Banrik

No but that’s what the article is talking about, even touching on that there were indie releases in April but pragmata has a wide birth, with only the Diablo 4 dlc to contend with.

I’ll bite; what are these six other AAA games in April?

I’ll be honest & think between their tiny team, it almost certainly wasn’t much of a priority at all. Though from what I’ve seen of Ed, I don’t think he’d care enough to change it if he was made aware

The article itself seems to state that they were most likely asked before the people became problematic. Given the game has been in development for 12 years & Ed most likely asked a huge plethora of Internet personalities, I’m surprised there aren’t more.

Regardless of controversial meows, the escapist starting the article with “a backlash is rising” feels like they’re admitting they’re fanning the flames of Internet drama for traffic to their site.

Honestly what I think happened is, in the lead up to the game awards there was a lot of talk about the cost of slots & I imagine the final of the show cost a pretty penny. Then I think no one was willing to buy said slot so the haphazardly shoved something in a lot closer to the event then the usually would. I doubt this was anyone’s first choice.

I just think this is going to be a bit of a mess no matter what way it goes. People have such a different idea of what this game is now based on the riot drive.

& I can’t help but think that’s kinda the point of buying it, because you only need to sell it in one burst of hype to make a quick buck, look at cube world for example.

Also the game has been sold off once, if someone like M$ came knocking, even just to kill it, you think if he makes a huge profit off the purchase, he’ll say no?

I think a lot of people have been waiting for this & the hype around it is just going to lead to disappointment.

Except we already know that he’s willing to sell, so if MS came knocking, i bet it’d be just a question of how much. If it can get off its feet of course.

I’m a bit confused, wasn’t this announcement ages ago? Is it coming out soon?

Edit: yeah it was announced in December 2023, I thought I was going crazy there.

Goddamn, those wolves with high beams are a menace!