• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
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    9 months ago

    That’s a shame. I can sort of understand taking Unreal and RtNP from the storefronts from a financial perspective as a remaster is rumoured to be in the works, but UT99 - along with Quake III Arena - was probably influential in taking online multiplayer from the discrete deathmatch or capture the flag maps into what would be eSports and games as a service… as much as that makes me almost barf to say.

    I’ve always quite liked Sweeney for being “old school” in his approach to game design and company direction, even if I didn’t necessarily like how he went about it, but it has really pulled a hair out of my arse how he’s gone off the rails in the last 6-12 months - complaining about needing more linux devs one month, and binning off hundreds off staff a few weeks later even though they’re proper rinsing the Fortnite cash cow.

    Great nod to the Valve documentary though, I enjoyed that far more than I should have.

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      9 months ago

      he’s gone off the rails in the last 6-12 months - complaining about needing more linux devs

      It’s also ironic in light of his history of loudly bashing linux and linux game development.

      I can’t think of anything good to say about Tim Sweeney.