id Software insists in new statement that it still has "the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for"

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• 0li0li@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Until they pay Gordon for his DE music and get him back for other projects, I’m not interested in what they have to say or work on.

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• mos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s going to be okay. We still have our marketing, PR, and social media teams.

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• ozoned@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, we just laid off all the engine people we use to build the games we’re known for.

  And now we’re moving to an engine none of us knows and isn’t ours. What’s the worst that can happen?

  Totally certain Microsoft will be a good steward and give them time and money to completely transition to …

  The person writing this post has been sacked …

  The person that was writing about the sacking has been sacked. There are five lights.

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  • altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I was interested in the claim about engine swap, and it seems to be a popular suspicion that is not in the OP but laid out in detail with links there: shanethegamer.com/…/id-software-layoffs-spark-fea…

    What AAA studios still use their own solutions now, except for Valve and Rockstar? Is everyone else on game engines world’s Chromium? That’s a big loss to players and the gamedev as art.

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    • tb_@lemmy.world ⁨25⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Ubisoft has Snowdrop, EA has Frostbite. FromSoft uses their own engine. Bandai Namco has the RE engine. Square Enix uses their own for the FF games. The Horizon and Death Stranding games are built on the Decima(?) engine. Nintendo does their own thing.
      There’s plenty more out there.

      CD Projekt and 343 have been the highest profile switches to Unreal, I suppose. I think Unreal Engine has been most prevalent in “AA” releases? Though I’m sure there’s a lot I’m not thinking of.

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• KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  ‘say everything’s fine or you are fired’

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• NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “There it is, I already said it, I already said it… Could you…? Could you put the gun down, please? I’m begging you, put the gun down. I already said what you wanted. Please, put the gun down. Please… My… My child is waiting for me. Please…”

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• hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  ok then, the layoffs were justified :)

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  • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    [GAMERS PACIFIED]

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• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Clap when the light turns green.

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