Man they actually say that like its a bad thing. Does not bode well for single player focused games over the next wile :( Sounds like they want a Destiny like game in the star wars universe. Visceral was an awesome studio I really wish the best for all the staff.
That star wars game is literally the only game I've been excited about in the last 3 years. I am so unhappy and disappointed right now it is unbelievable. I hope everyone manages to land on their feet - we have a ton of open positions at Rocksteady currently so get in touch if you're looking.
Ah that really sucks, I was super stoked for an uncharted style star wars experience. And I have always been rooting for visceral since the original dead space, another of my fave franchises. Best of luck to anyone effected, hope you all get sweet severance packages and are nabbed up fast!
So who bites the dust next? Respawn? Bioware? EA is like a sociopath serial killer who kills its victims, eats them up and shits them out. Never gonna happen. Don't you see the pattern? How many Star Wars single player games have to be cancelled before it is obvious for everybody that the only thing they will ever do is…
Now EA is the scapegoat for what is common practice for years in the mobile market because they have the Star Wars label and produced the best looking mobile game for PC and consoles... a bit strange. I do agree that there are lot's of "games" (mostly mobile) which are essentially just frameworks with the goal to keep…
I was actually working as the lead texture artist on this project over the last couple years...it's sad to say the least. The closing definitely came as a shock but there were a lot of factors that led to it. It's particularly sad that we won't be able to show off any of the art we had done for the Star Wars project, I…
It's not entire bollocks though. One of the other guys on my MA course wrote an essay for our creative economies module about exactly this: Large publishers have a tendency to purchase studios with successful IP's, milk those IP's, and then close the studio when the IP is dry. They are all about short term profit, plain…