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Ryuu96 on 30 May 2023


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Spade on 30 May 2023

Dent heads mad about the gamepass offering, when there's a showcase less than two weeks away. smdh. 



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EpicRandy on 30 May 2023
Ryuu96 said:
EpicRandy said:

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.

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.

I see, I thought using a second-party contract to assist them would be a great opportunity for them to staff up and slowly replace their dependence on Crystal Dynamics while keeping the project progression secure and gaining experience. Maybe the term of the contract does not allow them to provide CD with a decreasing workload over time and so have limited opportunity to grow themselves.



Angelus on 30 May 2023
Spade said:

Could be Japanese port begging, count your blessings

Shit, that's a good point



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Ryuu96 on 30 May 2023

@EpicAndy Are you watching the CAT thing?

I've not been watching it, I've been busy with other things but briefly reading through the ResetEra thread it sounds like Microsoft's lawyer is very, very, good and the CMA's lawyer is fucking up.

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Ryuu96 on 30 May 2023

Judge on late July/early August trial: "If it can be done, that's what we are going to strive to do"

Judge siding with Microsoft on having a fast case.



EpicRandy on 30 May 2023
Ryuu96 said:

@EpicAndy Are you watching the CAT thing?

I've not been watching it, I've been busy with other things but briefly reading through the ResetEra thread it sounds like Microsoft's lawyer is very, very, good and the CMA's lawyer is fucking up.

No, I haven't had the opportunity (currently working) but lol there's an EpicAndy profile XD?



Ryuu96 on 30 May 2023
EpicRandy said:
Ryuu96 said:

@EpicAndy Are you watching the CAT thing?

I've not been watching it, I've been busy with other things but briefly reading through the ResetEra thread it sounds like Microsoft's lawyer is very, very, good and the CMA's lawyer is fucking up.

No, I haven't had the opportunity (currently working) but lol there's an EpicAndy profile XD?

Oof, Lmao. Didn't notice I tagged the wrong guy.

Boy reading through the Era thread it's as if this CMA lawyer is being fucking destroyed by Microsoft's



DroidKnight on 30 May 2023



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