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Activision Fires SledgeHammer - A Blessing in Disguise

"Activision owned studio SledgeHammer Games was in free-fall after two of their co-founders, Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield, left in early 2018."

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JustinJustDied1818d ago

So what happened was a complete lack of leadership?

Juancho511817d ago

Ive seen restaurants fall apart after a good GM or Manager leave, so its no surprise the leadership was lacking after their resignation. Sad, there was a lot of potential there.

Kabaneri1817d ago

Wow that sucks, now all we have is Treyarch and IW which are a shell of their former selves. Call of Duty is truly dying.

DaDrunkenJester1817d ago

It's about time though. CoD went on much longer than I think anyone thought it would haha

BenRC011817d ago

Dying lol. Still the top selling shooter every year.

Kabaneri1817d ago

With its sales and popularity in decline for years now. I didnt say it was dead, I said it was dying.

blvdnights14141817d ago

"With its sales and popularity in decline for years now. I didnt say it was dead, I said it was dying."

With that logic all planes that descend in altitude are "Crashing" People like you have been saying this for over a decade and it's still a billion dollar IP.

Sunny_D1816d ago (Edited 1816d ago )

@blvdnights

Damn didn’t know there was actual people who still defend this terrible franchise.

badz1491816d ago

@Sunny_D

I don't think that counts as "defending", just straight out facts. for example, BO4 reached new heights for Activision last year despite being online only. only GTAV and RDR2 have sold more units a year than any CoD game in the past 10 to 12 years. the franchise is not going to the ground (sales-wise) just because they fired Sledgehammer. IW and Treyatch are still the main devs for the series and I can't see CoD giving up the sales crown anytime soon.

I'm not a fan per say. last CoD I bought was CoD4 in 2007

KwietStorm_BLM1816d ago

@blvdnights1414

You didn't understand the logic yourself, or you just made a bad analogy. A plane in descent certainly is in danger of crashing *if the descent was not initiated by the pilots.* As with Call of Duty, Activision has no control over how many units it actually sells. If a plane is descending because it's preparing for a landing, then it's not "crashing".

remixx1161816d ago (Edited 1816d ago )

@blvd

That analogy was ass

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CurbStompin1816d ago (Edited 1816d ago )

IW hired back most of those who left for Respawn in the last 2 years. So other than Zampella and West, IW is basically back.

ShinRon1816d ago

Infinity Ward made CoD what it is, rest of the devs were just modders

meep3161816d ago (Edited 1816d ago )

They have a long way to go down, they still haven’t been skipping a year ever. There comes a point where many customers will skip a year. There’s also fortnite now, huge game changer for shooters like it or not.

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bondsmx1817d ago

He keeps saying early 2020. But cod games always come out in oct/nov. and with the rumored MW4 coming this October, a early 2020 releases makes zero sense. I’m assuming he means October 2020. Which isn’t early 2020.

Seraphim1816d ago

I think he's implying that by releasing in 2020 it's early as their release year would be 2021 because CoD developers release every 3 years with Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer all developing games. That kind of threw me off too though. Definitely should have been worded better if that was his meaning.

Hatsu121817d ago

I don't think the Kotaku report mentioned anything about Activision firing them, just replacing them next year since they couldn't get their shit together in time

dotwithshoes1816d ago

This article also doesn't mention Raven Software at all.

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Prey Mooncrash by Arkane Austin still stands as one of the most exciting roguelike experiments ever

With Arkane Austin shutting its doors this week, it's a good time to reflect on one the most innovative roguelike-inspired triple-A experiences of recent years.

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RaidenBlack4h ago

which inspired the Deathloop idea

1nsomniac1h ago

I’ve got it, never played it. Prey is a game I really wanted to like and it’s a game I really should have liked, everything about it is right up my street. But I just don’t know what it was but I just couldn’t stick with it.

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PlayStation Funded Deviation Games Was Working On Two Projects For PC & PS5

PlayStation funded Deviation Games had been working on two projects for PC and PS5 prior to being shut down.

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xHeavYx1h ago

How is it cool that a developer working in 2 projects were shut down?

Jingsing1h ago

He is being sarcastic because this is clearly another battle for N4G propaganda news article to try and filter out the bad Microsoft articles. It is ancient news.

XiNatsuDragnel1h ago

@jingsing
Exactly mate I just wanted to be sarcastic.

shinoff218313m ago

We went over this month's ago. Great timing though considering all things going on these last few days.

Shts cute

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Konami Marks New Record With 70% Profit Increase Driven by Games

Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid publisher Konami has reported record profits this year, driven largely by its video games and amusements.

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CS74h ago

Interesting that Konami is releasing nothing of note and still enjoying high profits. I guess this is the allure to companies.

VenomUK2h ago

It was probably due to the half-hearted release of the Metal Gear Solid Collection v1.

Imagine the extra sales Konami could’ve made if it had put some effort into it.

SimpleDad4h ago

Of course, they rereleased MGS series on modern platforms. Thank You Mr. Kojima.

shinoff218312m ago

Suikoden 1 and 2 remasters any day now wtf konami