Payday 3 Dev's CEO Apologizes For Online Shooter's Unstable Launch

Mineko’s Night Market has been met with a mixed reception, as players have reveled in its charming art style and captivating narrative but have been frustrated by nagging performance issues on the Nintendo Switch. The cozy atmosphere of the game has often been marred by technical problems, including lengthy load times that test players’ patience and music stuttering that disrupts the immersion. With a development journey spanning four to five years and multiple delays, many expected a more polished experience when it arrived on the Switch.

Weeks after upsetting developers with a proposed runtime fee, only to quickly backtrack on the idea, Unity announced today that CEO John Riccitiello was stepping down from his multiple roles as president, CEO and board chair, going from having a ton of responsibility to having a lot of time on his hands.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum launched earlier this year and turned out to be one of the most disastrous releases for a game in recent memory. The title was widely criticized by critics and audiences alike upon release, and shortly afterward, developer Daedalic Entertainment issued an apology for the state of the game.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was a mess, as I'm sure many of you remember. It was hard to avoid all of the posts making fun of the game's performance, dodgy UI, and overall lack of polish. Unsurprisingly, the launch was rough enough to warrant a JPEG apology from the developer - only now, it turns out that even this was a mess behind the scenes.

CD Projekt Red knows how to hype up a video game. After their success with The Witcher franchise, the studio brought out another open-world RPG. We traded a medieval fantasy setting for a futuristic cyberpunk dystopia. However, while the game looked incredible and left fans begging for its release, the eventual launch of their latest RPG was nothing short of a disaster. There were so many bugs and poor optimization issues that it even prompted Sony to toss the game off their digital storefront. Fortunately, the developers returned to work and aimed to deliver enough patches and content to turn Cyberpunk 2077 around successfully.

Payday 3 was a long-awaited game. The first two Payday games stand as some of the most iconic shooters ever, with their unique heists and quirky comedic features. Starbreeze Entertainment released the series’ third entry recently, but it didn’t go as planned. Players encountered issues, especially with accessing multiplayer servers. Starbreeze was quick to address problems with Payday 3’s online performance, announcing major patches. Unfortunately, a highly anticipated update was just delayed.

Roguelike first-person shooter GUNHEAD will launch for PC via Steam on November 8, developer Alientrap announced. A demo is available now for PC.

It never fails to amaze me when massively popular companies host events with products they know will be massively popular with their base, but then act surprised when the event is, surprise, massively popular. That mostly sums up what happened with the recent Pokemon Center x Van Gogh Museum event, resulting in an apology from the the official Pokemon Twitter.

V Rising is heading towards its 1.0 full launch. Stunlock Studios has an extensive new devblog announcing that the next major update will be the full release out of Early Access, currently planned for Q2 2024.

Multiplayer heist sim PAYDAY 3's launch has been anything but smooth, with massive numbers of players unable to access the game. Plagued by server and matchmaking issues, the always online nature of the title is exacerbating the situation still further.

After multiple rumors emerged for the same, Guerrilla Games has officially confirmed Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition. It launches on October 6th for PS5 and early 2024 for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Check out the announcement trailer below.

CD Projekt has disabled Cyberpunk 2077 mods today, September 26, to ensure they don't clash with content added in Phantom Liberty and disrupt the playing experience for PC players.