Could be Japanese port begging, count your blessings

Wonder what happened to The Initiative for such a massive loss when they should be set up for non-stop growth, have they been a part of January mass layoffs?
Are they being poached?

Also, their site also does not expose any job opportunities and their security certificate is non-valid and appears to have been in this state since last December.

Pretty indie-heavy group this time, but a couple day-and-date releases and I've heard Chicory is really good.

It's relatively old news but the gist of it is that The Initiative changed approach from what they were setup as which caused a large amount to leave (difference of opinions basically on what direction the studio should take) and since Crystal Dynamics is doing the bulk of development they don't need a lot of employees anymore, only the creative leads. This happened about a year or so ago, they've remained at this level of employees since then so there's no notable continued declined, those who stayed side with the new vision, those who left didn't.

Basically they're like World's Edge or Mistwalker now.

Another Japanese title to add to my list tho. 👀

Blue vs Red

@ice Rune Factory 4 hype!!!
Never played this series and was interested in buying it, but kinda fell off my radar. Thank you Goatpass.

Japanese Game Pass: 2023

January

• Monster Hunter Rise - Capcom
• Persona 3 - Atlus/Sega
• Persona 4 - Atlus/Sega
• Hi Fi Rush - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle R - CyberConnect2

February

• SD Gundam Battle Alliance - Artdink/Alvion
• Soul Hackers 2 - Atlus/Sega
• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo

March

• Guilty Gear Strive - Arc System Works
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - Level 5

April

• Ghostwire: Tokyo - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle - Arc System Works

May

• Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 - CyberConnect2

June

• Rune Factory 4 Special - Marvelous/XSEED

Total = 14

• Unique Developers/Publishers = 9
• Genres Covered (In Order) = ARPG, JRPG, JRPG, Rhythm Based Action, Fighting, ARPG, Activion-Adventure, JRPG, ARPG, Fighting, JRPG, Action-Adventure, Fighting, CRPG, JRPG.

Agreed.  

Raging at someone for using a "tongue emoji" on a gaming forum feels like some of the most quietly unhinged crap I've seen from a supposed professional person. Let alone the downright psychotic agenda he has against Idas, and the threats of doxxing.  

That's just downright insane to me.

9/14 of those played/beat.
Will play Rune Facotry, have Ghostwire Noblyo downloaded, and interested in that CC 2 game.
Possibly 12/14 of those so far. :)