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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:33:28
Eidos Montreal announces new job cuts and further cuts in the pipeline

03.12.25 - Eidos Montreal has cut jobs again. Several former employees reported in recent days that they are no longer working for the studio. At least a dozen people are affected.

The studio had already laid off 75 employees in March, according to a statement at the time due to expiring project orders. According to several sources, numerous projects have now been discontinued.

Eidos Montreal is focused on working with Microsoft and Xbox, including Grounded 2 and Fable. In addition, there is an internal project from 2019, the costs of which, according to sources, can no longer be recouped. Further job cuts are expected for the period after completion of this work

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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:34:09
Eidos Montreal is said to have discarded revival of Legacy of Kain

03.12.25 - According to several CVs of former employees, Eidos Montreal has canceled a dark fantasy action game that was supposed to revisit a well-known vampire brand.

The clues come from profiles of a gameplay director and an associate design director, who report job cuts and state that several projects have been terminated.

From the description, it is clear that the game in question was intended to continue an established series, suggesting Legacy of Kain, without the studio explicitly confirming the title

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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:35:34
Monkey Island creator stops new RPG due to lack of funding

12/02/25 - Ron Gilbert is ending the development of his Zelda-like 2D RPG after he failed to receive viable funding despite intensive talks. This is reported by Eurogamer.

He says that offered contracts were economically unattractive and publishers currently classify a pixel-based action role-playing game as not very profitable. Gilbert points to the high resource requirements of an open role-playing project and emphasizes that he has neither the means nor the time to implement such a project on his own.

He also does not currently consider crowdfunding to be a reliable option, as corresponding platforms such as Kickstarter have lost much of their effectiveness: In his estimation, the industry is increasingly oriented towards data-driven business models, which leads to more standardized production

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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:02:09

Pretty good reviews for Octopath Traveler 0. I’ll be picking that up tomorrow along with Metroid Prime 4.

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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:05:46
gamingeek said:
Monkey Island creator stops new RPG due to lack of funding

12/02/25 - Ron Gilbert is ending the development of his Zelda-like 2D RPG after he failed to receive viable funding despite intensive talks. This is reported by Eurogamer.

He says that offered contracts were economically unattractive and publishers currently classify a pixel-based action role-playing game as not very profitable. Gilbert points to the high resource requirements of an open role-playing project and emphasizes that he has neither the means nor the time to implement such a project on his own.

He also does not currently consider crowdfunding to be a reliable option, as corresponding platforms such as Kickstarter have lost much of their effectiveness: In his estimation, the industry is increasingly oriented towards data-driven business models, which leads to more standardized production



Kickstarters are not the instant success that so many of them were 10 years ago or so, but honestly if he's not willing to try that, I would question just how good the project actually is. Crowdfunding can still be insanely successful, particularly when it's attached to a known IP. I just donated to one that's going to a graphic novel for Dungeon crawler Carl, and they hit their goal in 24 hours. There is certainly an art to being successful at it, but it's not hard to figure out. So yeah, not even trying is a little suspicious.
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:07:19
In the world of gen Z gaming, Fortnite just released an entirely new map, and I'll be damned if it's not a lot of fun. It's going for a California theme complete with each level starting by surfing to your destination while the Beach Boys play for the background music. I'll probably get bored with this in about a week, but I've enjoyed dipping my toes back into the Battle Royale waters.
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:35:54
Mario kart World free Roam feels like it's missing something. It's cool to drive around and see the the tracks from a different perspective, but it gets boring pretty fast (and I'm someone who enjoyed spenting dozens of hours just randomly wandering the world in Zelda BOTW).

I ran through all the 50cc knockout tour tracks. As usual for 50cc, it's way too easy, but I do like the concept a lot. Looking forward to playing it on harder difficulties.

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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:46:32
Online knockout mode is where it's at. I've hardly touched any of the other modes.
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:42:23
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Mario kart World free Roam feels like it's missing something. It's cool to drive around and see the the tracks from a different perspective, but it gets boring pretty fast (and I'm someone who enjoyed spenting dozens of hours just randomly wandering the world in Zelda BOTW).

I ran through all the 50cc knockout tour tracks. As usual for 50cc, it's way too easy, but I do like the concept a lot. Looking forward to playing it on harder difficulties.

You dont like the P switch missions?

I think it needs a story mode.

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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:01:24
https://www.resetera.com/threads/remedy-developer-explains-why-hdr-in-games-sucks-but-he-wants-to-fix-it.1370971/

This thread on HDR in games is a good read.

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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:01:46
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You dont like the P switch missions?

I think it needs a story mode.

P missions are okay. MKW version of Korok seeds challenges.

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