From Paul Gale Network: "IGN.com and GameStop.com announced a merger this morning. Now, both companies will share and crossover likenesses."
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Wonder what this will mean for reviews? will journalists be more likely to rate games higher if advertisements go up? Hope not and wish for them to stay separated 'marketing on one side' and 'reviews on the other'.
It's always nice to see 2 crappy companies join forces. It makes them easier to avoid & ignore.
I know that GameStop has an allegiance to Game Informer magazine (I believe they own GI) and since they have their own review system and IGN review games independently, what will happen?
Somehow this does not surprise me at all. They will cause both companies to be worse in a gamers eye`s, lets not hope they give birth to a abomination.
Via la AMAZON!!!!!
Oh god.. 360 fanboy orgy..