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Experienced veterans from EA's Respawn studio have formed a new AAA team called Giant Skull.
The developer is led by Stig Asmussen, who is best known as the game director for 2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Giant Skull has an office in LA, although employs people from around the world.
The leadership team also includes Star Wars: Jedi Survivor alumni Jon Carr (CTO) and Jeff Magers (design director), Fortnite veterans Patrick Murphy (art director), Lauren McLemore (lead producer) and Brian Campbell (animation director). Meanwhile, Unbroken Studio's Anthony Scott takes the roles of COO and CFO.
new studio formed by ID,Naughty Dog and Activision vets aswell as Mick Gordon - Empty Vessel
Saber Interactive will retain the following subsidiary studios after the split: All Saber Interactive-branded studios, DIGIC, Fractured Byte, Mad Head Games, New World Interactive, Nimble Giant Entertainment, Sandbox Strategies, Slipgate Ironworks, and 3D Realms.
Embracer Group will retain the following Saber Interactive subsidiary studios: 34BigThings, 4A Games, Aspyr, Beamdog, Demiurge Studios, Shiver, Snapshot Games, Tripwire Interactive, Tuxedo Labs, and Zen Studios. These studios will be integrated into other parts of Embracer Group in the coming period.
Saber Interactive will be granted the right to acquire 4A Games and Zen Studios within a certain time period, but if it decides to do so, long-term license and publishing rights to all current and future games in the Metro franchise will continue to be held by Embracer Group subsidiary PLAION.
Yeah, Genburten and Hal (one of the greatest all-time players) were both hacked during our premier comp (ALGS); such a bad look. I wish Respawn could get out from under EA's carelessly greedy thumb. Gen even threw his hands up during play to show he's no longer piloting char. The cheats injected had a 'vote Putin' menu option too after aimbotting enabled and whatnot. Lovely. Hm, wonder the source country... /sApparently cheaters in Apex Legends can enable cheats or server admin tools on targeted players:
Massive ‘Apex Legends’ Hack Disrupts NA Finals, Raises Serious Security Concerns
Something rather terrifying has disrupted the North American Finals of Apex Legends, and players are now starting to potentially worry about their own accountswww.forbes.com
The cheats injected had a 'vote Putin' menu option too after aimbotting enabled and whatnot. Lovely. Hm, wonder the source country... /s
Update from Larian on studio next steps:
Bit scary to think of only two consoles in the space in the spirit of competition = good, but Xbox apparently slipping into existential doubt – here. According to Dring, indie developers in particular are now poised to develop for Switch before Xbox at all because the Xbox audience and playerbase are so small:
Some publishers are reportedly questioning their support for Xbox consoles amid “flatlining” sales in Europe. It’s also claimed that Microsoft is planning to bring the majority of Xbox games to PS5 at some point.
Lots of interesting talk here but Chris' volume is pretty dampened, poor so crank it: (Time to listen: 29m)
Yep I saw this yesterday. Very surprising to hear this from devs. I know MS sales are behind but I still thought overall they have a pretty sizeable market. Plus mostly in the US which is better for overall spending on your console.
Going to be interesting what happens in the next few years. Even in this video Dring talks about how they are also hearing way more games from Xbox are coming to PS. I just don't understand MS's plan here. I know they say they have no plans to leave the hardware market but they are essentially doing everything they can to give people no reason to buy their hardware other than you like the ecosystem.
Phil Spencer doesn't just want Xbox games on other consoles. He wants other video game retailers on Xbox, too.
In an interview with Microsoft's CEO of Gaming during the annual Game Developers Conference, Spencer told Polygon about the ways he'd like to break down the walled gardens that have historically limited players to making purchases through the first-party stores tied to each console. Or, in layperson terms, why you should be able to buy games from other stores on Xbox — not just the official storefront.
Spencer mentioned his frustrations with closed ecosystems, so we asked for clarity. Could he really see a future where stores like Itch.io and Epic Games Store existed on Xbox? Was it just a matter of figuring out mountains of paperwork to get there?