Quoting: yokem55Does anyone know if the new Observer fixes the motion sickness the old one seemed to give a lot of people?

It's less grimy and dark since they changed the overall art direction, the brighter and cleaner environment helps out, plus there's now a FOV slider in the settings. I can't say more than it's potentially better but there's no single answer for motion sickness. I never had any issues with the original version myself, but I have never seen or heard of another game that caused so much agony for so many people. Only one way to find out, I'm afraid.

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927. If you know, you know.

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Zombies make any game better!

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Quoting: kaimanI also noticed that Liberapay is conspicuously absent from the support options? What's up with that?

Been quite a while since that went away.

QuoteSorry but we're no longer using Liberapay as it has been a nuisance to use overall.

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Birthy Hapday!

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Google "game dev doors" and the internet will happily provide you with tons of articles about the soulcrushing endeavour of making doors. Enjoy a short and bittersweet blog post from 2014 to get you started. :)

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I pity any game developer who had to deal with doors... it ain't much, but it's hellish work.

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On their KS page, one picture states:

QuoteWhat can you do with 2TB of capacity?
Over 50 PS5 PC Steam Deck games

I have conflicted feelings about this statement.

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Quoting: dpanter'Huge hit' is a substantial understatement, more than 50% of their market value was destroyed in one fell swoop. Consequences arrive quickly when you're hurting.

Quoting: SalvatosDo we know how that happened?

Yes, they been expanding, growing and banking hard on certain key strategic developments like the 2 billion USD deal that just fell through in the last second. They were literally about to sign the final contract when the unnamed other party just decided to bugger off. Their stock dropped something like 55% in a few days.

Quoting: EikeI understand "partnership that has been negotiated for seven months will not materialize" as there hasn't been (much) actual money lost?

This type of money doesn't exist at all anyway, but as you can see in the earnings report (linked in the article) they were doing pretty well before this, albeit in a seemingly unsustainable pattern. You simply cannot invest forever without making money back, and many of the studios etc they have been absorbing haven't been profitable.

When we talk about Embracer as potentially the only 'good guy' actor in this market, we are also keenly aware that money is always guiding for-profit entities at the end of the day. We cannot be naive to the point where we'd think that no acquisitions would ever be dismantled and shuttered, it's simply impossible.
Compared to the headhunting hitman assassinations some other companies I could mention have been doing for several decades, Embracer really does appear as a force for good. But it is still a for-profit, publicly traded company and they are not your friend.

Embracer will have rough times ahead, needing to cut yearly costs by 10%, 800 million SEK (~70 million €). Hopefully they will keep the Embracer Games Archive going, among other things.

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'Huge hit' is a substantial understatement, more than 50% of their market value was destroyed in one fell swoop. Consequences arrive quickly when you're hurting.

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