Major changes for the Halo series as Microsoft gives the next major game to Activision to make.

Major changes for the Halo series as Microsoft gives the next major game to Activision to make.

      • M137@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I kinda feel like it’ll be better because it’s so obvious it’ll be shit. I haven’t care about Halo since Halo: Reach but it seems like 343/Halo Studios managed to make people hope and then deliver shit every time. Now it’s just “it’ll be shit” which is better, no false hope.

  • deeprlyeh@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Can you imagine being Chips-ahoy and messing up your chocolate chip cookie so bad no one cares about it?

  • justdaveisfine@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    With all these studio closures and layoffs, its hard to imagine what will be left of the industry here in a few years.

    • iamthetot@piefed.caOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It sucks to see, but what happens sometimes (not saying always) is the truly talented people who got laid off can band together to make another, smaller studio.

      I for one think it wouldn’t be the worst thing if the gaming industry got a small correction from its current direction. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not a “all AAA gaming sucks now” kind of person (I’m on a FF7 Rebirth replay and cannot wait for Revelation). But I think overall, we need games with slightly smaller scope from people who are paid better.

      • northernlights@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        1 month ago

        And with more variety. With very few exceptions, it seems I’ve been playing the same few games over and over again for 30 years and besides graphics very few things evolved.

    • RamRabbit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      With how strong AA and Indy game studios are, I’m not worried. Good riddance to the AAA studios sucking up oxygen.

    • Err(()).unwrap()@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Did it hurt to carve out the fevered flesh? Did it hurt to sever the gangrenous foot? The swines of the industry spent the last decade butchering their own carcass and selling it in pieces, now they’re horrified that they’re bleeding to death.

      (I recently replayed Forgor: Hog Machine. Mandus kinda had a point.)

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    “Activision subcontracts Halo development to struggling studio, Bungie.”

    That’d be weird.

    • CTDummy@piefed.socialEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Because closing the studio you hand picked to carry the franchise that use to set retail sales records explicitly says “we shit the bed” to the community and more importantly(to them), shareholders.

      • ieightpi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        That makes sense, as I was thinking about it I realized that Infinite is still ongoing so they need to keep a barebones team around for support of that. But honestly I hope it goes away. Is so pretentious and cringe having a game studio named after the game series.

  • FilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Thank fuck halo is finally out from under the evil and twisted Microsoft! Now it can finally thrive under the great and understanding company Microsoft!

  • mursejoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Good! Never has there been a more deserved studio closure. Campaign Evolved was a rushed mess.

  • Psaldorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Microsoft screws latest Halo Activision screws latest black ops Blizzard screws latest Diablo (is that true? Not played)

    Now we swap franchises so people can be milked thinking there might be a chance they will de-shittify it

    Master chief and Nicky Minaj and snoop dog, killing unforgiven? (I forget the next level of history back they keep going and what the names are)

    We remade halo again again, big news, there’s still a grave mind somewhere! More flood!

    Same old cruft. Bad decisions, lay off staff, repeat until they buy another house.