Originally Posted by Destructoid

"We aren't really fixated on our consoles," Furukawa said. "At the moment we're offering the uniquely developed Nintendo Switch and its software – and that's what we're basing how we deliver the 'Nintendo experience' on." Furukawa did mention that hardware constantly gets better, though, so the company will always look to be flexible with how it delivers its "Nintendo Experience" in the future.

"It has been over 30 years since we started developing consoles. Nintendo's history goes back even farther than that" Furukawa continued, "and through all the struggles that they faced the only thing that they thought about was what to make next. In the long-term, perhaps our focus as a business could shift away from home consoles – flexibility is just as important as ingenuity."

Originally Posted by Destructoid

In a statement to PCWorld, Ubisoft says "Ubisoft has no plans on releasing the Tom Clancy's The Division 2 on Steam. It was a business decision to focus on Epic Store and Ubisoft Store for distribution of The Division 2 on PC. Ubisoft fully supports Epic and their third-party distribution model, which is in the long-term, beneficial for publishers both large and indie and the video games industry. We hope this partnership helps to validate and evolve the model."

However, The Division 2 won't be exclusive to the Epic Games Store. It's still available for sale on the Ubisoft Store. Of course Ubisoft is keen to release its games through its own storefront and launcher -- where it has to relinquish zero parts of the profit to a third-party distributor.

Originally Posted by Destuctoid

There's going to be some messy litigation in Texas. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford and former Gearbox in-house attorney Wade Callender are suing each other in two separate actions, both alleging that the other has breached their legal obligations to the company.

As discovered by Kotaku, Gearbox originally filed a lawsuit against Callender in November 2018 for misusing company funds. It's said that Callender borrowed money from the company for a home loan and tuition that wasn't fully paid back. Further, Callender is accused of abusing a Gearbox company credit card for personal expenses such as "family vacations, gun club memberships and firearms accessories, and trying to get six-pack abs."

Originally Posted by Destructoid

Callender then sued both Pitchford and Gearbox in December 2018, possibly in retaliation to Gearbox's lawsuit ... The crux of the lawsuit is that Callender says Pitchford took a secretive $12 million bonus from Take-Two Interactive in 2016 that was funneled into Pitchford Entertainment Media Magic, LLC. According to Callender, that money should have rightfully been paid out to Gearbox employees and to help fund the development of the next Borderlands game.

However, things take a dark twist. Callender also states that Pitchford accidentally forgot a USB drive at a Dallas-area Medieval Times restaurant in 2014. Callender alleges that the USB drive contained both highly-sensitive business documents and "underage pornography." Pitchford was supposedly in San Francisco at the time the drive was recovered, and Callender -- without yet knowing the contents of the drive -- directed Gearbox staff to duplicate the files so they could be sent to Pitchford. Pitchford allegedly intervened and ordered the duplicate files to be immediately destroyed. Callender goes on to also accuse Pitchford of using Gearbox company funds to throw personal parties at his house where older men would expose themselves to minors.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 5214675)

Smurf accounts are such a weird phenomenon.

Originally Posted by Destructoid

According to a report from Kotaku, Electronic Arts has cancelled production of its open-world Star Wars title. Originally designed by Dead Space-helmers Visceral Games and Uncharted's Amy Hennig, EA Vancouver took over the project in October of 2017, after Visceral's closure.

The project, originally known as "Ragtag", then bounced around various teams, directors and re-designs. Conceived by Visceral as a single-player action-adventure, EA wanted to mold Ragtag - completely rebooted by EA Vancouver as "Orca" - into a large-scale open-world game. Kotaku's report suggests that Orca had become so ambitious, that EA's head honchos finally brought the hammer down, wanting a conceptually simpler title that can be pushed out to the public much sooner.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 5215716)

EA's hold on Star Wars is a fucking mess.

Originally Posted by Destructoid

In addition to a few costumes, a brand new randomized mode called "The Ghost Survivors" will be in tow.

The Ghost Survivors sets itself up as a "What If?" side story that will see players take control of other characters from Resident Evil 2. Using a mix of randomized elements and a point system for unlocking upgrades, the scenario is poised to be a new take on the classic "Extreme Battle" mode from the original release. Some of the characters teased include the mayor's daughter, Robert Kendo and an unnamed U.S.S. member. There are even exclusive enemies not present in the story mode.

Originally Posted by ClockShot (Post 5215856)

Disney needs to step in and either give EA a boot in the ass or just pull the rights.

BioWare is doing fine (I think) with The Old Republic these days, so leave them alone.