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Xbox Veteran Who Just Got Promoted Under Asha Sharma Promptly Leaves Amid Mysterious Circumstances

Xbox Veteran Who Just Got Promoted Under Asha Sharma Promptly Leaves Amid Mysterious Circumstances https://ift.tt/T0PUuoE Xbox's first-ever chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, has left the company after being promoted to that role just a few months ago under CEO Asha Sharma. In this job, Chiang was assigned to oversee the profitability of Xbox, and it's been looking very bleak for Xbox lately . Given the timing of her exit, people wondered about the circumstances, and that remains unclear. Sharma confirmed Chiang's departure in a memo to staff, seen by The Verge, saying she is grateful for Chiang's "years of service" at Xbox. A spokesperson for Microsoft told Windows Central that the company does not "discuss individual personnel matters." According to a source speaking to Eurogamer , Chiang was "terminated for policy violations." The Verge's Tom Warren backed this up , saying Chiang was cut loose due to a "policy...

Dead Space Remake Promises No Loading Screens






Dead Space Remake Promises No Loading Screens Or Cuts https://ift.tt/dcZLxWH

Since it was first announced, EA Motive has had one ambitious promise for the upcoming Dead Space remake: that it will stay true to the original, while also being fully rebuilt from scratch in a new engine. A new blog on the topic has explained a little more about where the game has been expanded and modernized, and how Motive has tried to stay faithful to the original.

In terms of upgrades, one big difference is that the game will be playable as "one sequential shot," as described by senior producer Philippe Ducharme. "From the moment you start the game to the moment you end the game, there are no camera cuts or load screens--unless you die. The Ishimura is now fully interconnected, so you can walk from Point A to Point Z, visit the entire ship, and revisit locations... It's now a completely unbroken experience."

While many remakes focus on technical upgrades, Motive's Dead Space will also be making changes to the story, updating and extending the lore of the original game to accomodate for details and characters added later in Dead Space 2, 3, and the comic books. Isaac becoming a voiced character is one of the major changes we can expect, but the developers have also promised more narrative side quests, and bigger roles for certain characters.

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