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I just want to point out that this topic pops up on ResetERA about once a month

@Brick - OK, I'll grant you the CoD campaigns as being damned fun for what they are, but DICE has swung and missed with the campaigns for BF3, BF4, and BF1. It's really not worth the effort or considerable resources to keep at it.

@skillzdadirecta - can you imagine what that phone call from Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy to Andrew Wilson at the height of the Battlefront II debacle must've been like?

If not but for their commitment to the MCU, they probably would be #1 or #2.

Yeah, these are voluntary departures rather than involuntary ones.

Oh gotcha! Yeah, BF/CoD definitely don't need campaigns (especially BF)

Square/Enix probably has their hands full with Marvel at this point. I'd imagine Activision/Blizzard is the most likely candidate.

But they're not really interested in filling the vacuum either because it's a really, really expensive thing to do and they've seen that the return on investment is kinda shit. For China, they're pretty much interested in securing their trade routes - that's it. They're not looking to be "world police" and they're more than willing to cut deals with nefarious characters to make that happen. Russia knows that it will never be a globally dominant force and they're totally OK with that. All Moscow wants is to ensure that there is no one dominant hyperpower but that the world has a bunch of major powers of which they are just one. And most importantly for Russia, they want a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and the "Stans", but no global ambitions beyond that.

Since EA got the Star Wars license in 2013 they've: - Kinda/sorta kept a WoW clone barely above water - produced a pair of mildly interesting, quickly forgotten multiplayer FPS titles, one of which generated so much controversy that it's had a tangible impact on the industry both commercially and politically - canceled a high-profile single-player title that produced a whopping 10 seconds of gameplay footage of a guy walking and closed the studio that was developing it - vaguely discussed a title in development at Respawn Entertainment which will have a release date of Ares knows when Yeah, I'd imagine Disney/Lucasfilm must have had some informal discussions with other big publishers at this point.

In a story from Sweden's Di Digital that we've independently translated, over 40 employees have left the 400-people strong company in 2018, making that a departure of almost 10 percent of the company. The figure was gleaned from Linkedin but sources told Di Digital that 40 is on the low end of reported departures from the company.

Which is why you look for a pre-owned one

I would suggest looking at used high-quality office chairs such as Aerons.

@Mark @Bjomesphat @MarSolo I just PM'd the codes to you guys. As it turns out, I will have one more code to award so I'll make my decision soon!

Their publics aren't particularly interested in it either. The "West" is exhausted as a social, political, and moral force. It is absolutely spent.

@TheLeon - just PM'd the download code to you.

Offering a pro-EU stance, a humane approach to migration and clear positions on existential issues such as climate change, biodiversity and sustainability, Green parties in several countries are now polling higher nationally than the traditional centre-left.

There's no "almost" about it - it' gone. Even if the United States regained a leadership that "genuinely" cared about its place in the world, that doesn't change the fact that the American population itself by and large no longer cares about it either.

Make up metrics that attempt to define "success" as you go along.

PC Gamer - 90% Return of the Obra Dinn is a stunningly clever thing and one of the best puzzle games on PC. It not only presents you with a vast, complex, and interconnected mystery to solve, but trusts in your intelligence enough to let you do it yourself with almost no hints, markers, or guides interfering in the process. Few games have this much confidence in the player, and it’s a deeply satisfying experience as a result, even if I did occasionally feel like I’d hit a dead end.

US Gamer found one war story that it kinda/sorta liked: Battlefield V's Best War Story So Far is "Tirailleur," A Story That Highlights a Lesser-Known But Awful Historical Injustice

Eurogamer - Recommended Those initial concerns I had about Thronebreaker have vanished. Thronebreaker has proven a card game can be gripping, entertaining and powerful in a way I hadn't realised was possible. It's CD Projekt Red going above and beyond again - pushing things to another level with lavish care, attention and talent. Thronebreaker isn't a blockbuster, but it has the heart of one. I am smitten.

Does it count if absolutely no one played it?

DOOM 2K16 says otherwise!

Hicks said that for him, the major difference between Valve’s 30 percent and Microsoft or Sony’s 30 percent was in the level of personal support and care the companies provided. “Sony and Microsoft both provided me with personal contacts that I can pitch ideas to. They also provide contacts to pitch things regarding marketing [...] so if I have an idea for a cool promotion I can at least talk to someone about it,” Hicks explained. “Additionally, they do everything they can to provide each game with a nice chunk of store visibility at launch.” Now THAT is on Valve to improve.

Some of those issues -- especially those related to setting the regional pricing -- should be the developer's responsibility, not Valve's.