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Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.

This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.

Asobo’s Lost Rally Raid Title

Asobo, known today as the Microsoft Flight Simulator developer, created groundbreaking technology for large scale maps that was intended to be used in a high quality rally raid title. It was never released and ended up as FUEL, a post-apocalyptic open-world racing game. What happened?

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Saber, Milestone And Plaion Parent, Embracer, Reduces Debt To $1.4 Billion

Tim Wheatley - Dev News | Nov 17, 2023

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Embracer, the parent company of Milestone, Plaion and Saber, has announced that the ongoing restructuring and layoffs totaling 904 people has reduced their debt to $1.4 billion. They have improved 31% in a year, with a 13% rise in net sales, too.

The company has reviewed upcoming games, projects under Plaion and Saber affected, and while nothing is mentioned of Milestone I think anyone reporting news will have noticed a significant reduction in product support and marketing. A clear example would be the re-born Superbike “franchise” that was announced, released, barely patched and abandoned (one title isn’t a franchise) back in 2022.

The company warned more layoffs and cost reductions should be expected.

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Sarch Nov 17, 2023 #1

That's such an extraordinary amount of money... Just insane. Feel so sorry for all the studios who got shut down. The only people who got any benefit out of those deals will be the owners. Rich folks getting richer off the backs of the ordinary worker.

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Pistu Nov 18, 2023 #2

Isn't Plaion the publisher for GTRevival? I hope this doesn't affect the developement too much.

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Aston Nov 18, 2023 #3

Good Lord. They apparently got into this predicament by a 2 billion dollar deal with (notably Saudi-funded) Savvy Games Group falling through. Wonder what the idea was there.

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Sarch Nov 18, 2023 #4

Which means they spent the money before they had it, I guess?

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