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Ryuu96 on 27 March 2023

343 and Rare playing with Lionhead.

Doesn't quite work because Rare is older than Lionhead

Lionhead 🥹

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G2ThaUNiT on 27 March 2023
Ryuu96 said:

343 and Rare playing with Lionhead.

Doesn't quite work because Rare is older than Lionhead

Lionhead 🥹

We'll just consider Rare's time with MS (2002) compared to Lionhead's existence (1997) lol



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Ryuu96 on 27 March 2023

Hours after I posted it, I see that I forgot about three other studios formed in 2023...Lol.

Studio NameYear FoundedNotable Employees (Roles @ Previous Studio)
Remedy Entertainment1995Sam Lake (Lead Writer/Creative Director).
IO Interactive1998
MercurySteam2002
Certain Affinity2006Former Bungie - Max Hoberman (Multiplayer Lead on Halo 2).
Blackbird Interactive2007Former Relic - Rob Cunningham (Creative Director and Co-Founder) | Jon Kambeitz (Co-Founder).
Stoic Studio2011Former Bioware - Alex Thomas (Senior Designer on Star Wars: TOR) | John Watson (Lead Combat Programmer) | Arnie Jorgensen (Lead Concept Artist on Star Wars: TOR).
Oxide Games2013Former Firaxis - Daniel Baker (Graphics Lead) | Marc Meyer (Senior Programmer) | Brian Wade (Lead Programmer) | Tim Kipp (3D Engine Architect)
Kojima Productions2015Former Konami - Hideo Kojima.
Fools Theory2015Former CD Projekt Red - Jakub Rokosz (Senior Quest Designer on Witcher 2/3).
Bonfire Studios2016Former Blizzard - Rob Pardo (Chief Creative Officer and Lead Designer on WoW).
Build A Rocket Boy2016Former Rockstar - Leslie Benzies (President of Rockstar North on GTA III - V).
ProbablyMonsters2016Former Bungie - Harold Ryan (President of Bungie).
ProbablyMonsters Cauldron Studio2016Former Bungie - Dave Matthews (Art Director)
Probably Monsters Firewalk Studio2016Former Bungie - Tony Tsu (Senior Vice President on Destiny).
Jumpship2017Former Playdead - Dino Patti (Co-Founder).
Interior Night2017Former Quantic Dream - Caroline Marchal (Game Designer on Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls).
Embark Studios2018Former EA - Patrick Soderlund (Executive Vice President).
Ascendant Studios2019Former Sledgehammer/EA - Bret Robbins (Creative Director on Dead Space & Creative Director on WW2, Advanced Warfare and Modern Warfare 3).
Mainframe Industries2019Former CCP, Remedy, Next Games Veterans.
WolfEye Studios2019Former Arkane - Raphael Colantonio (Co-Founder).
Covenant Studios2020Former CD Projekt Red - Stan Just (Producer on The Witcher 3).
Starward Industries2020Former CD Projekt Red - Marek Markuszewski (Senior Producer on The Witcher 3).
Bokeh Games Studio2020Former Sony Japan - Keiichiro Toyama (Co-Creator of Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush).
Deviation Games2020Former Treyarch - Dave Anthony (Vice President).
Dreamhaven2020Former Blizzard - Mike Morhaime (Blizzard Co-Founder).
Dreamhaven - Moonshot Games2020Former Blizzard - Jason Chayes (Executive Producer).
Dreamhaven - Secret Door2020Former Blizzard - Chris Sigaty (Executive Producer/Senior Vice President).
Frost Giant Studios2020Former Blizzard - Tim Morten (Production Director on StarCraft II) & Former InXile - Tim Campbell (Game Director on Wasteland 3).
Gravity Well Games2020Former Respawn - Drew McCoy (Senior Producer on Titanfall 2) | Jon Shiring (Lead Programmer on Titanfall 2).
Gunzilla Games2020Former Crytek - Alexander Zoll (Crytek Kyiv CEO) & Hollywood Director Neill Blomkamp.
Liquid Swords2020Former Avalanche - Christofer Sundberg (Co-Founder).
Yellow Brick Games2020Former Bioware - Mike Laidlaw (Creative Director/Lead Designer on Dragon Age Franchise).
Mountaintop Studios2020Former Oculus - Nate Mitchell (Co-Founder) & Former Respawn, Epic, Riot, Bungie Veterans.
Eyes Out2021Former YAGER - Cory Davis (Creative Director on Spec Ops: The Line).
Midnight Society2021Dr Disrespect (Twat).
Humanoid Studios2021Former Bioware - Casey Hudson (Director on Mass Effect 1-3 and KOTOR).
Ivy Road2021Former Fullbright - Karla Zimonja (Co-Founder) & Davey Wreden (Co-Creator of The Stanley Parable).
Lost Lake Games2021Former Blizzard - James Phinney (Lead Designer on StarCraft).
Possibility Space2021Former Undead Labs - Jeff Strain (Founder).
That's No Moon2021Former Naughty Dog - Taylor Kurosaki (Cinematic Lead on Uncharted 3) & Jacob Minkoff (Lead Designer on Uncharted 3 & The Last of Us).
Notorious2021Former Blizzard (World of Warcraft).
Bit Reactor2022Former Firaxis - Greg Foertsch (Art Director).
Dark Passenger2022Former CD Projekt Red - Jakub Ben (Assistant Director) | Marcin Michalski (Senior Environment Artist).
Elemental Games2022Former Avalanche Studios - Linus & Viktor Bloomberg (Co-Founders).
Gardens2022Former ThatGameCompany & Giant Sparrow - Chris Bell (Lead Game Designer on What Remains of Edith Finch & Game Designer on Journey).
Wildflower Interactive2022Former Naughty Dog - Bruce Straley (Game Director on Uncharted 2, The Last of Us, Uncharted 4).
Rebel Wolves2022Former CD Projekt Red - Konrad Tomaszkiewicz (Game Director on The Witcher 3).
Unseen Inc2022Former Tango Gameworks - Ikumi Nakamura (Lead Artist on The Evil Within).
Moon Beast Productions2022Former Blizzard - Peter Hu (Lead Designer on Diablo II) | Phil Shenk (Lead Artist on Diablo II) | Erich Schaefer (Co-Creator on Diablo I/II).
Something Wicked Games2022Former Bethesda Games Studios - Jeff Gardiner (Lead Producer on Fallout 4 & Senior Producer on Skyrim).
Gas Giant Games2023Former Blizzard - Jay Wilson (Lead Designer on Diablo III) | Julian Love (Lead Technical Artist on Diablo III).
Genpop Interactive2023BloodPop (Music Producer).
Maverick Games2023Former Playground Games - Mike Brown (Creative Director on Forza Horizon 5).
Wildlight Entertainment2023Former Respawn - Chad Grenier (Game Director on Apex Legends) | Carlos Pineda (Lead Game Designer on Apex Legends) | Mohammad Alavi (Narrative Design Lead on Apex Legends) | Jason McCord (Lead Designer on Titanfall 2)
Magic Soup Games2023Former Blizzard - Allen Brack (President of Blizzard) & Former Vicarious Visions - Jen O'Neal (Studio Head).
The Believer Company2023Former Riot Games - Michael Chow (Vice President) & Steven Snow (Co-Founder).
Lighthouse Games2023Former Playground Games - Gavin Raeburn (Co-Founder).
Fuse Games2023Former Criterion - Matt Webster (Vice President) | Andrei Shires (Senior Technical Director) | Alan McDairmant (Head of Studio Development) | Steve Uphill (Head of Content) | Pete Lake (Executive Producer).
Soft Rains2023Former Bethesda - Joel Burgess (Senior Designer on Fallout 3/4 & Skyrim) | Lucas Hardi (Senior Artist on Fallout 4 & Skyrim) & Former Capybara Games - Kaitlin Tremblay (Lead Narrative Designer).
TTKGames2023Former Dice - Lars Gustavsson (Creative Director on Battlefield Series).


