1 minute ago, Enrico_sw said:

 

Finally!!

Cyberpunk 2077: Playable Edition 

Some Jaw-dropping gaming news.  The guys that were fired due to Cyberpunk created a new studio and are making their own game:

Rebel Wolves, New Game Studio From The Witcher 3 Director, Is Creating a Dark Fantasy RPG In Unreal Engine 5

Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, game director on The Witcher 3 and co-director for Cyberpunk 2077 has started up a new AAA studio in Poland called Rebel Wolves.

This includes director Tomaszkiewicz, design director Daniel Sadowski (Witcher 1), Narrative director Jakub Szamalek (Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077), animation director Tamara Zawada (Witcher 3), art director Bartlomiej Gawel (Witcher 1-3), CFO Michal Boyrka, and studio head Robert Muzynowski.

https://www.ign.com/articles/rebel-wolves-new-studio-witcher-cyberpunk-unreal-engine-5

Netflix making Bioshock!!! Adaptation

Netflix Geeked@ 2K and Take-Two Interactive are partnering to produce a film adaptation of the renowned video game franchise BioShock.

6 hours ago, Cult Icon said:

Some Jaw-dropping gaming news.  The guys that were fired due to Cyberpunk created a new studio and are making their own game:

Rebel Wolves, New Game Studio From The Witcher 3 Director, Is Creating a Dark Fantasy RPG In Unreal Engine 5

Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, game director on The Witcher 3 and co-director for Cyberpunk 2077 has started up a new AAA studio in Poland called Rebel Wolves.

 

This includes director Tomaszkiewicz, design director Daniel Sadowski (Witcher 1), Narrative director Jakub Szamalek (Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077), animation director Tamara Zawada (Witcher 3), art director Bartlomiej Gawel (Witcher 1-3), CFO Michal Boyrka, and studio head Robert Muzynowski.

 

https://www.ign.com/articles/rebel-wolves-new-studio-witcher-cyberpunk-unreal-engine-5

 

So basically the suits managed to chase of all the real talent from their studio. Genius!

On 2/15/2022 at 6:12 PM, Matt! said:

 

Cyberpunk 2077: Playable Edition 

Will you play it?  I looked at the patch notes and looked around a bit, it seems like there was a noticable graphical boost and most bugs are gone.

But it's been 15 months since release!

5 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

 

So basically the suits managed to chase of all the real talent from their studio. Genius!

Literally the people that they could have used for Witcher 4...!

4 hours ago, Cult Icon said:

 

Literally the people that they could have used for Witcher 4...!

Seeing the release announcements for next-gen consoles, you do have to wonder, how much better a state the studio would be in had they just waited until now to release Cyberpunk 2077. So the board essentially screwed the creatives, flushing 10+ years of goodwill and good reputation down the drain in the process.

Horizon 2 is starting to appear on youtube, releasing 2/18

6 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

 

Seeing the release announcements for next-gen consoles, you do have to wonder, how much better a state the studio would be in had they just waited until now to release Cyberpunk 2077. So the board essentially screwed the creatives, flushing 10+ years of goodwill and good reputation down the drain in the process.

Definitely much better, I think CP2077, if released now or sometime later this year would have disappointed fans due to the deceptive marketing but the company's reputation/stock price would not have so damaged.  Overall however the game would not have anywhere the impact of W3.  The world-beating reputation of CDPR would have fallen incrementally but still remain very high.

The financiers/shareholders backing CDPR are definitely at fault too though, as they didn't reign in the top management team from their overambitious project before it was too late. 

 looks like they made Aloy prettier since the complaints..

I saw the opening prologue for Elden Ring.  There is a lot of body horror.

Basically the story is a Tolkien /Simarillion (Lord of the Rings) type.

Aloy's hairstyle is a bit wrong.  It makes her look like she has a pineapple head.  her hair should be parted instead of being combed back : D

very intriguing discovery by a reddit user that the story of Elden Ring is influenced by a real world alchemy text (Ripley Scrolls).  I guess this is where a medievalist like GRRM would be helpful..only people like him and academic historians would know such obscure information.