like to see something from Jaffe etc... interesting idea tho..
“Everyone started out this next generation looking for a pretty picture. In the pursuit of pretty pictures and Hollywood style budgets, people forgot core gameplay.”
that is soo true ^ but i think the "pretty pictures" are just as important as gameplay. :P