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FromSoftware workers report low pay as parent company earns $1 billion

Derek Strickland | Mar 14, 2022 9:41 AM CDT

FromSoftware employees aren't happy working at the studio and are complaining of low wages and other issues. Meanwhile, FromSoft parent company Kadokawa Corp. has made over $1.4 billion in the last 9 months.

FromSoftware workers report low pay as parent company earns $1 billion

Like most big games, it looks like Elden Ring's expansive world came at a human cost. FromSoftware employees have complained about a number of issues on Japanese company feedback website Career Connection, stating low wages and crunch (one review says employees are "breaking their bodies" working so much) as problems with the work environment. FromSoft has earned a 2.6 out of 5 rating for employee satisfaction as a result.

According to the survey, FromSoftware employees earn roughly 4 million yen, or $29,000, a year. Those wages are a stark contrast to the $1.415 billion that FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Corp. has made in the last 9 months.

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Discovery will soon be WB Games' new parent company

Derek Strickland | Mar 13, 2022 11:15 PM CDT

Discovery Inc. shareholders have officially approved the WarnerMedia merger, meaning WB Games will soon have a new parent company.

Discovery will soon be WB Games' new parent company

The $43 billion WarnerMedia - Discovery merger has been greenlit by shareholders and is now awaiting regulatory approval. WB Games is included as part of the deal, which means developers like Netherealm, Rocksteady Studios, Avalanche, and WB Montreal will have a new corporate overlord soon. No details have been announced concerning possible layoffs, employee shuffling, or studio closures.

"Discovery, Inc. announced that the Company's stockholders have approved various matters relating to the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T to create Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., a premier, global entertainment company.

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Ex-Nintendo president doesn't trust Zuckerberg to innovate metaverse

Derek Strickland | Mar 13, 2022 10:28 PM CDT

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime doesn't believe Facebook's current metaverse plan will be successful.

Ex-Nintendo president doesn't trust Zuckerberg to innovate metaverse

The metaverse is a nebulous concept that delivers lots of promises to stakeholders and gamers. Investors are promised a huge interconnected ecosystem of ads, monetization, and engagement. Gamers are promised things that technically already exist today--connectivity, interactions, multiplayer games, value, etc. There's just one big problem: The metaverse still hasn't really been defined, and it'll take some serious growing pains and failures to do so.

Some of the games industry's biggest figures are pressing back against the metaverse--at least in its current iteration. According to Reggie Fils-Aime, who led Nintendo of America for multiple years, Facebook (who changed their name to Meta Platforms, signifying its devotion to the metaverse) isn't particularly innovative and their ideals for the metaverse simply won't take off.

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Gearbox boss: Borderlands 3 PlayStation cross-play is 'inevitable'

Derek Strickland | Mar 13, 2022 9:20 PM CDT

Borderlands 3 should get PlayStation cross-play very soon, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says.

Gearbox boss: Borderlands 3 PlayStation cross-play is 'inevitable'

Cross-play might be thee most important new feature of modern gaming, especially for titles with live services and microtransactions. Borderlands 3, which ahs sold 15 million copies, is one such game. Borderlands 3 didn't launch with cross-play on gaming's biggest platform--the PlayStation 4. That should change soon.

On Twitter, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 3 cross-play on PS4/PS5 is an inevitability:

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Nintendo stops console & game shipments to Russia due to 'volatility'

Derek Strickland | Mar 13, 2022 8:32 PM CDT

Nintendo confirms it will no longer ship video games hardware or physical games to Russia due to "volatile" market conditions.

Nintendo stops console & game shipments to Russia due to 'volatility'

One by one many of the world's biggest brands have turned their backs on Russia. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world and many companies are pulling their products and services out of the increasingly dangerous region. Nintendo is among the latest companies to stop selling to Russia.

In a statement given to Eurogamer, Nintendo says it has temporarily suspended shipments and sales to Russia due to unreliable economic conditions brought on by international sanctions.

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Xbox aspires to have a 'steady stream' of new games released over time

Derek Strickland | Mar 13, 2022 7:41 PM CDT

Xbox has a vision for a cyclic, streamlined flow of new games that are both revealed and released over time.

