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Episode 734: Third Party ShowcasesEpisode 734: Third Party Showcases
Among the discussions are the original 1997 Backyard Baseball finally coming to Steam, the original Horizon Zero Dawn removed from Epic Games Store, Hi-Fi Rush 2 already in development six months when Krafton acquired Tango Gameworks and Mario + Rabbids director and Red Dead Redemption lead designer found new studio Day 4 Night.
The news includes:
- Everything revealed in State of Play September 2024
- Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast
- Sea of Stars free content update Dawn of Equinox adds local co-op, revamped prologue
Let us know what you think.
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Episode 621: Alan Awoke?Episode 621: Alan Awoke?
Thanks to server issues, this podcast had to be re-uploaded.
This week’s news included:
- A possible Alan Wake 2 is now in “full production”
- Jesse McCree, Diablo 4 director no longer at Activision-Blizzard
- Pinhead from Hellraiser is coming to Dead By Daylight (from PC Gamer)
- Samurai Shodown is getting Baiken from Guilty Gear as a DLC character
Let us know what you think.
EA and Take-Two Stock Falls FastEA and Take-Two Stock Falls Fast
It’s official, EA has given up their talks with Take-Two and, as a result, the stock of both companies is falling like a stone. While gamers may cheer knowing the Grand Theft Auto and 2K Sports product lines will continue to compete with EA products, share holders are doing a WTF?
Take-Two has had its share of financial difficulties, but nothing shakes up a stock more than a break in discussions when the words acquisition have been spoken. It causes uncertainty and lack of understanding on the part of the game industry and share holders. EA’s stock dropped 2.7% upon opening this morning but has begun to stablize as it’s clear EA isn’t in any financial peril from this breakup in discussion.
Take-Two’s stock, however, is in epic free fall with a 25% decline since the discussions ended. One theory is that, “is taking a huge beating as everyone and their mother tries desperately to sell the shares the figured EA was going to to buy.” (kotaku)
As the game industry gets more competitive, builds bigger bank-roll and becomes a staple entertainment icon there is always more business savvy people getting into the game trying to make a fast buck. In this case, the shareholders obviously aren’t pushing for Take-Two’s future decisions or product launches — this is the reaction of business folks trying to make money.
There is huge risk with block buster 100-million dollar titles and all the crazy hype involved with some of the biggest games in history. They break sales records, smoke box-office numbers and bring new gamers into the industry but it’s all at risk when money gets involved. One bad move and a company making a title like GTA can find themselves in financial peril.
With risk comes reward, but failure is always sneaking up around the corner so watch out!
