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The end of Wargaming Seattle AKA Gas Powered Games

Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by Infinitron, May 24, 2018.

  1. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Not with a bang, but a whimper.



    https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/318724/Wargaming_Seattle_is_shutting_down.php

    https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/24/wargaming-seattle-aka-gas-powered-games-to-close/

     
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  2. Major_Blackhart Codexia Lord Sodom Patron

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    Was anything of value really lost?
     
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    Poor GPG, SupCom:FA is still one of the greatest games of all time. Of course they fucked up the classical way, they made a sequel to a good game that cut out a lot of what made the original game good, thinking that doing a console version was a smart move.

    Console development is fool's gold, it is extra expenses directly, increases project complexity (and expenses again), only to try to appeal to a market of mostly drooling morons that will ignore anything of value anyway. The core market would buy it on PC anyway. Of course indie devs without a clue try to port their forever in EA while still in EA, because the Unity export license whatever is just a bit more dollars extra, thinking they will get a quick buck to fund more of the development when all they get is additional financial ballast and having to deal with retarded console certification rules.
     
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  4. Gerrard Arcane

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    Supreme Commander came out 11 years ago.
     
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  5. Mustawd Arcane

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    Guys they’re just closing down one location. They still have like 18 other locations worldwide.

    Only the Seattle office was closed.
     
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  6. 80Maxwell08 Arcane

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    We know Wargaming is still around. This is about the branch that used to be Gas Powered Games closing down. Hence the lack of any real reaction.
     
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  7. Mustawd Arcane

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    Man. Failed my reading comprehension check.
     
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  8. Endemic Arcane

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    Aside from Demigod being an expensive failure, GPG were working on about 3 other titles that didn't pan out. Knights & Castles was to be the TA: Kingdoms to Supcom's TA, for example.
     
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    Chris Taylor was a one-trick pony anyways. What else was there besides Total Annihilation that made a mark?

    Oh wait...

    Show Spoiler
    Dungeon Siege!

    :troll:
     
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  10. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Old sea post from the days of the doomed Wildman Kickstarter:

     
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