Gamekudos- The EA published game, which has already been the subject of much controversy within the media, will carry a USK 18+ certificate and will not include many of the effects gamers would have expected to see in the final product. German owners of the title will not have access to the rag doll physics engine, blood, or dismemberment, present in other versions of Bulletstorm.
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 Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers
lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6
Wait,
The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.
NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.
EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.
Problem: Censorship.
Sort-term Solution: Import
Long-term Solution: Throw your idiot government officials away and get someone in there that can figure it out.
blimey its just a game, they gonna try and make mortal kombat clean too?
wow i dont live in germany but that sucks...If i were them i will start a protest but im sure they are to busy drinking beer to care.
Bulletstorm watered-down for German Government.
Fixed it.
So glad I wasn't born in a Country that bans graphic games.
Jesus they are going to take the rag doll physics engine too!?What the hell haves the physics engine to do with censorship!Its not likely that we are going to be flexing any sensible muscle in the game!I guess they are taking the physics from Duke Nukem too,because that vibrator shown on the videos can go anywhere!