Concord’s crash and burn is more devastating for Sony than initial reports suggested. If you haven’t been paying attention to this – I won’t say “If you haven’t played Concord” because about three people have played Concord – this game was supposed to be Sony’s darling release th...
Read MoreGamers have been sending the video game industry and their media satellites a clear message recently, and their response is morphing into something even more insidious. Recent games designed with the “modern audience” in mind have been bombing, with Concord, Dustborn, Star Wars Outlaws, and Sui...
Read MoreAs Ubisoft crumbles, it’s keeping its priorities set on DEI. The video game studio behind Star Wars Outlaws, which is currently embarrassing everyone involved with it on multiple fronts, just wrapped this year’s Develop at Ubisoft, a mentorship program in which Ubisoft veterans teach college stu...
Read MoreIn the wake of Star Wars Outlaws’ release, developer Ubisoft is going down the tubes. Yesterday, Ubisoft’s stock price dropped 7% in one day to €13.67, which is about $15.09. Today, it’s down even further, €13.24, or $14.62. This is almost certainly due to the lackluster performance of St...
Read MoreUbisoft’s big release of Star Wars Outlaws is this Friday, and despite the company initiating the“biggest marketing campaign ever” – which mostly amounted to flying YouTube influencers to California and sending them to Disneyland – there are signs that the game is not ready for prime time....
Read MoreUbisoft is bracing itself for a rough ride with Star Wars Outlaws. The game has been criticized since its trailer for having a protagonist that feels like little more than a watered-down female version of Han Solo, a generic look, non-stop ‘member berries, and a pricing system that makes you pay m...
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