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[Thief1987]

They expect to release 70 projects in 10 months? Sounds very realistically.

 

[winjer]

Must be a ton of worthless shovelware.

 

[Dazraell]

I forgot that new Painkiller is still a thing, nice

Out of these games they listed I'm looking forward to see more about KCD2, Gothic Remake and Titan Quest II

 

[Dazraell]

They expect to release 70 projects in 10 months? Sounds very realistically.

Eh, it's probably remasters, ports and other shit like that on top of titles they already listed here

 

[HL3.exe]

No Deus Ex on there, because they shit canned it.

Embracer Group Cancels ‘Deus Ex’ Video Game

The Swedish gaming company Embracer Group AB is canceling a video game in the beloved Deus Ex series after two years of development and will lay off a number of employees as part of an ongoing initiative to cut costs, according to people familiar with the moves.

www.bloomberg.com

So, not interested, thanks.

Edit: on a serious note, I hope that Gothic remake and KCD2 turn out well. Not sure about the rest of the list.

 

[mckmas8808]

Eh, it's probably remasters, ports and other shit like that on top of titles they already listed here

No way this happens.

 

[Dazraell]

No way this happens.

Think of it like this: Kingdom Come Deliverance Switch port, Biomutant Switch port, Lara Croft Collection (Guardian of Light + Temple of Osiris) Switch port, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Gothic 1 on Switch, Gothic 2 on Switch, Battlefront Classic Collection already gives us 7 games

That example are games from last fiscal year, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

 

[Shifty1897]

Ah yes, let's flood the market with games. Worked great for Square Enix in 2022.

 

[Spyxos]

Ah yes, let's flood the market with games. Worked great for Square Enix in 2022.

The difference with Square is that the games are in different genres and don't eat each other up.

 

[Bodom78]

They going to have a lot of "below expectations" statements to prepare, best start now.

 

[crackajack]

Metro looked nice. But will probably be a sales misfire due to VR exclusive and not just a VR-too game.
Titan Quest could be fun. And the Gothic remake too. Hope they keep its world nice and tight and don't expand it. Was already no fan of the praised Gothic2. Similar to Batman Arkham Asylum, the first one was just better, before everyone felt encouraged to mimick Bethesda and Rockstar.

 

[AJUMP23]

If they don't sell Embracer is dead.

 

[Dazraell]

And the Gothic remake too. Hope they keep its world nice and tight and don't expand it. Was already no fan of the praised Gothic2. Similar to Batman Arkham Asylum, the first one was just better, before everyone felt encouraged to mimick Bethesda and Rockstar.

I've been following news about it on their Discord and they released set of podcasts explaining their vision for this game. According to devs, it'll be very faithful to the original and keep its "small but dense" design, but it will be slightly expanded. World will be about 20% larger, they also plan to add more side quests and faction exclusive content

If you want to listen these podcasts, I once made a thread about them:
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/gothic-remake-dev-podcasts.1665056/

 

[MrRenegade]

dinolords sounds exciting. btw do they plan to close these studios or I misread something?

 

[March Climber]

Ah yes, let's flood the market with games. Worked great for Square Enix in 2022.

With the giant amount of studios they own, what would be the alternative option?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Having worked with them firsthand, they always way overstate the number of titles that they'll actually launch - it's been this way for years. Nothing to see here, people.

 

[nush]

Having worked with them firsthand, they always way overstate the number of titles that they'll actually launch - it's been this way for years. Nothing to see here, people.

Back in the day lars sold me import Sega Saturn games at cost, even though that meant he was actually making a loss. I can't hate on the guy, bad boys 4 life.

 

[Shifty1897]

With the giant amount of studios they own, what would be the alternative option?

I mean, I wouldn't have bought 111 game development studios to begin with.

 

[March Climber]

I mean, I wouldn't have bought 111 game development studios to begin with.

That's understandable but they have to deal with the here and now. The only other option I can see is them combining studios who work within the same genres, but that means shelving multiple I.P. in favor of just developing a few.

 

[mckmas8808]

Think of it like this: Kingdom Come Deliverance Switch port, Biomutant Switch port, Lara Croft Collection (Guardian of Light + Temple of Osiris) Switch port, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Gothic 1 on Switch, Gothic 2 on Switch, Battlefront Classic Collection already gives us 7 games

That example are games from last fiscal year, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say

Oh well, if that's how they are doing it then I couldn't care less.

 

[Lionel Richie]

PONZI SCHEME ALERT

 

[Dazraell]

Oh well, if that's how they are doing it then I couldn't care less.

Yep, they farm numbers on projects like these. Ports, remasters, expansions and stuff like that

They do have some notable releases, but it won't be 70 games