So will Ubisoft’s response come in the form of an email that a fake Ubisoft spokesperson put in the trash that you can hack to get in a Watch Dogs 2 patch?

Well, actually, 8% would have.

Haven’t really seen any indication that he’s a chosen Jesus yet. Given everything we’ve seen so far, it seems more likely that the expedition is in serious trouble when the game first starts, and he gets promoted to be captain of lead scouting party. Coincidentally, the lead scouting party will likely have the most…

I believe we can fully expect most citadel species to be in the game. If someone is sending an expedition to another galaxy, you’d better believe that nearly every species lobbied to get at least a small team on board to go.

The publisher’s twitter says “Those other guys made a terrible product. Ours is better.” The developer’s twitter says “No, we respect those guys’ product. No reason to get down in the mud.”

If you just portray the humans as mustache-twirling evil though, it’s not really doing anything. I expect they are providing that nuance, but it’s not a given.

Call of Duty has run on heavily branched versions of the id Tech engine since its inception, not Source.

PR campaigns leading up to the release of games are heavily choreographed, so yes.

I ended up not being able to see past the issues with the campaign. I was completely on board with the campaign at the beginning, even saying that if it kept the quality of the initial story’s writing and dialogue it would break DICE’s ongoing cycle of really bad campaigns.

Bethesda was never involved...

Ace Combat 7 needs to make another smash appearance. It’s perfect for VR.

DRM articles have become my least favourite part of the average day.

You don’t obey laws only when other people are around.

Leveling is a lot easier now.

Depends on how much time you plan to spend on it. If you want to play a few hours a week (2-5), then you should be able to get away with some casual F2P. If you want binge sessions, long hours at a time, or >5 hours per week, you should consider a subscription. While the F2P option doesn’t gimp you as a player,…

Imperial Agent is a bit of an oddity, in that while the post-game story was clearly not designed around them, it fits suspiciously well. Especially since the overall tone of the post-game story is “everything you’ve ever done has only made things worse”.

I thrust of this entire thing is that Microsoft has chosen to try to stomach any potential fallout from this, while Sony decided that given all the factors, it wasn’t worth making it as open as Microsoft did.

Sledgehammer Games has a policy where most of the employees below senior level are hourly. That means that >40 hours is overtime.

Article is wrong on that front. She’s at Visceral Games (EA) right now. Her job before Naughty Dog was at Crystal Dynamics.