i'm just so glad to see this franchise back in the spotlight racking up awards getting hundreds of thousands of viewers at esports tournaments halo is like gaming royalty and to see it thrive again it's just a really wholesome feeling if you're wondering yes i'm working on a game of the year video at the moment and it will go live friday the NUMBER_TOKENst of december at midnight sydney time but time conversion is so complicated so just do this click the subscribe button click the notification bell and i will personally notify you when that video is live i'm nice like that you're welcome i'll tell you one company who's glad to put NUMBER_TOKEN behind them city project red i think we forgot the cyberpunk came out only around a year ago it feels like five years at least with how disastrous its launch was that hangover continued long into this year but at least one part of it is over now the lawsuit cyberpunk's launch was such a catastrophe that cd projekt red shareholders actually sued cd projekt red claiming that they misled investors these sorts of class action lawsuits typically don't result in much since companies have plenty of ways to wiggle out of them case in point city project red have settled that suit for a hilariously tiny NUMBER_TOKEN million dollars this game had over NUMBER_TOKEN million dollars in revenue for its launch month alone this is basically the equivalent of a parking ticket for city project red it's a shame because cd projekt red did mislead people by saying the game ran surprisingly well on last gen consoles and they certainly manipulated the review process to their advantage for bidding early reviews from using their own recorded footage and refusing to issue console review code they knew what state the game was in and they successfully hid that from all of us it would have been nice to see a more meaningful settlement or penalty applied one that might have given other publishers pause if they were ever to try to pull the same PROFANITY_TOKEN sadly no and this settlement ultimately proves how easy it is to get away with this sort of stuff while we're on the topic of cd projekt red their storefront good old games has been struggling for many years and that appears to still be the case city project red announced that gog was still running at a loss and so they're making some changes quote regarding gog its performance does present a challenge and recently we've taken measures to improve its financial standing first and foremost we've decided that gog should focus more on its core business activity which means offering a hand-picked selection of games with its unique drm free philosophy in line with this approach there will be changes in the team's structure end quote they will go on to describe some head count and costs moving out of the storefront and there's a strong implication that we can expect fewer titles on there going forward golk has struggled to gain momentum in the broader market as it focuses exclusively on drm games which means many publishers won't put their games on there because publishers love drm it's a frustrating catch-NUMBER_TOKEN for gog since their approach is commendable but it also makes it a tough business to run separate but related huge news for the epic game store they finally have a shopping cart oh my god stop the press is huge news science said it couldn't be done but in the year of our lord
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