[Some turmoil on steam discussions about a quote on quote "upcoming update" and what it could imply]

On 8/4/2024 at 2:26 AM, Tony Tony Chopper said:

Steam forums are full of trolls, don't trust it too much. There were always these hand full of users provoking the readers throughout the entire development time with just 1-3 empty sentences, trying to get points. Palworld forums is similar ("game dead", "Pokemon rip off, you get sued"), only difference the game generally received way more positive reviews.

Might also be interesting, but don't bother looking for something clear:

 

I "love" the wording in that response. No "we are currently working on KSP2" but "We are currently WORKING ON A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE of..."

[Vanamonde: What's going on is that they're still working on the game, albeit quietly.]

19 hours ago, Caerfinon said:

Lisan al Gaib!  Muad'Dib! Muad'Dib! 

[Take Two Interactive (Rockstar, 2K, Private Division) canceling games, ending projects and laying off 5% of its workforce]

30 minutes ago, K^2 said:

Kugelblitz

Huh, you learn something new every day. Thank you good person

[Take Two Interactive (Rockstar, 2K, Private Division) canceling games, ending projects and laying off 5% of its workforce]

8 hours ago, Lisias said:

Interesting news.

Take-Two CEO says he's 'not trying to be cute or difficult' with vague answers about the fate of the Kerbal and OlliOlli studios, but is kind of being cute and difficult

Take-Two says it hasn't closed Intercept Games or Roll7, two studios it was reported to have closed, but won't elaborate.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/intercept-roll7-closures-update/

Well... Perhaps, just perhaps, the backslash had some influence on the matter.

As is mentioned in the article, They previously shut down 2K Marin without ever acknowledging it, so it may be the same fate for intercept games.

From Jason Schreier's tweet (while about Roll7 studio, it is to highlight my previous point)
 

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Hey everyone, let’s play a game called What’s The Truth?

On the left, comments from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick to IGN today.

On the right, part of a note sent to Roll7 employees that was obtained by Bloomberg earlier this month, shared now with the source’s permission.

[Take Two Interactive (Rockstar, 2K, Private Division) canceling games, ending projects and laying off 5% of its workforce]

Just now, Flush Foot said:

Sorry @Scarecrow71... I take that back. It was "working" on the KSP 'home page' for me 20-30 minutes ago.

I can still see it working even if I check (refresh as well as navigation to the home page from a freshly opened browser) right now.

[Take Two Interactive (Rockstar, 2K, Private Division) canceling games, ending projects and laying off 5% of its workforce]

6 minutes ago, Scarecrow71 said:

I just noticed that the Discord Dev Tracker on the home page isn't working/active.  I sincerely hope that it's just me not seeing things there (which it very well could be).

Works for me. Probably an issue on your side of the connection.

[Take Two Interactive (Rockstar, 2K, Private Division) canceling games, ending projects and laying off 5% of its workforce]

It would not be the first time that devs learn about bad news from the media. I hope somebody can shed some light into it sooner rather than later

2 minutes ago, MARL_Mk1 said:

Matt Lowne said that he was talking with Nate just yesterday and nothing seemed off. Take it as you like, but I think the WARN notice showed up mid night over there, right? Someone correct me if I'm wrong please. But if that's the case, most of them only found out about it in the morning.

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[T2 interactive layoffs]

Jason Schreier just published an article on Bloomberg "confirming" that Intercept Games is one of the studios that take-two is closing down. Source - Bloomberg Article

[Take Two Interactive (Rockstar, 2K, Private Division) canceling games, ending projects and laying off 5% of its workforce]

According to Geoff Keighley on Twitter, Take Two Interactive (including Rockstar, 2K and Private Division) announced it will lay off about 5% of its workforce, cancel games and end projects.

I hope this doesn't include KSP2 or anybody from the dev team.

Source