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Kotaku: Xbox Compulsion Games reportedly shutting down, Arkane Studios could be the second studio

Not Arkane

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Matt Booty praising the crap out of them for getting a Peabody and Bafta and "we're also dedicated to places where new [intellectual property] can come to life and where these stories can be told, you know, in our studios like Compulsion and Double Fine"

Then they're shutdown. Lol.
 
Peroroncino said:
Which Arkane? Both branches?

Becuase they can shutter the Redfall one all they want.
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that was already shut down lol

these are the deathloop guys who were making blade since shipping deathloop in 2021 and after 5 years dont have anything to show for it.
 
begotten said:
What did this one do? I've lost count of these people.
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man i dont understand how can you create a product for the masses and talk like that , does this bitch really expect someone to buy their game after this , are white male gamers really that dumb to buy it ?

I wonder if some game director would say "black gamers were a mistake " what would happen to that company ?


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It's a shame for Compulsion; SOM showed a lot of potential and talent there. They were the ones with the most points and the best chance of being chosen.

If Arkane's situation is resolved, it means Blade's development didn't go very well...

We'll see.
 
I mean it's people and jobs, but I can't say I care about the games they've made. Good luck for both of them
 
squallbr said:
Xbox is back, Asha Effect
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Even if she radically reverses course (which I highly doubt), there is still a lot of slop coming down the pipeline. New projects will require getting rid of the woke developers first and take years to complete. I doubt XBox has that much time left.
 
begotten said:
7 years to ship South of Midnight, which is looking to be a terrible misuse of time & money considering what it ended up being.

If they shipped it in say, 3-4 years, like a normal developer with this scope would have - then their next game would have been greenlit and they would have been well into development by now.

This is what happens when you have shit leadership, and furthermore have MS above you.
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7 years to make TEMU Kena...
 
Cut the fat Asha.

Especially in tech and gaming where these guys make big money and can churn out junk which is overbudget and not even on time.

Do what every other industry typically does. Go lean and have responsible people who does the job.

Problem is this kind of industry (game making in particular) has a way of acting like the wild west with zero control. At least for companies like MS they can absorb any hits. Many studios on their own shut down and the entire corporation is dead. Never let these overpaid whiners run the asylum.
 
StreetsofBeige said:
Cut the fat Asha.

Especially in tech and gaming where these guys make big money and can churn out junk which is overbudget and not even on time.

Do what every other industry typically does. Go lean and have responsible people who does the job.

Problem is this kind of industry (game making in particular) has a way of acting like the wild west with zero control. At least for companies like MS they can absorb any hits. Many studios on their own shut down and the entire corporation is dead. Never let these overpaid whiners run the asylum.
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So she must cut the gamepass
 
Darsxx82 said:
It's a shame for Compulsion; SOM showed a lot of potential and talent there. They were the ones with the most points and the best chance of being chosen.
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Even if South of Midnight was the best game ever made, Microsoft (and Microsoft's polices) absolutely sent this game to its death. Day one Gamepass release cut its sales figures drastically, and making it Xbox exclusive for nearly a year means it didn't reach a very wide audience. They were probably banking on the PS5 and Switch 2 port of the game carrying it, but I suspect the sales of a year-old game like this one didn't exactly light the world on fire.

Maybe Gears of War has a big enough draw to counteract both of these issues. We'll see.
 
Very lame, I loved South of Midnight because it felt like a cool PS3 game you would find in the GameStop bargain bin. Low budget, a little janky, but a cool ass story and interesting characters.
 
begotten said:
7 years to ship South of Midnight, which is looking to be a terrible misuse of time & money considering what it ended up being.

If they shipped it in say, 3-4 years, like a normal developer with this scope would have - then their next game would have been greenlit and they would have been well into development by now.

This is what happens when you have shit leadership, and furthermore have MS above you.
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Not in terms of the employee view!

The employees working there just grifted 7 years of nice salaries. And when booted will also geta sweet severance package too. All to create a game (as well as other studios doing something similar) which hardly anyone played.

And some of these kinds of studios have attitude problems where they fight back with customers on social media. You dont see that often in other industries. But in gaming, there's always a chance someone will go ape shit on Twitter at the customer base. Weird people.
 
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I also liked South of Midnight, I even bought it for Switch 2 but the game was mostly made for modern audiences and I doubt the studio will stop making games for modern audiences. So, if you lose money and you cannot change, you have to live with the consequences.
 
StreetsofBeige said:
Not in terms of the employee view!

The employees working there just grifted 7 years of nice salaries. And when booted will also geta sweet severance package too. All to create a game (as well as other studios doing something similar) which hardly anyone played.

And some of these kinds of studios have attitude problems where they fight back with customers on social media. You dont see that often in other industries. But in gaming, there's always a chance someone will go ape shit on Twitter at the customer base. Weird people.
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Compulsion Games Community Manager Katie Robinson recently claimed, "I hate gamers." , "White Male Gamers Were A Mistake"


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Compulsion Games Community Manager Katie Robinson Claims "I Hate Gamers" After Previously Claiming "White Male Gamers Were A Mistake"

Compulsion Games Community Manager Katie Robinson recently claimed, "I hate gamers."
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man i dont understand how can you create a product for the masses and talk like that , does this bitch really expect someone to buy their game after this , are white male gamers really that dumb to buy it ?

I wonder if some game director would say "black gamers were a mistake " what would happen to that company ?


"This post resurfaced after Kern shared information he allegedly received from a former Compulsion Games developer...
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Laptop1991 said:
Hopefully not Arkane, get them to make the games they are good at, and not live service ones
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The problem is that those games are too hardcore-focused and sell too little.

Prey and Dishonored ain't bankable. The cost of running a 150 man studio for 4+ years to make a game that will struggle financially is a non-starter.

They wanted Blade to be their version of Spider-Man, but it must have looked so rough that they stopped believing that to be possible.
 
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