Another live service game is dead just a few months after launch Quantic Dream has pulled the plug on Spellcasters Chronicles, and yes, there will be layoffs. #live_service #Quantic_Dream #service_game #Chronicles #Spellcasters_Chronicles #launch_Quantic
Sega has canceled its live service 'Super Game' due to 'intensifying market competition,' and I really, really hope it's a sign that the industry is finally correcting itself Years of catastrophic bets on F2P mega hits may finally be subsiding. #live_service #Super_Game #intensifying_market #market_competition #mega_hits #catastrophic_bets #finally_correcting
Pearl Abyss marketing director says Crimson Desert's rapid 'live service' patch cadence is business as usual for an MMO studio: 'That is not normal in the industry. That is normal here' "The DNA of the company is inherent in listening to players." #Crimson_Desert #Pearl_Abyss #live_service #MMO_studio #Desert_rapid #Abyss_marketing #patch_cadence
WoW came back from the brink because Blizzard ran it like a live service game—but now that same tactic's threatening everything It might be time for Blizzard to slow down. #live_service #Blizzard #WoW #service_game #Blizzard_ran #tactic_threatening
Back in 2009, an experimental free-to-play Battlefield predicted our grim live service present: 'It will need to be the most popular Battlefield game of all time to be profitable' 17 years ago, EA made the proto-live-service shooter. #years_ago #live_service #service_present #Battlefield_predicted #popular_Battlefield #Battlefield_game #grim_live
Overwatch director says addressing the 5v5 versus 6v6 debates 'cost us trust': 'We should have listened sooner' Aaron Keller reflected on Overwatch 2's live service development during a recent talk at GDC. #live_service #Overwatch_director #Aaron_Keller #Keller_reflected #listened_sooner #service_development #recent_talk
Highguard's failure is emblematic of something that has tormented videogame investors for years now: past live service hits do not equal future live service hits Another live service game is heading to the graveyard. Will the industry keep trying? #live_service #Highguard_failure #service_hits #past_live #service_game #future_live #tormented_videogame
Bluepoint Games, Sony's famed remaster studio, is being closed as the fallout from PlayStation's disastrous pivot to live service continues The unexpected shutdown follows the cancellation of a live service God of War game Bluepoint was working on. #live_service #Sony_famed #War_game #service_God #remaster_studio #Bluepoint_Games #game_Bluepoint
Nobody is doing live service better than Helldivers 2 because Arrowhead makes expansions, not just updates Two years later, Helldivers 2 is still demonstrating why it was a sensation. #Helldivers #Arrowhead_makes #makes_expansions #live_service #Arrowhead #expansions
