Warren Spector-helmed Thick as Thieves developers OtherSide lay off 17 staff as they cancel multiplayer immersive sim Argos: Riders on the Storm

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• Stern@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  The studio’s helmed by Looking Glass Studios veterans Warren Spector and Paul Neurath - key figures in shaping the likes of Deus Ex and System Shock 2 - said via a spokesperson that they believe Argos “could have been a huge success in normal times”.

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  “From the creative mind of Warren Spector comes a new multiplayer Immersive Simulation, letting players ‘pick a playstyle’ in an evolving alien and oddly familiar world,” read the game’s brief blurb on the studio’s website

  Yeah a sim game is going to fail in this day and age. lol

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