Xbox aspires to have a 'steady stream' of new games released over time

Xbox's game division is absolutely massive. When Activision-Blizzard joins Microsoft, Xbox gaming will have over 30 teams working on a multitude of projects. There's so many games in development right now--and that's how Microsoft wants it. Xbox gaming aspires to have a kind of restaurant that's always updating its menu while serving up something new, and wants to give full visibility of its gaming feast to hungry diners.

"We want to get to this point where there's a steady flow of great games that are coming that customers can predict," Xbox president Phil Spencer said in a recent XboxEra podcast.

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Peter Molyneux's new game Legacy has sold $57 million worth of NFTs

Derek Strickland | Mar 13, 2022 6:38 PM CDT

Peter Molyneux's new game Legacy, which is built around digital land NFTs and in-game commerce, has made over $57 million in crypto sales.

Peter Molyneux's new game Legacy has sold $57 million worth of NFTs

The latest game from Fable creator Peter Molyneux is a big departure from his previous work. His studio at 22Cans has teamed up with Gala Games, a publisher known for play-to-earn blockchain games, to make Legacy. This game is built around a kind of digital e-commerce platform with its own crypto called LegacyCoin where players create thingamabobs, trinkets, other fantastic creations and sell them on an in-game marketplace. Players buy land, make factories, and sell their goods. Like all blockchain games, the details are fuzzy.

That being said, 22Cans has completely sold out of its digital land NFTs. The company has made a total of $57.721 million from selling digital land based on ETH to USD conversions. That's a huge chunk of revenues that's roughly half of Ubisoft's entire microtransaction earnings made in Q3'21.

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System Shock, Deus Ex dev Warren Spector: 'NFTs are ridiculous'

Derek Strickland | Mar 13, 2022 5:57 PM CDT

One of the most well-known game developers has condemned NFTs, joining voices with a multitude of other industry figures against the speculative market.

System Shock, Deus Ex dev Warren Spector: 'NFTs are ridiculous'

Warren Spector, known for creation of some of the most lauded franchises on the planet like Deus Ex and System Shock, is wholeheartedly against NFTs. "NFTs are ridiculous. I do not understand why anybody would want to climb on that bandwagon," Spector said in a recent interview with VentureBeat.

"Ownership of virtual goods that can be instantly reproduced in unlimited quantities. Who thinks that's a good idea? So NFTs...I have no interest."

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake 2 news teased on new 35th anniversary site

Derek Strickland | Mar 12, 2022 5:57 PM CST

Final Fantasy turns 35 years old this year and Square Enix is celebrating with a bunch of updates on upcoming games.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake 2 news teased on new 35th anniversary site

Square Enix just put up a special website to commemorate Final Fantasy's 35th anniversary. Throughout the year the publisher plans to roll out updates, teasers, and celebratory content highlighting both new and old releases, and has teased some big updates on some of the most anticipated titles in development including the new medieval action-based Final Fantasy XVI, and the ultra-hyped sequel to 2019's Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

Right now the FF35 website only includes updates on recently-announced games like Chocobo GP and Final Fantasy Origin: Stranger of Paradise, but the site also tease "more news" on future games too.

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Halo TV show: Here's how much Master Chief's armor weighs in real life

Derek Strickland | Mar 12, 2022 5:24 PM CST

Master Chief's real-life Mjolnir armor is pretty heavy...no wonder Pablo Schreiber had to beef up to wear it.

Halo TV show: Here's how much Master Chief's armor weighs in real life

Halo is a difficult franchise to adapt into movies and TV shows. Apart from the storyline that's focused on deep-future interstellar war, the series' iconic Mjolnir armor--special high-tech suits worn by supersoldiers as humanity's last stand against an unbeatable alien foe--is awkward, unwieldy, and very bulky (just ask any cosplayer).

The real-life armor built specifically for the Halo TV show is now different. According to Master Chief star Pablo Schreiber, the suits are "50 lbs of plastic":

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