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Martyr devs promise to work 90 hour weeks as an apology for delaying Warhammer 40k: Inquisitor

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Kolx

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Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr is a mouthful of a title, but the pitch is a pretty simple and compelling one. It's Diablo, but set in the Warhammer 40k universe. After an Early Access launch last year, the game was set for a final release in May, but that date's been pushed back a month.

You'll now get the 1.0 release on June 5. In a Steam update, the developers say they were running behind on getting the console versions finalized in time for the original May 11 date, necessitating the delay. To keep the multi-platform launch intact, the PC version is also getting delayed, but they'll spend the extra weeks polishing up that version. That "means that the game will be in a much better shape at release."

As apology for the delay, the developers are dedicating to some ridiculous crunch while making up their time. "We promise we'll push this extra three weeks in 90+ hours per week so it'll be very-very useful for Martyr."
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https://www.pcgamesn.com/warhammer-.../warhammer-40k-inquisitor-martyr-release-date
This's fucked up. Crunching in this industry is reaching insane heights with no end in sight.
 
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Christ, this should not be expected of developers.
 
Jamesac68

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That's dumb. How many times does it have to be proven that the time saved by crunch is spent in fixing the errors caused by crunch for it to sink in?
 
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I'd rather they work 40 quality hours a week than 90 caffeine/adderall induces ones.
 

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When people say "a week", how many days are we talking? 7 or 5 (monday to friday)?
 
Yggfk

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wut? just don't do this, there's no justification for 90 hours/week and there never will be.

Stop. This crunch culture is E V I L.
 
Stencil

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Wtf... Don't give the bottle to the babies like that, devs!
I think this comments greatly both on American workweek ethics as well as gamer's entitlement.
 
jackal27

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Ridiculous. Don't do this to yourselves.

There is no reason for crunch like this. It makes your work sloppier and costs you more in the long run. Your health is worth more.
 
Hibiki

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Why even tell us that? That's so obviously fucked up sounding. I'd rather they delay it longer than a month than think they are slaving away at the risk of their own personal health just to get the game to us sooner. That's stupid.
 
godofcookery

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who tf are they "apologizing" to? Strange way to frame this crunch. Also, don't do that. delay it more or something.
 
fundogmo

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This is like when yakuza members cut off their pinky, except somehow socially allowed in gamedev culture.
 
Chopchop

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I imagine that this announcement was made by some higher-up, while most/all of the devs who will actually do the crunch are watching the announcement going "oh fucking hell no".
 

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Hibiki said:
Why even tell us that? That's so obviously fucked up sounding. I'd rather they delay it longer than a month than think they are slaving away at the risk of their own personal health just to get the game to us sooner. That's stupid.
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This.

But look how much shit From has gotten on here for the delay of a Switch port of a seven-year old game--called incompetent and all kinds of shit. A small subset of gamers are a ridiculous entitled and toxic bunch of worthless human beings. And devs feel a need to pander to them, especially for non-mainstream IPs that need every sale.
 
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