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Black Clouds Gather Over Total War Devs; Profit-hungry Managers to Blame
The problems of the Total War series and its developers by no means began this year or last year. The latest leaks indicate that studio executives gambled on increasing player spending at the expense of IPs development.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 26, 2023
'We Convinced Ourselves Infallible;' Ex-Bethesda Designer Reveals Reasons for Fallout 76 Condition
Former Bethesda employee Bruce Nesmith claims that the developers' hubris was the cause of Fallout 76's abysmal quality at launch.
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Kamil Kleszyk
October 25, 2023
Criticized King Kong Game Said to be Have Been Made in a Year; It's Publisher's Fault
Credible reports have appeared online explaining the reason for the abysmal quality of Skull Island: Rise of Kong.
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Adrian Werner
October 22, 2023
Lord of the Rings: Gollum Devs Got Burned Like Icarus but Keep Defending the Game
The developers of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum have denied rumors that an apology for the game's condition was written by ChatGPT. They also referred to various allegations supposed to explain the failure.
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Hubert Sledziewski
October 11, 2023
Apology for Gollum's Failure Written by ChatGPT; Devs Had No Idea (Rumor)
The apology from The Lord of the Rings: Gollum devs for the game's condition was allegedly written by ChatGPT - in addition, without their knowledge or consent. Former employees of Daedalic Entertainment explain why this project was doomed from the start.
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Hubert Sledziewski
October 9, 2023
Starfield Players Expose Rain Trick; Devs Respond With Irony
Starfield helped players discover the secrets of rendering rain in video games. Reveal of the „big secret” became a source of jokes for the developers.
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Kamil Kleszyk
October 1, 2023
Planets in Starfield Have Been Nerfed; Todd Howard Explains Why
According to the initial vision of Starfield's developers, planetary exploration in the game was to be much more challenging. Todd Howard revealed why this concept was abandoned.
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Kamil Kleszyk
September 27, 2023
Todd Howard Explains Earth's Untapped Potential in Starfield
Starfield could have been richer with „hundreds of ideas” (including the landscape from Fallout 3) that ultimately didn't make it into the game due to the COVID-19 pandemic, among other things.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 11, 2023
Baldur's Gate 3 Devs Hired Intimate Scene Coordinators
Larian has hired intimate scene coordinators to work on Baldur's Gate 3, one of the first situations of its kind in the game industry.
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Adam Adamczyk
July 26, 2023
Star Wars: Eclipse Release Later Than Expected
Star Wars: Eclipse will not be released any time soon. Recent leaks suggest that Quantic Dream is still struggling with the Star Wars game.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 29, 2023
CD Projekt Representative on Difficult Behind-the-scenes of Cyberpunk 2077's Development
A representative of CD Projekt RED recently gave an interview to GamesIndustry.biz. In it, the developer mentions the difficult process of rebuilding trust of gamers and shares general plans for the future.
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Adam Celarek
June 27, 2023
PC Games Don't Work as Expected; Devs Pinpoint Causes of Bad Ports
An interesting article appeared online, in which developers explained the reasons for the poor quality of many PC ports released this year and the methods that can be used to avoid such situations.
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Adrian Werner
June 20, 2023
'He Got Death Threats From Fans' - Heroes 3 Dev on Story Behind Co-worker's Departure
David Mullich, director of Heroes of Might and Magic 3, told us about how the game's lead designer, Greg Fulton left the development team. 'I think that he received some death threats from some of the fans [...],' he said.
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Hubert Sledziewski
June 18, 2023
'Arkane Hoped Microsoft Would Cancel Redfall' - Unpleasant Story of a Great Failure
Jason Schreier decided to look for the reasons for Redfall's poor quality. The journalist talked to people who were involved in the development of the game.
video games
Maciej Gaffke
June 1, 2023
Battlefield 2042 'Didn't Stand a Chance' of Becoming a Great Game, Says Former DICE Dev
Battlefield 2042 was written off, but it brings hope for a better future, according to Joakim Bodin, a former senior engineer at DICE, who knows the Battlefield series inside out.
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Jakub Tarchala
May 31, 2023
The Witcher 4 Increasingly Important for CDP, Adam Kicinski Comments on Sony Rumors
The Witcher 4 is a unique undertaking - almost as many people are already working on the game as on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In addition, Adam Kicinski comments on rumors that CD Projekt would be acquired by Sony.
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Jakub Tarchala
May 30, 2023
'BioWare Stopped Being Fair'; Dragon Age Dev on Role of Scriptwriters in Games
The screenwriters' strike currently underway in the United States is gaining momentum. It turns out that also in the video game industry, narrative writers do not have an easy life. The co-author of the Dragon Age series talked about the behind-the-scenes of the difficult work at BioWare.
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Kamil Kleszyk
May 7, 2023
God of War Shows How Cost of Gamedev Increased Over the Years
Former president of SIE Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, has commented on the increase in the cost of game development over the past 12 years. It costs almost 5 times as much today to create a AAA game as it did in 2010.
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Jakub Tarchala
April 25, 2023
Here's How 'Creativity and Chaos' Spawned One of the Strangest Games in Recent Years
Psychonauts 2 is creative, chaotic and fun. The development process of the game was similar - except without the fun part. Check out the incredibly long video by Tim Schafer and his team.
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Hubert Sledziewski
February 13, 2023
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GTA Almost Wasn't Made; Even the Devs Didn't Believe in It [UPDATE]
Colin Macdonald has admitted that the first GTA was considered by the developers themselves to be an unsuccessful game. The iconic series was said to have been remade from a failed game about dinosaurs.
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Sonia Selerska
December 1, 2022