Recent #Game Industry news in the semiconductor industry

5 months ago
➀ Marvel Rivals has achieved significant success since its launch in December last year, with over 20 million downloads in less than two weeks and a peak concurrent player count of nearly 650,000 on Steam. Despite this success, one of the game's directors has announced layoffs. ➁ Thaddeus Sasser, the game director at Marvel Rivals' support studio, made the surprising announcement on LinkedIn, expressing his team's success and subsequent layoffs. ➂ Jack Burrows, a level designer on Marvel Rivals, also confirmed the layoffs, noting the pleasure of working with American colleagues and the inevitability of the situation despite the game's success.
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11 months ago
➀ The game 'Black Myth: Wukong' has surprised the industry with its technical proficiency, especially considering its small team size and lack of prior AAA experience. ➁ The game's use of Unreal Engine 5 has been a topic of discussion among developers, with many questioning the risk of using such a new engine for a AAA title. ➂ The game has faced criticism for its 'air walls' and other gameplay issues, suggesting a prioritization of visual aesthetics over gameplay mechanics.
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