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- Anthemic
do-over
We offered a bit of a hazy verdict on
Anthem back on its release just about
exactly a year ago. It wasn’t awful, but it
really wasn’t much else other than there.
It’s taken a while, but BioWare has caught
up with Wireframe’s almighty train of
thought, admitting the game hasn’t been
much cop since launch, and promising
a significant overhaul of both the game
and its systems in coming months.
Studio chief Casey Hudson wrote:
“We will be focusing on a longer-term
redesign of the experience, specifically
working to reinvent the core gameplay
loop with clear goals, motivating
challenges, and progression with
meaningful rewards – while preserving
the fun of flying and fighting in a vast
science-fantasy setting.” But has the
space-horse bolted already? It’ll be more
interesting than actually playing the
game finding out, that’s for sure.
- GeForce
(not) Now
The streaming wars aren’t exactly as
intense as we were led to believe they’d
be, but we are still getting twists, turns,
and victims in this largely bloodless
conflict. Nvidia’s GeForce NOW service- a competitor to Google’s Stadia that,
instead of streaming from a library
of games, streams from the library of
games you own – has lost access to all
Activision Blizzard titles. This means
no Call of Duty, or Call of Duty – not
even a Call of Duty is available through
the service. Details haven’t been
released, beyond that this was as a result
of an ActiBlizz request.
We’re going to go a bit deeper into
GeForce NOW (and the rest) in a future
Wireframe, so keep your peepers peeled
to see if the loss of ActiBlizz games
actually matters in the slightest.
06. Moving Houser
As of March, Rockstar co-founder and
creative force behind a good deal of
the studio’s overall output, Dan Houser,
will leave the company. Take-Two
Interactive – Rockstar parent – made
the announcement as part of a notice
sent to US financial regulators, and the
company’s stock dropped five percent
shortly afterwards.
While not solely responsible for the
written work across Rockstar’s games, it
shouldn’t be understated just how much
Houser has contributed to the studio’s
output over the last 25-or-so years,
with writing credits on almost all titles
released by his company. Nor should
it be understated how many eyebrows
were raised when he appeared to praise
a 100-hour work week and the culture of
crunch behind it, but hey.
Brother – and the other co-founder- Sam Houser will remain as president
of Rockstar.
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