Gaming news

[Ddanno]

A couple of places are saying Silksong is harder than Hollow Knight, which is kind of disappointing as I got really frustrated on the last third of HK and sacked off most of the DLC because it was likely to result in my first controller launched at a wall in decades.

 

[TommiG88]

The new James Bond looks like Hitman with a James Bond mask

 

[Saintjay]

The new James Bond looks like Hitman with a James Bond mask

Love the new hitman games. Level design is awesome. Not sure they'll nail the driving and shooting mechanics.

 

[Saintjay]

EA bought into private equity partly by the Saudi Investment Fund. Yay that'll be good for gaming.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal

EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ddanno]

EA bought into private equity partly by the Saudi Investment Fund. Yay that'll be good for gaming.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal

EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

EA hasn't been good for gaming since 1992.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

EA bought into private equity partly by the Saudi Investment Fund. Yay that'll be good for gaming.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal

EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

"The consortium of buyers include Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners."

Ah that lovely bit of nepotism set up when Trump was in office. Given the article says they borrowed heavily for the purchase, this could backfire spectacularly if EA slumps.

 

[Ddanno]

"The consortium of buyers include Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners."

Ah that lovely bit of nepotism set up when Trump was in office. Given the article says they borrowed heavily for the purchase, this could backfire spectacularly if EA slumps.

This is a buyout because all they have left are Yank sports licences. They're all but defunct as a developer. They'll go to the wall in 3 or 4 years and good ******* riddance.

 

[Saintjay]

Don't know as long as the have the football and Madden think they'll be ok.
Making billions in profit a year as far as I can tell.