Write what you are looking for and press enter to begin your search!

Logo
live-news-icon

Live News

Tekken 8 Eddy Gordo Trailer Reveals The Capoeira Fighter Arriving Next Week: In an intense match, the Lone Wolves came out victorious. Read all about the big night here // LEGOLAND Malaysia Brings Raya Theme To The Park & The World’s First LEGO Friends 4D Movie Premiere: In an intense match, the Lone Wolves came out victorious. Read all about the big night here // New Visions Of Mana Trailer Showcases Elemental Combat & Characters: In an intense match, the Lone Wolves came out victorious. Read all about the big night here
post-16 post-13

Baldur’s Gate 3 Is “Slowed Down” By COVID-19, But…

Despite the current state of the world, many developers and game companies are hard at work to make sure their creations meet shipping dates. Folks from Bethesda, Grinding Gears, and Ubisoft have to delay updates for Fallout 76 Wastelanders, Path of Exile 2 beta, and Rainbow Six Siege respectively.

The next in line to feel the brunt of COVID-19 is Larian Studios, the makers of the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian boss Swen Vincke said on New York Times that the game is remaining on track for an Early Access release this year, though work on it has been slow.

“The very first week, it went really well. Everyone had all the information they needed to just smoothly go work from home.” 

He said that the challenges started mounting as the process dragged on, with employees and external partners having to make more long-term adjustments to their schedules.

“We started seeing more stress on the leads in terms of communication. We’d spend all of our days just communicating—trying to solve problems, organize things, give direction. Development is proceeding. We’re just slowed down. ”

Aspects of development like motion capture are impossible to do while working remotely, and even voice acting is tough because of inconsistencies in recording quality from place to place. Vincke said that there is no current solution for the mo-cap issue.

Ironically, COVID-19 has pushed demand for video gaming tenfold. Steam broke 20 million concurrent users just a month ago. Indie devs will also get visibility for their games; of course, it wouldn’t mean much if people don’t have money to spend on them due to job cuts and losses.

Related News

post-07
Night Book Is An FMV Occult Thriller Arriving This Month

Wales Interactive just announced the release date of its upcoming FMV interactive movie thriller-themed game Night Book. The game will be out 27th ...

post-07
Michelle Yeoh Joins The Cast Of Disney+'s American Born Chinese

Disney Branded Television has announced casting for the upcoming Disney+ Hotstar original series American Born Chinese, the genre-hopping action-comed...

post-07
Here's When Overwatch Competitive Season 9 Kicks Off

Have you reached your career high during this season's competitive Overwatch yet? If you haven't, you have about four more days to do so as season eig...

Write a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Tournament Tool Kit

Kakuchopurei Community