CDPR has broken a promise to clean up its crunch culture, giving us a springboard to talk about why crunch happens, how it hurts developers, and what external forces are acting against studios. Other topics include: Take Two back in court over digital reproductions of tattoos, Ubisoft’s plan to fix Hyperscape, an update on Epic vs. Apple, and news about a game contest that AT&T is targeting at what it calls “women-identifying developers.”
- WWE Headed to Trial for Copying Wrestler’s Tattoos for Video Game (The Hollywood Reporter): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/wwe-headed-to-trial-for-copying-wrestlers-tattoos-for-video-game
- AT&T Unlocked Games Submissions: http://www.attunlockedgames.com/
- Cyberpunk 2077 Publisher Orders 6-Day Weeks Ahead of Game Debut (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-29/cyberpunk-2077-publisher-orders-6-day-weeks-ahead-of-game-debut
- As Cyberpunk 2077 Development Intensifies, CD Projekt Red Pledges To Be ‘More Humane’ To Its Workers (Kotaku): https://kotaku.com/as-cyberpunk-2077-development-intensifies-cd-projekt-r-1834849725