http://www.destructoid.com/settle-down-crazy-people-red-5-s-mmo-is-still-on-178454.phtml Latest news says it is still on, I guess...Then they launch,http://www.destructoid.com/review-apb-178336.phtml, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowbane#Closureor http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/14/age-of-conan-gets-unlimited-free-trial-fine-print/, because nobody can do what Blizzard did now that it has been done.
What seems to be there is that they admit Project Offset was cancelled, but are not letting that stop the development of their MMO. They're probably finding other technologies to work around.
You know, probability is something i really could care less about. There was very high probability that TES V was gonna be on August cover of GI and Dragon Age was lot less likely. Well we all know how that turned out. I really don`t wanna be so negative, but we all could need a sign or some confirmation from that TES V is in the making. Bethesda have probably a lot of pressure on them to reveal something about it, so i don`t see why they shouldnt give us that simple yes or no answer because they would probably handle the pressure from that aswell.
Yes i know a bit about Blizzard. The worlds slooooooowest game developer. Always trying to make their games perfect before releasing it. But what seperates Blizzard from Bethesda, is that Blizzard actually reveal their games years and years before release date. Like Diablo 3. I think they had been working on it in 1 year before they revealed information about the game: Videos, class information etc. World Of Warcraft was revealed many many years before release. If i remember correctly they had some kind of teaser already on the Warcraft 3 CD.
And the RPG games Blizzard makes have ton of competion from other game studios, and they handled the pressure very well. The games from Blizzard sold platinum after platinum so it didnt hurt their sales either. So i don`t understand why Bethesda have to be so quiet, atleast not giving us a simple clue of what their doing. I don`t like it :shakehead:
I have been lurking in various forums about TES V after i finished Oblivion for the third time or something, and i find it frustrating. I don`t know how you people who discuss this everyday can cope with the disappointmens though. Kudos to you :liplick:
No. The reality was that Elder Scrolls V had an equal probability to be on the cover as Dragon Age 2. We just tricked ourselves into thinking it didn't because it is being released so soon after the first installment. The truth is that short timeframes do not stop games from being released, but they do affect the quality.
But although Blizzard happens to be very open about what their plans are, this is also due to the fact that they are really leaky with information. If they don't say it themselves, I know of many other groups out there who would find out and spread the word anyways. I've kept tabs on things that were supposed to be secret, but which everyone found out anyways, such as all of the information about their Cataclysm expansion while it was under NDA. Blizzard sells games well because they have a large following of sheep who play WoW. I play WoW myself and know how their long-term plans intend to unify all of their games under WoW's success to ensure good sales, despite all of the controversy involved at the present. What Bethesda does, on the other hand, is create consistently good games. There may not be a lot of them, but they have all been major successes, because they take the time to fine tune everything in order to create a quality product. As for Blizzard, well, I remember the hype that they put into Starcraft: Ghost. That sure was a quality game released right there.
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