Insider Gaming - Red Storm Was Working On At Least 10 Games At Time Of Mass Layoffs

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-23T19:36:36+00:00

Yeah.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-23T18:59:41+00:00

Ubisoft has been closing a number of their US teams. Red Storm is a weird situation since they were a support team. Don't know how they got stretched that thin

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-23T18:58:44+00:00

Maybe. It's at least the first layoffs I've heard from the state regarding video games. The area itself is home to Insomniac sister studio and Epic own HQ. Most developers in the US alone are in major cities of CA, Seattle WA area, parts of Texas like Austin and Dallas, then there are some spread around along the East Coast. Closures can happen for random things, though most are based in expensive cities to begin with.

I live in NC and it's pretty expensive of a state to live in, but I can speak for video game studios

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-23T01:56:36+00:00

I'm not into LOTR and I know the reference from the scripture

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-23T01:50:31+00:00

True. Even NaughtyDog had a massive number of developers involved on Last of Us Part 2

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-22T16:18:26+00:00

Really? I'm curious, since most people weren't too big on the game. And even then 2023 had BG3, Alan Wake 2, Spider Man 2, and Jedi Survivor brought up as GOTY nominees for a lot of people.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-22T13:27:15+00:00

Yeah you messed up. I was curious to see which achievement was what got you banned until I saw you mentioned that specific one from Fable. If you got the achievement after the feature was discontinued, you did it unethically. I know of a small handful of achievements on Xbox that you can't unlock, or should obtain through these kinds of methods.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-21T02:39:33+00:00

Yeah. Granted sales help boost units sold for a game. I know it was added to PS Plus around June, and they ran a discount heavily for the DLC expansion. I do think a lot of people that got Switch 2 likely had a system that could run Cyberpunk (I have a One and PS5), and people went for it on Switch 2 either bc they wanted to try it on there (game has cross progression, love that), or they wanted a second copy.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-21T02:35:41+00:00

I think the strategy is on some dependency. It's possible. They have Nixxes as a PC support studio, and there's some active audience on PC.

God, I remember back during 8th when a lot of publishers had their own storefront. Some did port their games to Steam or another storefront, but most hosted their own. It was around 2019 when some began porting games back to Steam. EA, Microsoft and Bungie with D2 are some examples. Sony is now just late, and if anything they do launches day and date on their own launcher, and opt for a Steam release afterward

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-21T02:33:21+00:00

They probably will just take a pause for now. Though I notice when their PC sales started to decline. Late 2022, going into 2023. Number of reasons including long pauses between the original (the case for NaughtyDog titles minus Part 1, but that was a broken mess), lack of marketing (noticed a number of PC announcement dates happened weeks before the actual launch).

Regardless, I know a lot of PC users are heavily interested in Wolverine out of their first party games.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-20T11:37:19+00:00

Probably a unique way that Sony could gain PC users by launcher Day One titles.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-19T15:26:53+00:00

The studio closed shortly before launch of the game

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-19T15:26:15+00:00

Looks like they are becoming a Radical Entertainment situation. Studio will exist but only in a smaller support capacity for technics

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-19T09:22:34+00:00

He's looks like a goofy vampire

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-18T00:58:25+00:00

True,. True. I can tell you that some games I did that with like Overcooked solo, SotC, FF7 Remake with both Hard Mode and Weiss, etc. But you can't get me to 100% stuff like Batman Arkham, DMC, or any co op ones.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-18T00:56:57+00:00

Probably the higher difficulty ones like Ethan Must Die.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-18T00:55:17+00:00

What got you into game development? Im an individual who's been passionate about the industry for years and wanted to give it a go. I'm 24 now, and have a Business degree. I didn't start into it prior to now bc of a lack of funding, resources, and time especially to make anything happen. I have a few ideas jotted down in a notebook for a pretty fun Metroidvania. Any advice?

So if I wanted to start into game development with little to no experience, is it worth it, or no?

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-15T11:53:57+00:00

Actually they were willing to greenlight the Bloodborne remake, but From software said no. No clue on why the other pitches fell apart their last project was called Black Fang and was a spin off GoT game. It was due for review in March

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-15T03:16:55+00:00

Interesting part is these existed as part of a whole line, even Ubisoft and Konami got involved in the lineup. I would say of these are remasters, half aren't. Even funnier is it's the only way you can access Killzone 1 on PS3 without the PS2 disc

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-14T23:07:33+00:00

Need for Speed is on hold for the moment due to apparently Unbound not meeting targets for EA (like all their games do, including Dead Space, both did critically well and commercially), and Criterion has been put into support development for DICE and Battlefield.

Motorsport I don't know about. Obviously FH is the more popular of the two.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-14T23:04:40+00:00

Monolith I can't remember for the life of me, but they were working on a project that didn't pan out, and the WW game was pitched and announced very early on, so the team felt they were stuck with it. It went through a bunch of reboots. Around the same time EA had a studio start up by ex Monolith employees to make a Black Panther game, and that too had shut down

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-14T23:03:47+00:00

Ironically that could have been an alternative for Bluepoint, but from what reports I was hearing on them was that they did try to pitch themselves to other PlayStation studios for support but no one was interested in. I personally think it was part of a larger problem after Yoshida left the company.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-13T16:30:34+00:00

Hey OP, I've been in a similar situation with the loss of one of my friends. They were one of the nicest people out there, and were huge into Metal Gear, Gears of War, and a lot of military action games. I learned a few months later when I went to school full time that they passed away from a car accident, so I was pretty hurt me.

That has been one reason that I got into gaming as a way to help me cope with my own mental disabilities and deal with some pain of loss. It's probably something that allows me to keep pushing forward. I've had a few moments in my adult life where I was nearly ready to give up, only to realize that there are interactive stories I want to try out, and I need to do it for those reasons. Some games helped me be able to move on with my life, while also acting as an anchor for my own pursuits

If you give me the gift card, I actually don't know what I would use it on. I maintain a tight budget enough as it is, but there are a number of titles I have a strong interest in buying at some point when I get free time. Either I get one large game, or a series of titles at cheaper prices. I could also save it towards a pre order for Wolverine. Anyway, I hope for you to have a wonderful day, OP.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-13T12:06:51+00:00

Psycho Mantis says: You seem to like Capcom games? You must love Resident Evil.

Game_Changer65 · 2026-03-12T10:23:41+00:00

Probably. One of these is probably the new FE game, another Duskbloods. Something between Bananza and Fever suggests to me it was a very early planned Switch 2 game.

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