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BioWare says that one of their latest games was approved by EA when it was compared to FIFA

Anthem, the ambitious title from BioWare, will no longer be available in January, marking the end of a difficult chapter for the Canadian developer and its publisher, Electronic Arts. With the decision to close the game, questions arise about why its development was approved and what failures led to its commercial failure. The FIFA of RPGs Mark Darrah, former producer at BioWare and a key figure behind Mass Effect, has shared valuable insights on the conception of Anthem. In a new series of videos, he explains that the leadership team of Mass Effect sought to innovate and experiment with new […]

Anthem, the ambitious title from BioWare, will no longer be available in January, marking the end of a difficult chapter for the Canadian developer and its publisher, Electronic Arts. With the decision to close the game, questions arise about why its development was approved and what failures led to its commercial failure.

The FIFA of RPGs

Mark Darrah, former producer at BioWare and a key figure behind Mass Effect, has shared valuable insights on the conception of Anthem. In a new series of videos, he explains that the leadership team of Mass Effect sought to innovate and experiment with new narratives, deviating from the company’s usual approach. The idea of Anthem was presented as a product that would incorporate an online service model, designed to attract a broader audience and potentially reach sales figures of iconic games like FIFA.

According to Darrah, the pitch led by Casey Hudson at EA proposed a distinct gaming experience that combined BioWare’s rich narrative with elements of an online business model. However, despite the ambitious vision, that essence was lost during development, which ultimately made it difficult to realize the final game. The challenge lay in the lack of clarity about what Anthem was really supposed to be, which failed to position it as a competitor on the level of Destiny or Borderlands.

Despite their hopes, Anthem did not meet EA’s sales expectations and, after several restructurings in 2021, its development was halted. The departure of Darrah and Hudson shortly before the cancellation reflects a turbulent period at BioWare, where the lack of clear direction became an insurmountable obstacle for the project that promised to revolutionize storytelling in video games.

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Sony cancels a new God of War due to the failure of its new business plan

Sony continues to strongly invest in games as a service (GaaS), a model that aims to keep players engaged through multiplayer experiences with recurring content. However, this strategy has led the company to accumulate several failures in this area, the most recent being the cancellation of two unannounced video games developed by Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, according to Bloomberg. These cancellations occur in a context where PlayStation has shown a history of failures, including titles like Concord and The Last of Us Online. More concerning is that one of these projects […]

Sony continues to strongly bet on games as a service (GaaS), a model that seeks to keep players engaged through multiplayer experiences with recurring content. However, this strategy has led the company to accumulate several failures in this area, the most recent being the cancellation of two unannounced video games developed by Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, according to Bloomberg.

These cancellations occur in a context where PlayStation has shown a history of failures, including titles like Concord and The Last of Us Online. More concerning is that one of these projects was from one of Sony’s star franchises: a God of War GaaS developed by Bluepoint Games. Despite this, it is assured that there will be no layoffs at either Bluepoint Games or Blend Studios, and both will continue working on new projects.

The gaming community hopes that Sony learns from these stumbles in a competitive market. Despite having canceled a total of nine GaaS projects to date, the company has invested 2.13 billion dollars in this sector and continues to develop titles such as a Horizon MMO and Fairgame$, a multiplayer heist shooter that was showcased at the last PlayStation Showcase.

Even though things didn’t go well this time, they continue to bet on GaaS

Additionally, the acquisition of Bungie for 3.6 billion dollars highlights the importance of this company in Sony’s strategy for games as a service. Bungie is working on Marathon, a multiplayer shooter expected to be released in 2025. Meanwhile, NetEase is focusing on a Destiny game for mobile, which could also come to PC.

Despite the setbacks, the story of PlayStation in the realm of games as a service is still far from over, with several initiatives on the horizon that could change its fortunes in this risky business model.

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“Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League” has failed and shows that games as a service are not liked

The latest one, Rocksteady’s game meant to replace the Arkham series, has only accumulated misfortunes: ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’.

When ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Diablo IV’ started to be sold not only as games, but as endless services to which to continue adding content over the years, many producers began to rub their hands thinking about the possibilities. And since then, they have only occasionally hit the mark. The “game as a service” is a wrapper that holds great successes, yes, but also terrible failures that we are seeing day by day. The latest one, the Rocksteady game meant to replace the Arkham series, has only accumulated misfortunes: ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’.

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From the beginning, Rocksteady has refused to classify their game as a service, claiming that it is something completely different. But once the cat is out of the bag, and seeing that the current selling experience only lasts nine hours (waiting for more content to arrive), we will say that it is closer to the legacy of ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ than to that of ‘Fortnite’.

Well, in fact, the game of Marvel had more luck than this one. To give some data: while that one crashed, at least in the week of its release it had up to 31,165 people playing at the same time. The Suicide Squad game, on the other hand, has barely reached 13,459 as a peak… And dropping.

To get an idea of what these numbers mean, ‘Palworld’ has around one million daily players and at its peak it reached two million. At the time of writing the article, ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’ is ranked 191st among the most played games on Steam, below others like ‘Marvel Snap’, ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ or even ‘Plants vs Zombies’. Phew.

There can be many reasons for its failure, such as “superhero fatigue”, but it is inevitable to blame the famous “games as a service”. Considering that the public has stuck with the idea of “battle passes”, it doesn’t matter what objections they may have. If something is white and tastes like milk, it’s usually milk.

And it’s time for all those who had planned their games with “later expansions” to start trembling, even if it’s just a little. Currently, 65% of studios are making a game as a service… Aware that the chances of getting rich are not many and, in fact, it is very likely that, seeing the speed at which the game from DC is being returned, they will all end up losing a lot (more) money.

And maybe it’s not such a good idea to bury the simple game, without the need for add-ons or season passes, ahead of time, because the same thing will happen as with Netflix and its competitors: we can pay for one, two or three. But at the moment when everyone wants to profit and make us pay for every party and every event month by month, we end up not wanting tickets anymore. Today it was the Suicide Squad, but it looks like many more will fall soon. It’s the law of life.

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If you’re waiting for the next Battlefield, we’re afraid EA is in no hurry to release it

If you’re waiting for the next Battlefield, we’re afraid EA is in no hurry to release it, as it could take at least another year to launch.

Although Call of Duty has accustomed us to the annual release cadence, this is not the reality for all the great games in the genre. Battlefield 2042 was released three years ago and fans are clamoring for more. Especially after the disastrous launch and a series of updates that, far from fixing it, only deepened many of its problems. This has led players to expect a new installment, less focused on the game as a service.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like a new Battlefield will happen anytime soon. EA has recently confirmed that their intention is to have new releases of iconic franchises like Mass Effect, Star Wars, and also Battlefield, starting from 2025. So we will still have to wait for this to happen.

What’s worse, Battlefield 2042 seems to have had a lackluster 2023 by any possible metric. In recent months, it has had record-breaking revenue, earning over one billion nine hundred million dollars in profits during the second quarter of 2023, among all of EA’s service games. An improvement over the predicted one billion eight hundred million, partly thanks to Battlefield’s good performance.

That’s why Battlefield won’t see a new installment anytime soon. In fact, its seventh season will arrive next March. So, Battlefield fans, we’re afraid you’ll have to learn to love Battlefield 2042, or have even more patience with EA.

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