400 people at BioWare just lost their jobs while studios like Embark and the Wardogs team are out here making better games with a fraction of the budget and none of the corporate bloat. This is the state of AAA gaming. Billions of dollars, decades of history, and they still can't figure out that people just want good games. Meanwhile AA studios are thriving because they actually focus on gameplay first. The big publishers are eating themselves alive. None of us should be surprised by any of this.
A studio goes 12 years without a real hit, ships Andromeda, Anthem, and then a Veilguard that underperformed by about half while pissing off a big chunk of its own audience, and now you're calling people who notice that "hateful POS" for not pretending the last decade never happened. The IPs still exist under EA. Closing the team that kept failing to deliver what the core fans wanted isn't the death of the franchises. It's just the end of one failed run. Gatekeeping "real gamer" status over basic results is the actual unserious take here. It was bioware in name only.
Are we supposed to be shocked at this news? upset? surprised? maybe Angry? I'm not any of those things.
You reap what you sew.. These companies with the legendary pedigrees have all fallen down into the vast hole of woke, DEI, bullsh*t.. Cut them off like the infections they are. Time to move on.
Steam Next Fest is live right now with over 8,000 demos. Sounds great right? Except almost 1,700 of them are "AI-generated vibe coded slop". Devs are literally pulling their demos because they're afraid AI tools will clone their game before it even launches. One indie studio cancelled their demo entirely over it. Steam needs to get a handle on this because real developers are getting drowned out by garbage that took someone 45 minutes to "build." Is This is what happens when you don't gatekeep quality?
We recorded a new Podcast today and discussed our thoughts on the recently completed ARC Raiders PVE Toggle test. It has been quite the week. Please check out the link in the following post. Maybe hit Sub while your there. We are looking forward to getting back into some normal game time. See you topside.
The ARC Raiders PVE toggle test is ending soon. What are your impressions? Good, bad, maybe in the middle somewhere? Do you think it's going to be made permanent soon? What would you do?
Salty got BEAT by his son in Halo SWAT!
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Salty promised his son an extra hour of bedtime if he could beat him in Halo SWAT and then got completely outplayed in the most intense match ever!
Dad pride hurts, but the kid earned that extra hour!
Has your kid ever beaten you in a 1v1 match? Drop your story in the comments below! π
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Called me "SOFT"... then repeated my exact take!
A viewer called me "soft" in ARC Raiders and said the game needs to be 150% harder. Bro, I've been saying that EXACT same thing on Weekend Respawn for months!
Watch the show before you try to roast me in the comments!
Do you want the ARC machines to be way harder? Drop your thoughts below! π
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Salty & his dad met CAPTAIN KIRK!
Salty told me the story of taking his dad to a Star Trek convention and taking a picture with William Shatner!
Absolute top-tier dad-and-son bonding moment.
Have you ever taken your parents to a cool convention or fan event? Drop your story in the comments below! π
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