6 Pixels Under Podcast #24 140 people laid off at ArenaNet + Artifact = 500 concurrent + DUNE MMO

Summary: Hello everyone! Welcome to the 6 Pixels Under Podcast episode 24. On this weeks podcast we went over 0:00 - Le intro 4:00 - 10:45 - RDR Online first major update pushes micro transactions 10:50 - 28:00 - Pokemon Sword & Shield. Pokemon MMO? 36:35 - 59:42 - Artifact dropping below 500 concurrent players. DOAG? Difference between CCG vs TCG. TCG vs Lootboxes. 59:42 - 1:07:10 - 140 people laid off at ArenaNet (Guild Wars 2) 1:10:47 - 1:26:29 - Studio Wildcard aka Snail Games. Aka Instinct Games. Aka Grapeshot Games. Aka Virtual Basement, and their copycat game development and subpar products. 1:32:08 - 1:40:00 - Funcom announces development of an open world multiplayer game in the DUNE (Frank Herbert) franchise. I try and pronounce Tørnquist and Lemposs helps. 1:41:22 - 1:46:18 - Intrepid Studios leaks emails of it's backers and then censors any mention of it. 1:46:18 - 2:11:43 - Stop supporting Kickstarter MMOs! itzivax poster on /mmorpg explains, they are cash grabs! We analyze his argument.