In this double header episode, is one of those times that I may stray a little from gaming taking in context that his is a gaming podcast and I give my 25 cents on the “outflux” of big YouTube players calling it quit & also my 25 cents on Ubisoft latest example of gaming industry going pro company, anti-consumer.
Also this week’s content:
I resisted posting this rumor on my social media as I was expecting a reaction from Ubisoft and to respect (at least for once) my no-rumors for articles and indeed, Ubisoft did not disappoint about a certain sequel that was reportedly in development.
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Imagine the impact of the Activision Blizzard transaction is so big, that at the latest investor conference of Ubisoft about their first quarter of Fiscal Year 2024, it was raised on how Ubisoft sees Microsoft gaining a gaming conglomerate.
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Someday, I am going to invest time to actually research a big problematic of the gaming industry in the 90’s and early 2000’s and their methods of storage that proved in losses as for the example, Square Enix CURRENTLY lost both Final Fantasy VII and VIII source code and had to rely on reverse engineering their respective PC version for all the relaunch and remasters.
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Yesterday afternoon it was heavily reported that Beyond Good & Evil 2 creative director Emile Morel has reportedly passed away and indeed it was confirmed by colleagues and friends mourning Morel who died at 40 years old.
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The Nintendo and Ubisoft tag team brought a unique and original gaming collaboration between Mario and Rabidds, but for Ubisoft mainly, the timing was not right to continue pushing further the new franchise of Mario + Rabbids.
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Skulls & Bones rocky development is one of the worst kept-secrets regarding Ubisoft and the game has been delayed a few times. Now, a proof that things are not going well it happens to be the latest BETA announcement.
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The next main presentation on this E3-less E3 season is veteran Ubisoft and with Ubisoft Forward 2023, we get a glimpse on what is next for what is left of 2023 and 2024 in terms of already known and new game projects.
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Today Ubisoft decided to take a turn to make their earnings reports and Fiscal Year 2023 full result and in summary, it is not good and it seems that things will begin to tighten for current and future projects.
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