• Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    next up: microsoft closes bethesda game studio, reassigns all assets to other departments.

    … still glad to see it though. i’d love to see tech giants brought low by all the workers just withdrawing their labor.

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      5 months ago

      This is what’s next for Bethesda, but it’s smart of them to only unionize after Bethesda has started on their next “independent” project. It all depends on how ES6 does. If it isn’t a smash hit with decent reception, Bethesda will be absorbed into Microsoft I guarantee it

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        Considering the assholery that Obsidian went through with New Vegas, I fully expect the higher ups to do everything in their power to fuck up TES6 if it means the end of the union, one way or another.

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        Though with a union, they have an organization set up where they could tell ms to go fuck themselves and start a new studio, especially with non-competes losing their teeth recently.