Highguard Implodes, Blizzard Changes & People hate AI - Gamified 149

Описание: Gamified brings 6 game industry workers from founders to business developers to discuss whats going on each week in 60-second bursts.

Every topic has a 'game mode' - that make the topics more entertaining and the takes a little hotter.

0:00 Intro
2:05 Blizzard surprise drops Warlock
16:00 Danger of 5 Year Dev Cycles
31:00 Is AI hurting Gaming Already?
49:12 Highguard's Response to Criticism
1:03:20 Overwatch drops the 2
1:20:30 MVP Voting


Game Modes + Topics for this episode:
1. Whats the Word — Blizzard surprise-dropped a brand new class for a 25-year-old game, Diablo 2 Resurrected

2. Ship It or Rip It — Over half of game industry professionals think generative AI is hurting the industry. Is the backlash justified?

3. Sentiment Score -- Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and becomes Overwatch... again?

4. Red Flag or Green Flag — Five, six, seven-year dev cycles are becoming the norm. Is that a sign of ambition or a broken industry?

5. Who's to Blame? — Highguard launched, got destroyed by the internet, and the devs hit back. We dig into who's actually responsible.

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Host - Sam Steffanina https://x.com/SamSteffanina
Kevin Lambert - https://x.com/kevinlambert
Kohji Nagata - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod
Wills Spangler - https://x.com/WillsSpangler
Jerry Singer - https://x.com/JerrySinger
Gnoc (Matt Biamonte) - https://x.com/itsGnoc
Michael Christine - https://x.com/MichaelSatoshi
Behind the scenes - Lemz https://x.com/Lemz_42