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Maxy Payne 1&2 atmosphere with Max Payne 3 gameplay would be so :heart_eyes:

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Played KOTOR recently and I understand why remaking it would be such a nightmare. Don’t know if it’s cancelled but at least rebooted and indefinitely delayed, maybe a completely new studio taking over.

Do we know if it’s RAGE, the engine? It probably is since Rockstar is making them, right? I’m not sure, maybe it IS Remedy making them, then it’s probably the engine from Control, AW2.

You might want to check out this game that is inspired by max Payne

https://x.com/writnelson/status/1706677139460759827?s=46&t=_TtlxHtnhYiqUgYm_uDmJg

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That looks sick! It’s clear they really took inspiration from the first two MP games.

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Dunno, but either would be good.

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https://x.com/hazzadorgamin/status/1707709836241330666?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

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Don’t they have a lot of studios? Why don’t Tencent or someone else that will keep these games for all platforms swoop in? MS can’t.

Such a weird industry man. A constant cycle of instability.

The same companies right now offering to hire the laid off folks a new job will have their own lay offs in a year or so and the companies who laid off these recent people will be the ones hiring those said folk.

Cycle just keeps going.

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I remember in the Xbox 360 era people warning that games were too expensive to make and that the industry will crash. Never happened but now it looks like we are on the way to it.

I’m safe I only need my Starfield Forza Motorsport and Street Fighter but I think most of the traditional AAA that you complete in a couple of weeks are going to become a rare breed.

These layoffs weren’t because of AAA games being expensive though. It’s more insidious than that unfortunately.

It’s bored rich companies making gambles that failed. Epic is not hurting for money at all. Embracer wasted billions on contingent on one deal.

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I received my Tunic manual from fangamer today. It looks great and I love having a physical copy of this.

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Max Payne 1 and 2 are two of the best TPSs ever made

MP1 has aged gameplay wise but 2 still plays shockingly good, amazing rag doll physics too

Max Payne 3 is also amazing thanks to the gunplay but is lacking massively in terms of characters and story

Iv always thought Embracer was sketchy the way they were buying up everything but it turns out they really were just that dude with too much money that has no idea what he’s doing

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Yeah, didn’t 343 have layoffs not too long ago? I remember seeing them offering jobs to the recently laid off employees

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https://twitter.com/xboxera/status/1707756041662828563

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Gran Turismo Sport servers are going offline this January

Anyone exoecting media to cover this? News articles forecasting doom? Sony/Jimbo being blamed publicly?

…yeah, me neither.

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How quickly Sony abandon these servers is shameful, they have to be one of the worst publishers for this

This one is bad especially because it’s very online dependant even single player modes

They did, for the campaign team. They have also had the hiring freeze removed and need to staff up to be able to make Halo in the future.

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As someone who has zero interest Baldur’s Gate and knows what the game is, KOTOR remake would have been skipped if it was like that so I guess, either way, game is done for me. lol

While I wanted Microsoft to get it years ago, now, I don’t really care. If they get it, great but if not, no biggie. Seems to be one of those games that just wasn’t meant to be.