About this episode
The episode features an interview with Will Powers discussing game development challenges and industry news.
We're joined by Will Powers - Marketing Director for Pearl Abyss this week to chat about the challenges of creating a game as large and varied as Crimson Desert. Then we get into the mass layoffs of the devs behind Highguard as well as 2XKO. Chat about cats and then all the announcements from the recent Sony Playstation State of Play! 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Fixing audio 6:30 - Will Powers from Pearl Abyss is here 14:00 - What is Crimson Desert? 1:48:00 - Highguard devs have mass layoffs 2:01:00 - The Ashes of Creation situation is crazy 2:11:20 - Mewgenics 2:18:50 - 2XKO layoffs 2:22:20 - Sony State of Play 2:55:50 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: itmeJP
Guest: Will Powers
Topics covered
- game development
- video game industry
- mass layoffs
- Sony announcements
- Crimson Desert
- Highguard
- 2XKO
Keywords
- Crimson Desert
- Highguard
- 2XKO
- Sony State of Play
- game development
- mass layoffs
- video games
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: 2XKO, Pearl Abyss, Highguard, Sony
Books & works: Crimson Desert, Ashes of Creation, Mewgenics
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