"It's a slippery slope to try and build a game for an audience": Marathon, Arc Raiders, and Last Flag devs dig into the trend-bucking evolution of multiplayer shooters
Developers from Bungie, Embark Studios, and Night Street Games discuss the evolving landscape of multiplayer shooters, particularly the rise of extraction shooters like Arc Raiders and Marathon. They emphasize the importance of creative vision over trend-chasing and the challenges of launching live service games in a competitive market.
- Entities
- Game: Helldivers 2
- Company: Sony
- Person: Virgil Watkins
- Company: Firewalk Studios
- Game: Escape From Tarkov
- Topic: Extraction Shooter
- Game: Last Flag
- Company: Bungie
- Person: Dan Reynolds
- Company: Embark Studios
- Company: Nightstreet Games
- Topic: Game Design
- Game: Arc Raiders
- Person: Mac Reynolds
- Topic: Live Service Games
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