What if Stop Killing Games win? Anthem, SpaceCraft and Warframe devs on the "massive undertaking" of reverse engineering an always-online game
The article discusses the challenges and importance of game preservation for live service titles, using Warframe as a primary example. It explores the difficulties of reverse engineering always-online games and the efforts of groups like Stop Killing Games to advocate for offline modes and legal requirements for game longevity. Experts like Scott McGregor and Mark Darrah weigh in on the technical and financial hurdles, while the piece also touches on the potential impact of such regulations on the future development of live service games.
Rock Paper Shotgun
- Entities
- Helldivers 2
- Electronic Arts
- Scott McGregor
- Warframe
- The Crew
- Anthem
- SpaceCraft
- Animal Well
- Offline Mode
- BioWare
- Game Preservation
- Reverse Engineering
- Live Service Games
- Book of Travels
- Mark Darrah
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