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[pqueue]

Looks like layoffs are on the menu.

https://x.com/CAGames/status/1707394879368704471?s=20

 

[shamroxor]

If it's clearing out the chimps who made Hyenas then good, just keep the Alien Isolation people.

 

[TheUndeadGamer]

I want my Alien Isolation 2 darn-it.

 

[Kacho]

It’s been a rough few weeks for CA between the Warhammer DLC fiasco and the cancellation of their dopey extraction shooter. I hope they do better going forward.

Total War Pharaoh looks great and I’m all in on it. $25 hero DLC not so much…

 

[Mercador]

Please focus on Total War. Thanks.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Total War rules. Doesn’t Sega own these guys?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I dont follow or play CA games, but the layoffs may have nothing to do with development difficulties.

Might just be another tech company who overhired during COVID assuming anything tech related would keep rocketing up in sales. Fast forward to 2022 and 2023 and everything normalized.

 

[pqueue]

I dont follow or play CA games, but the layoffs may have nothing to do with development difficulties.

Might just be another tech company who overhired during COVID assuming anything tech related would keep rocketing up in sales. Fast forward to 2022 and 2023 and everything normalized.

no, it is most definitely tied to the cancellation of the the Hyaenas game. Sega just out cancelled the project before it released. So that staffing is now redundant.

 

[Kacho]

Total War rules. Doesn’t Sega own these guys?

Yes

 

[Kacho]

no, it is most definitely tied to the cancellation of the the Hyaenas game. Sega just out cancelled the project before it released. So that staffing is now redundant.

I wonder how much of that team worked on Isolation or if it’s mostly new talent brought on board for their online multiplayer experience

 

[Elder Legend]

Total War rules. Doesn’t Sega own these guys?

Yes and Microsoft should buy Sega but that boat has sailed :/

 

[BennyBlanco]

Yes and Microsoft should buy Sega but that boat has sailed :/

I still think it will happen for better or worse

 

[StreetsofBeige]

no, it is most definitely tied to the cancellation of the the Hyaenas game. Sega just out cancelled the project before it released. So that staffing is now redundant.

Ah. Makes sense. I missed that thread.

 

[Elder Legend]

I still think it will happen for better or worse

Really? How so?

 

[Comandr]

I want my Alien Isolation 2 darn-it.

This is my only wish and it feels like it’s slipping further and further away. Isolation was so, so good. The only thing against it was that it was a few hours too long.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

Just make Alien Isolation PSVR2

 

[Bonfires Down]

Apparently they have 900 employees. Yeah I doubt that’s remotely sustainable with just Total War for revenue.

 

[Killer8]

I have no idea why they won't make a new Alien Isolation game already.

 

[Elder Legend]

I have no idea why they won't make a new Alien Isolation game already.

From Google "Alien: Isolation may be a critically good game, but it was not the commercial success its publisher Sega had hoped for. Some people say that Sega simply held too high expectations. Gamers were buying Fallout 4 at the time, and horror games generally don't do as well as other triple-A releases."

 

[SirKicksalot]

CA UK since Empire:

They can't anything right lmao
The Sophia team rescued Rome 2 and made a great Troy game but Pharaoh is going to pay for the double whammy of Hyenas and shit Warhammer 3 support.

 

[A.Romero]

Total War is not doing so well these days, at least with the community.

They just released Pharao and that created some backlash as well.

 

[GHG]

All these idiots had to do was focus on Total War and this wouldn't be happening. Same old story, chasing the GAAS shooter crowd and then falling flat on their faces.

Just give me a Napoleon remaster and I'll buy it many times over.

They just released Pharao and that created some backlash as well.

Because it's a shadow of the previous TW games and they also recently announced that going forwards the prices for DLC will be increasing.

They are losing the plot.

 

[Killer8]

From Google "Alien: Isolation may be a critically good game, but it was not the commercial success its publisher Sega had hoped for. Some people say that Sega simply held too high expectations. Gamers were buying Fallout 4 at the time, and horror games generally don't do as well as other triple-A releases."

It did flop somewhat but I think that had as much to do with releasing in the first year of the PS4 gen. I think based on the strong word of mouth over the years, they should give it another chance. Whenever people talk about Creative Assembly there is always a chorus of wanting to know where Alien Isolation 2 is.

There's been many cases of a low selling original game that spawned a much better selling sequel, and I bet it would surely do better than the GaaS trash they were trying to peddle.

Then again supposedly most of the staff who made A:I no longer work at CA, so I suppose I don't know why I even still want the game. This studio sounds like it has high staff turnover and I doubt these new people will be anywhere near as competent.

 

[A.Romero]

All these idiots had to do was focus on Total War and this wouldn't be happening. Same old story, chasing the GAAS shooter crowd and then falling flat on their faces.

Just give me a Napoleon remaster and I'll buy it many times over.



Because it's a shadow of the previous TW games and they also recently announced that going forwards the prices for DLC will be increasing.

They are losing the plot.

I mean, sure. I just know the community's perception is not so good.

I enjoyed Warhammer 3 but played it on Gamepass only. Maybe one day I'll get it on steam and have II and III integrated. I was not interested in Pharao at all.

 

[GHG]

I mean, sure. I just know the community's perception is not so good.

I enjoyed Warhammer 3 but played it on Gamepass only. Maybe one day I'll get it on steam and have II and III integrated. I was not interested in Pharao at all.

Yeh if you want to play immortal empires with different factions then you'll be better off grabbing it on Steam so that you can get access to them via owning the previous games.

I'm all for another historical TW, just not one that clealy looks like it should just be DLC for a previous game.

 

[A.Romero]

Yeh if you want to play immortal empires with different factions then you'll be better off grabbing it on Steam so that you can get access to them via owning the previous games.

I'm all for another historical TW, just not one that clealy looks like it should just be DLC for a previous game.

I love historical is just that, as you say, it seems like a DLC. There is not enough change.

Also, I kind of avoid TW because I get so engrossed time flies and I don't have that much time nowadays...

 

[pqueue]

Does Sega still have any license to the Aliens IP after the takeover of Fox by Disney?

Most aliens resalted games the last 5+ years have been from and through other developers and publishers.