Rollerdrome dev Roll7 was reportedly shut down by Take-Two earlier this year, though the publisher denies doing so
    • 299792458ms@lemmy.zipEnglish
      18·
      3 months ago

      Disco Elysium was bought? They will probably inject it with microtransactions and some other bs. Anyway… playing that game was a rollercoaster of emotions.

      • dillekant@slrpnk.netEnglish
        23·
        3 months ago

        There are other videos on the internet about this, but basically PMG have done a terrible job here. One person is accused of serious corporate misconduct, and the others have allegations of being hard to work with, and PMG effectively treats them as equal, not even realising that the reason maybe some people were hard to work with was because of forced labour from the guy also doing the corporate misconduct.

        They’ve just not done a great job overall here.

        • Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          45·
          3 months ago

          I disagree. “Being difficult to work with” is a fucking euphemism for harassing the employees. He was fired for harassment and gender discrimination, and by all accounts he is guilty of both.

          If you like Disco Elysium, you should know that there are stories where everyone is a villain. The only ones who got fucked are all the other employees, whom you’ll notice didn’t come to the defense of Kurvitz, but wanted to have their voices heard separately.

          I think it’s a mess, that the current owners are probably shady as fuck, but I also believe that Kurvitz was an abusive fuck who needed to go.

          • dillekant@slrpnk.netEnglish
            10·
            3 months ago

            He was fired

            He owns the business. His ownership was liquidated by the other owner without paperwork, and most of the other owners dispute that the ownership was ever diluted. The decision over whether he should have been “fired” are really upto him and the other business owners.

            It’s also unclear why the other employees, who may or may not have been coerced, were not siding with Kurvitz. I agree it’s a mess, but there’s a big gap between “feelings” and “actually grossly illegal stuff”.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    59·
    3 months ago

    I own it because at the time I was supporting Roll7, one of my favorite indie devs of all time.

    Roll 7 game that deserve to be played:

    • Olli Olli
    • Olli Olli 2
    • Rollerdrome
    • Olli Olli World (if it can be played offline)
  • Glide@lemmy.caEnglish
    28·
    3 months ago

    Sick. I’ve had Rollerdrome on my wishlist for a while now, but have never seen a good sale, nor found myself with the free time and desire to play it on the spot to demand a full price purchase. I will gladly pirate and experience this now.

    I mean, fuck Take2, I’d rather be able to hand these people money for a good game, but in lieu of being able to do so, I am happy to oblige their request.