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Dev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understand games' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 38 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Remember when Microsoft bought Rare and did basically nothing with them for two decades?

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Not nothing. They remade a bunch of games worse than the originals.

(Some people did enjoy Viva Pinata, but I didn't play that.)

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[–] content_educator_94@thelemmy.club 15 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Viva pinata was absolutely dope

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

It's one of my fondest memories on that console

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