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Concord Proves The Industry Needs Change

If you haven't already heard, developer Firewalk has announced that Concord will be taken offline on September 6th, 2024. Refunds will be issued for anyone who purchased the game. This comes just two weeks after the game's release. While early reviews and previews actually had some decent things to say about Concord , a lot of gamers felt it was just "too much like Overwatch with nothing new." This goes to show how loyal gamers already are to established series and whether or not that is to a fault is starting to rear its head now. Concord was reported to take over 8 years in development and cost millions to make. A lot of time, effort, and money went into building this world and experience. For a game with some quality opinions to be shut down a few weeks after release and not JUST because of the gameplay, is quite interesting. I absolutely feel for the people who took the time to work hard and create a video game as we all know it's not easy by any means. But I