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Tencent pulls the plug on GTA rival Last Sentinel after spending $300 million over six years - The LA studio working on the game lays off 80 employees (www.techspot.com)
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[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 31 points 4 days ago

That's great, I love when Tencent faces huge losses.

[-] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 days ago

Just from the screen shots it looks more like a darker cyberpunk .. Not sure that would compete with GTA

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 15 points 4 days ago

Not sure that would compete with GTA

Not really, but that won't stop prople from making that comparison. The number of comparisons Cyberpunk 2077 got to GTA V at launch were insane considering how different they are.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It's an open city sandbox game from the perspective of a criminal/outlaw. It's not close like Saints Row, but it's still a general comparison os opposed to like an FPS

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 9 points 4 days ago

IMO, canceled games are a bummer, even from publishers we don't like.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago

Oh good, yet another $300m disappearing into the ether. Wonder if this will also be a tax write-off

[-] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 days ago

Did it disappear though?

80 employees in the LA game market. Probably not all engineer or engineering related but plenty of managers and such, average salary plus benefits was probably 250k/yr at 6 years that’s 1.5 mil per employee so half that 300 mil was probably employees. Equipment and office space and software licenses. Any marketing materials they may have already invested in. The money didn’t just go poof, it paid people and other companies.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

I'd largely assume it disappeared into the black holes otherwise known as the C-Suite's bank accounts.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 10 points 4 days ago

I would hate to see what tencent would classify as GTA style edgy humor.

[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

https://wojtekfus.com/projects/YBdrB3 - Link to the official website for the game, with more images.

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