"When we first added localized content to our Early Access build back in 2019, members of our international community started providing a lot of good feedback about those translations. We ended up working with some of them more closely to help process the feedback and improve the translations, and offered to credit and pay those who made meaningful contributions to this effort. Our goal was to improve the quality of the result, and be receptive to player feedback, and we worked with some amazing and experienced translators with whom I would love to work again if there ever came a time." … [Read more...] about Hades dev responds to translation criticism, says it paid pros and community members alike
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BioWare defends Mass Effect 3 ending, welcomes feedback for DLC
Addressing other issues, Hudson noted he's happy to see common sense prevailing in the From Ashes DLC controversy, and equally pleased at how fans have reacted to Mass Effect 3's expanded relationship options, adding, “It’s also a learning experience and I think we’ve learned a lot about how people perceive their experiences with our characters and what they wanted out of them. Some of these things that we’ve added or changed about how we view this is in response to things that we’ve learned or feedback that we’ve had from them.” … [Read more...] about BioWare defends Mass Effect 3 ending, welcomes feedback for DLC
New report details Cyberpunk 2077’s development troubles, crunch and “almost entirely fake” E3 demo
Bloomberg reports Cyberpunk 2077's eye-catching E3 2018 demo "was almost entirely fake". "CD Projekt hadn't yet finalised and coded the underlying gameplay systems, which is why so many features, such as car ambushes, were missing from the final product," Bloomberg said. "Developers said they felt like the demo was a waste of months that should have gone toward making the game." … [Read more...] about New report details Cyberpunk 2077’s development troubles, crunch and “almost entirely fake” E3 demo
Unlike console players, PC players have to buy Hitman 2 again to unlock its levels in Hitman 3
As a fillip, the Hitman 2 standard access pass and Hitman 2 gold access pass will be 80 per cent off for 14 days after the launch of Hitman 3 on the Epic Games Store, and will continue to be discounted regularly, but there is no getting away from the fact PC Hitman fans are losing out - and as you'd expect, they aren't particularly thrilled to find out about it just five days before launch. … [Read more...] about Unlike console players, PC players have to buy Hitman 2 again to unlock its levels in Hitman 3
Cyberpunk 2077 staff knew how bad the bugs were before launch, report confirms
Schreier says he interviewed "more than 20 current and former CD Projekt staff" for the report, and while COVID-19 did cause difficulties with communication and production—developers couldn't work on console development kits in the office, for instance—the employees he spoke to say that external tests showed the problems, and the bugs were not the surprise Iwiński made them out to be when he said that testing didn't show "a big part" of Cyberpunk's problems. … [Read more...] about Cyberpunk 2077 staff knew how bad the bugs were before launch, report confirms