Remedy goes multiplat again

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Does MS have any exclusives left?

[archnemesis]

What's the actual news item? Is this about their next project?

[thisismyusername]

What's the actual news item? Is this about their next project?

Apparently. But Lager can't inform because of Sony Baloney Pony.

Press release:

http://cogconnected.com/2017/04/remedy-entertainment-no-exclusives/

Guess doing Qunatum Break Steam showed them that booking on Microsoft after two failures (Alan Wake and QB) wasn't the way to go forward.

[benjipwns]

It was just part of their fiscal announcement:

Currently Remedy is developing a sequel to one of the most popular games in the world in cooperation with the Korean publisher Smilegate, whose long-time success CrossFire gathers 650 million registered users and over one billion dollar yearly revenues.

Remedy is also working on a game project codenamed P7. The company’s strategy is to release the game on a wider range of platforms, which is why Remedy is developing its Northlight technology also for PlayStation 4 consoles.

The former was known, they're doing the single player for it.

They's a tiny chance it's something related to Alan Wake 2 which they said they were going to look at again after finishing Quantum Break. But that's the only thing they've ever named.

Thread title is funny since they were never "multiplat" as both the Max Payne games were ported to the consoles by Rockstar.

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Id post a link if I wasnt on my phone soooorrryyyy

[bork]

Thread title is funny since they were never "multiplat" as both the Max Payne games were ported to the consoles by Rockstar.

...So...they were multi-platform releases. 

[archnemesis]

As long as the games are available for PC then I don't care what systems they get ported to.

[MMaRsu]

Max payne 1 and 2 were so fkn good.. alan wake was dope but the combat I wasnt a big fan of

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Yeah alan wakes combat was shit, everything else was great

havent tried QB yet but I want to

Mad Payne 3 was the best max payne 

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Oooof, poor Remedy. I guess after Quantum Break any work is good.

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how was qb? did it flop that badly?

[bork]

Mad Payne 3 was the best max payne 

Did Remedy even make Max Payne 3? 

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Mad Payne 3 was the best max payne 

Did Remedy even make Max Payne 3? 

Rockstar Vancouver, they're dead though. 

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Real shame, they could have taught the gta team a thing or twenty about shooting mechanics

[Raist]

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=37709.msg2246034#msg2246034

[FatalT]

Quantum Break was fucking badass

spoiler (click to show/hide)

When I played it on PC

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and I'd love a sequel to it or some new game using the powers the characters get in it. I even enjoyed the (basically randomly inserted) movie in-between chapters.

[chronovore]

Mad Payne 3 was the best max payne 

Did Remedy even make Max Payne 3? 

Rockstar Vancouver, they're dead though. 

 They're sadly doubly-dead, as everyone that had worked on the good parts of Bully went on to form United Front Games, did the under appreciated Sleeping Dogs and Triad Wars, some contract work, and then died.  :'(

[Great Rumbler]

United Front basically got screwed over by S-E's ridiculously overinflated sales expectations during that period [Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution also got thrown under the bus, but Eidos is part of S-E so they didn't take as much of hit].

[chronovore]

United Front basically got screwed over by S-E's ridiculously overinflated sales expectations during that period [Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution also got thrown under the bus, but Eidos is part of S-E so they didn't take as much of hit].

Thanks for reminding me. Yeah, S-E blamed all their financial woes on every potential foreign target they could, neglecting to point their attention to any internal studios in Japan. It was infuriating.

[Great Rumbler]

I could see something like that hurting UFG's rep and making it more difficult for them to land a big project somewhere else. I mean, despite critical praise and sales success [about 2 million copies worldwide] they did virtually nothing after Sleeping Dogs other than a couple of ports and online multiplayer thing that failed to make enough money for them to keep the lights on.

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United Front basically got screwed over by S-E's ridiculously overinflated sales expectations during that period [Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution also got thrown under the bus, but Eidos is part of S-E so they didn't take as much of hit].

Thanks for reminding me. Yeah, S-E blamed all their financial woes on every potential foreign target they could, neglecting to point their attention to any internal studios in Japan. It was infuriating.

I genuinely have nothing nice to say about working with the old Eidos group or SE at large. A very disappointing publishing team all-around.

[chronovore]

United Front basically got screwed over by S-E's ridiculously overinflated sales expectations during that period [Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution also got thrown under the bus, but Eidos is part of S-E so they didn't take as much of hit].

Thanks for reminding me. Yeah, S-E blamed all their financial woes on every potential foreign target they could, neglecting to point their attention to any internal studios in Japan. It was infuriating.

I genuinely have nothing nice to say about working with the old Eidos group or SE at large. A very disappointing publishing team all-around.

I fully understand.

The whole deal that went down was shady. EIDOS leaned way past its boundaries to snap up Crystal Dynamics, and then were basically saved by S-E's inexplicable interest in snapping up EIDOS' inefficient business and production structure. Just honestly baffling. The EIDOS creeps in the UK are fond of promoting things that didn't really work for them, and are still essentially at the top of the food chain for Things Which Are Not Japanese, which makes very little sense in NA.

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Who else is based in Finland?

Just saw some job ads coming across on LinkedIN or an experienced F2P designer for a role based in Helsinki...

[archnemesis]

Supercell (Clash of Clans), Rovio (Angry Birds) and Housemarque (Super Stardust) are popular Finnish developers. Rovio also has an office in Stockholm if you prefer sticking to a language that is closer to Danish.

[Rufus]

Rovio, the Angry Birds people.

edit: Beaten; nay, flogged!

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Yeah but Rovio is cutting down so I dont think they are hiring and Supercell has F2P mechanics on lockdown.

It's not for me I'm just wondering if Remedy is trying to make some F2P shootah

EDIT: I looked up the ad again and its for mobile so yeah prob one of the two other companies

[archnemesis]

Rovio is hiring in Stockholm. I almost applied for a position earlier this year.

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Rovio is hiring in Stockholm. I almost applied for a position earlier this year.

Why didn't you?

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So they signed a 7.5 million deal with 505 games.

Doesnt seem like a bug budget for their type of game?

[archnemesis]

Why didn't you?

I realized that I would rather work in a different field.

[chronovore]

So they signed a 7.5 million deal with 505 games.

Doesnt seem like a bug budget for their type of game?

It's paltry, considering it's multiplatform, unless dev has changed dramatically in the 4 years I've been out of it.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

United Front basically got screwed over by S-E's ridiculously overinflated sales expectations during that period [Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution also got thrown under the bus, but Eidos is part of S-E so they didn't take as much of hit].

Thanks for reminding me. Yeah, S-E blamed all their financial woes on every potential foreign target they could, neglecting to point their attention to any internal studios in Japan. It was infuriating.

Didn't they expect the Tomb Raider reboot to cover for the huge losses of the original FFXIV?

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No, they expected the emergency reboot of FFXIV to cover for the huge losses of the original FFXIV.

It did.