Profile of SturmtigerCobra

Jump back to quoted post3 Aug 2020, 01:11 AMSp33dSnake

"We are putting a woman in a WW2 because we're great people!"

No, you put a woman in a WW2 game so you can feel better about yourselves

Current Employee - Developer
Doesn't Recommend
I have been working at Relic Entertainment full-time

Pros
- fantastic benefits, like 100% basic dental, 100% chiropractors and what not - free organic fruits and vegetables, wide choice of beverages

Cons
This company used to be about great games, but now it's about great benefits and great socializing. Because of that, there are too many people in the company who shouldn't be here in the first place. What's worse, they consider you an enemy if you strive too hard to make a difference, because it doesn't make them look good. Because while you are here to make great games, they are here to socialize and enjoy massive benefits, bonuses, titles, with little or no responsibility. The company is filled with non-technical managers/producers who simply don't know their knowledge domain and don't care about the games in development - all they do is just moving around work items in the project management software, having endless useless meetings, constantly re-prioritizing and re-scheduling everyone's work, and just socializing. On the technical side, the company is stuck somewhere in 2000s, but they don't have a clue and they don't care. Some principal programmers are impressive while some are shockingly unintelligent, which they compensate by having "social skills". My personal impression is that currently the company's business is milking Sega and publishers and having fantastic benefits with little responsibility.

Advice to Management
I don't think they need it - they are doing just fine, in their own sense.

My personal impression is that currently the company's business is milking Sega and publishers and having fantastic benefits with little responsibility.

Jump back to quoted post19 Jul 2020, 01:12 AMKiwiBirb

Very expensive (I live in Vancouver)
I looked it up, a one bedroom apartment is average $1600 a month

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2019, 06:10 AMSturmtigerCobra

According to CBC News report:
How dirty money is driving up real estate prices (Vancouver/BC) | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley

To read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/laundered-money-bc-real-estate-1.5128769

Update:
Posted today on twitter by current CoH brand/marketing manager (former CoH2 lead, returned to Relic this month)
https://twitter.com/alexdlmr/status/1194525285439266816
"The study findings obtained by Global News are a startling look at what police believe to be the massive money laundering occurring in the Vancouver-area real estate market."

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Understandably, reaction from China’s gamers has been less than ecstatic. The most upvoted comment on a post referencing Win.gg’s report on microblogging platform Weibo echoes the language used when the Chinese government discusses Taiwan:

“The position of China’s Steam fans on the issue of Steam’s foreign relations is very clear. We adhere to the principle of ‘one Steam’ and oppose the ‘split’ position, which is unswerving and will be increasingly recognized and supported by the international community. Any attempt to create ‘two Steams’ is doomed to failure.”

But like it or not, it seems China’s gamers will be forced to make do with a more “harmonious” version of Steam in the not-too-distant future.

Valve officially announced the arrival of Steam China in Shanghai on Wednesday. But Chinese gamers are telling the PC gaming platform to “get lost!”
One of the most upvoted comments wrote, “Steam China get out of China.”
It’s important to point out that gamers are directing their anger at Steam China, not Steam. In fact, Chinese gamers love Steam… the global version of it, anyway.

PC gaming in China is huge. According to Asian games market research firm Niko Partners, there were an estimated 321 million PC gamers in the country in 2019. By comparison, the entire population of the US was around 328 million in 2019.

One of the most popular digital distribution platforms for games is Steam, available in many countries around the world including China, where it has over 30 million users. Despite its popularity in China, Steam operates in a gray area. Certain content and features aren’t accessible without a VPN, but gamers can still purchase games, including some titles that haven’t gone through the official domestic approval process in China. For developers, the approval process can be vague, time-consuming and costly, which is why Steam is such an appealing option.

In 2018, Perfect World announced a partnership with Valve, maker of Steam to develop a localized version of the platform that would be independent from the widely used global version. While no release date has been set, it’s reportedly getting closer to being launched. Meanwhile, uncertainties surrounding Steam China have left some gamers and developers worried they’ll be locked out of the global version of Steam.

To explain to you more about the PC gaming scene in China, and the role that Steam plays in it, watch this video by KrASIA.