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An archive of Video Game industry opinions and predictions that couldn't be held inside.

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"Looks Extremely Rough": 007 First Light's Gameplay Reveal Has Everyone Worried About Its "Daunting" Performance And Motion Blur "How much motion blur would you like? Yes."

Prediction #14

007 First Light will sell about half as well as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in the first month.

IO Interactive will have to go through another round of layoffs within 6 months after the game's release.

www.thegamer.com/007-first-li...

07.09.2025 10:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Roblox Launches New Licensing Platform For Experiences Our new Roblox licensing platform enables IP holders to easily collaborate with creators, letting them build experiences with popular intellectual property.

Prediction #13

No fully licensed experience of note will emerge within this program.
Roblox will have to change the terms of the program dramatically within two years as a result of low traction.

corp.roblox.com/newsroom/202...

16.08.2025 12:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ubisoft are making an XCOM-style Rainbow Six game inspired by Siege, claim reports Ghost Recon: Breakpoint game director tipped to be involved with new turn-based tactics game about saving hostages and raiding buildings.

Prediction #12

Ubisoft will cancel this Rainbow Six turn-based title in a couple of years.

www.rockpapershotgun.com/ubisoft-are-...

17.05.2025 15:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Marathon Release Date, Gameplay, Trailer, Story The Marathon Release Date has been confirmed, with new gameplay trailers and story details which give us more info on the Reboot of Bungie’s classic shooter.

Prediction #11

Marathon will struggle to keep the player base beyond the first month of release. It will have less than a fourth of Destiny 2's MAU in the third month. By the end of the first year, the team will undergo a round of layoffs/resignations.

www.yardbarker.com/video_games/...

18.04.2025 12:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lego is building an in-house video game development team Decades after it outsourced game development due to financial woes, Lego is building up an in-house games division amid a sharp rise in revenue.

Prediction #10

Game development studio Traveller's Tales will be closed by WB Games or bought out by LEGO within three years from now.

www.engadget.com/gaming/lego-...

31.03.2025 19:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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GTA 6 Price: Many in the Video Game Industry 'Hope' for $80 if Not $100, Analyst Says - IGN There is "hope" among some within the video game industry that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be priced between $80 and $100, one analyst has said.

Prediction #9:
GTA VI standard edition won't be priced over $80 in the US.

www.ign.com/articles/gta...

26.03.2025 05:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Hell is Us - Official Gameplay Deep Dive | Nacon Connect 2025
YouTube video by GameTrailers Hell is Us - Official Gameplay Deep Dive | Nacon Connect 2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu3K...

Prediction #8:

Hell is Us will become the start of a new IP with a follow-up game. Sales would go higher than 2M copies in the first six months.

06.03.2025 19:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This turn-based game looks like tactical Mass Effect, and it's all down to the"light RPG" mechanics Gamescom 2024 |I don't even play turn-based tactics games, but I'm sold on Menace already

www.gamesradar.com/menace-previ...

Prediction #7:

MENACE will be a success. Sales will reach more than 500k copies in the first year. The strong tale and post-release support will at least double the amount in a few years.

26.02.2025 21:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Leaking Isn’t Good For Anybody Ubisoft's open world stealth adventure is out in the wild, and now the damage control begins.

www.thegamer.com/assassins-cr...

Prediction #6:
Assassins Creed Shadows will perform well. Comparable to Odyssey and Valhalla.
However, this won't be enough to save Ubisoft from deeper restructuring. Ubisoft will have to sell some of its core IPs and studios.

26.02.2025 20:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Strange Update About ‘Mass Effect 5’ With BioWare On The Brink While corporate obfuscation is nothing new, the statement that BioWare just released about Mass Effect 5 and the larger status of the studio was nothing short of bizarre,

www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

Prediction #5:
BioWare will be disbanded before they ship the next Mass Effect title

26.02.2025 20:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

- The Batman Beyond game by Rocksteady will be canceled after years of development hell. Rocksteady will be shut down.

- Netherealm Studios will be sold with the MK IP.

- WB will devolve its video games business to focus on a licensing model.

That's all Folks!

26.02.2025 19:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Warner Bros shuttering Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros San Diego Update, February 25, 2025: In a statement, Warner Bros. Games said the decision to close three studios was "very diffic…

www.gamesindustry.biz/warner-bros-...

So, what's next for WB Games?

- The Hogwarts Legacy sequel will try to lean heavily on GaaS elements. It will never reach the success comparable to the original title.

26.02.2025 19:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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