Ryuu96 on 27 March 2023


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shikamaru317 on 27 March 2023

10 US Representatives, both Republican and Democrat, have now joined Democrat Senator Maria Cantwell in asking US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimonda to pressure Japan on why their regulatory agency is allowing Sony to participate in anti-competitive console exclusivity deals with Japanese developers and publishers, when Sony holds 98% of the "high-end console" marketshare in Japan. 

The letter sent by 4 Republicans states:

“The Japanese government’s effective policy of non-prosecution when it comes to Sony appears to be a serious barrier to U.S. exports, with real impacts for Microsoft and the many U.S. game developers and publishers that sell globally but see their earnings in Japan depressed by these practices,”

The letter sent by 6 Democrats contains similar messaging.



G2ThaUNiT on 27 March 2023
shikamaru317 said:

10 US Representatives, both Republican and Democrat, have now joined Democrat Senator Maria Cantwell in asking US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimonda to pressure Japan on why their regulatory agency is allowing Sony to participate in anti-competitive console exclusivity deals with Japanese developers and publishers, when Sony holds 98% of the "high-end console" marketshare in Japan. 

The letter sent by 4 Republicans states:

“The Japanese government’s effective policy of non-prosecution when it comes to Sony appears to be a serious barrier to U.S. exports, with real impacts for Microsoft and the many U.S. game developers and publishers that sell globally but see their earnings in Japan depressed by these practices,”

The letter sent by 6 Democrats contains similar messaging.

This is where bipartisan support is coming from?!?

Sony gonna be really pissed at the CMA and FTC for excluding Nintendo completely from their investigations lol. Not that this actually means anything and Japan is suddenly going to be like "damn, you're right." 



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Ryuu96 on 27 March 2023

🥴

Sony really fucked up with that push to exclude Nintendo huh, Lmao.

I don't even agree with the market definition without Nintendo, I think it's stupid, but Sony brought it on themselves and CMA/FTC decided to go along with the stupid definition so here we are.

What I will say though is that Japan has NOT said they agree with the definition and hasn't actually yet made a single comment on how they define the market so I don't know about going after Japan specifically, yet.

Can't they tell FTC to knock it off instead? Lol.

Today, we write to bring to your attention the imbalanced Japanese video game market, which we are concerned may be a result of a discriminatory trade practice that could violate the spirit of the U.S.-Japan Digital Trade Agreement,”

Between the lines: Article 8 of the 2019 U.S.-Japan Digital Trade Agreement calls for the countries to enable “non-discriminatory treatment of digital products” which would include games. It’s less clear if it would also pertain to game consoles.

What I would say is the angle they're gunning for is interesting....They are targeting US-Japan trade deals, an interesting tactic.

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    G2ThaUNiT on 27 March 2023


    You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind

    Spade on 27 March 2023

    Get played Sony lol. Hopefully this will make it so they can't money hat games from Japan, but we all know it's futile. :/



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