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Photek wrote:Feels like they going into a doom spiral.
Trelliz wrote:Don't have a problem with adverts in games where it makes sense; in sports games by the pitch/track etc, urban settings with billboards etc, but cramming then in when you start the game up, pause or anything else like that is gross and sounds like EXACTLY what they'll do, plus the obligatory spend extra to not get adds bullshit.
rinks wrote:Photek wrote:Feels like they going into a doom spiral.
Photek has the insider knowledge.
Bethesda trademark offers Doom hint, as suggestion of an imminent reveal swirls
https://www.eurogamer.net/bethesda-trad ... eal-swirls
Trelliz wrote:Don't have a problem with adverts in games where it makes sense; in sports games by the pitch/track etc, urban settings with billboards etc, but cramming then in when you start the game up, pause or anything else like that is gross and sounds like EXACTLY what they'll do, plus the obligatory spend extra to not get adds bullshit.
twitter.com/VGC_News/status/1790072807646286210
According to people who were in attendance, Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu said that both the company's American and European arms would be hit with layoffs, which will happen over the course of the next month.
The scale of the layoffs wasn't shared, but staff were told that people working in publishing, IT, and Square Enix's Collective indie games division would be predominantly affected.
ITSMILNER wrote:twitter.com/VGC_News/status/1790072807646286210
According to people who were in attendance, Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu said that both the company's American and European arms would be hit with layoffs, which will happen over the course of the next month.
The scale of the layoffs wasn't shared, but staff were told that people working in publishing, IT, and Square Enix's Collective indie games division would be predominantly affected.
jawa_ wrote:Electronic Arts are looking at incorporating adverts in their games.Source: EurogamerAndrew Wilson, EA CEO wrote:...as we think about the many, many billions of hours spent, both playing, creating, watching and connecting and where much of that engagement happens to be on the bounds of a traditional game experience, our expectation is that advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth for us.
We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that, but we have teams internally in the company right now looking at how do we do very thoughtful implementations inside of our game experiences. But more importantly, as we start to build community and harness the power of community beyond the bounds of our games, how do we think about advertising as a growth driver in those types of experiences?
So, no need to worry as the advertising will be incorporated "thoughtfully"...
Source: VGCVGC wrote:The team behind Marvel Rivals has apologised for seeking to restrict negative coverage of the game from content creators.
In order to participate in its content creator program, players were required to sign an agreement which included a “non-disparagement” clause that forbade them from providing “subjective negative reviews of the game”.
Following a backlash from content creators including popular streamer Brandon Larned, developer NetEase said it would revise the terms, which it acknowledged were overly restrictive.
.Tomous wrote:I honestly assumed that was just standard practice with "content creators"
Trelliz wrote:Tomous wrote:I honestly assumed that was just standard practice with "content creators"
Yep, sock-puppet marketing thats down with the kids.
jawa_ wrote:NetEase, the publisher of the upcoming Marvel Rivals game, attempted to stop people saying bad things about the game.Source: VGCVGC wrote:The team behind Marvel Rivals has apologised for seeking to restrict negative coverage of the game from content creators.
In order to participate in its content creator program, players were required to sign an agreement which included a “non-disparagement” clause that forbade them from providing “subjective negative reviews of the game”.
Following a backlash from content creators including popular streamer Brandon Larned, developer NetEase said it would revise the terms, which it acknowledged were overly restrictive.
Imagine trying to create an agreement in which reviewers could not be critical of the game
Winckle wrote:Trelliz wrote:Tomous wrote:I honestly assumed that was just standard practice with "content creators"
Yep, sock-puppet marketing thats down with the kids.
"Influencers" is surely a synonym for "shill".
Cheeky Devlin wrote:Winckle wrote:Trelliz wrote:Tomous wrote:I honestly assumed that was just standard practice with "content creators"
Yep, sock-puppet marketing thats down with the kids.
"Influencers" is surely a synonym for "shill".
I hear someone say they're an "influencer" and all I hear is "my opinion is for sale to the highest bidder". They're a shouty billboard with added "smash that bell" bollocks and the world would be a better place if they would all just strawberry float off.