4Player Podcast #793 - The Terrible, Awful, No Good Video Games Industry (Xbox Studio Closures, the Helldivers 2 Debacle, INDIKA, and More!)

4Player Podcast

Nick Henderson

Gaming, Video Games, Handheldgaming, Twitch, Playstation4, Nintendo, Videogames, Microsoft, Pcgaming, Nintendoswitch, Games, Varietygaming, Xboxone, Sonyplaystation, Leisure

4.8 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

It's yet another sad day for the industry - Unfortunately just another week of mass layoffs, studio closures, and project cancellations thanks to out-of-touch, overpaid executives and bad management. On the morning of May 7th, Microsoft officially (and unexpectedly) closed down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Roundhouse Games, and Alpha Dog studio. As a result, hundreds of talented folks are suddenly unemployed and the future of promising IP like Hi-Fi Rush, Evil Within, and Prey are now in indefinitely in limbo. Of course, Sony is also in a hell of their own making (albeit a temporary one) thanks to a wildly misguided decision regarding Helldivers 2. It's a lot to unpack this week but it's not all doom and gloom; Nick takes the time to share his thoughts on the wacky world of INDIKA.

News - Microsoft suddenly shutters Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Roundhouse Games, & Alpha Dog Studio (2:30)
News - Sony stirs up controversy surrounding Helldivers 2 (43:35)
Impressions - INDIKA(53:40)
4Player Minute (1:15:20)

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1:11.8	Episode 793. Hey everyone, welcome to four-player podcast.
1:16.0	Episode 793, let the record show.
1:19.3	It is May 7th, 2024.
1:24.1	It is a dark day for the video game industry.
1:28.6	I am joined tonight by Nolan Hedstrom.
1:30.6	Hey, how's it going, everybody?
1:31.6	I mean, Christopher... Hey, how's it going, everybody?
1:34.6	Christopher Guthridge.
1:36.1	Hello.
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