It was with sadness that I saw an article recently stating “Embracer has closed Alone in the Dark studio Pieces Interactive“. The amount of layoffs within the video game industry currently is, quite frankly, disgusting and it’s sad to see the effort to revive an important franchise destroy an entire studio. However, I will admit that I had a problem with the way the game was marketed, that being with such an intense focus on the celebrities starring in it. Besides the fact that I didn’t immediately know who David Harbour or Jodie Comer were, I have problems with this… The post My Issue With Celebrities In Video Games appeared first on Immortallium's Blog.
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