Microsoft looking for talent for a 'AAAA' title! : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:47 am

We are surrounded by triple A g ames like Battlefield, Halo and the likes, but it looks like Microsoft wants to go beyond "top of the class" and invent their own class!

http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Executive-Producer-IEB-Microsoft-Studios-Core-Publishing-%28787348%29-Job-WA-98052/1762810/

Isn't this just as pointless as upping the maximum mark of a test from 100 to 1000? I'm definitely curious to see what it is, and looking forward to whether it will be good, or if the whoel thing will go down Hindenberg style.

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:34 pm

AAAA is an internal benchmark. It roughly translates to "shovelware" in external parlance.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:48 pm

AAA seems to mean anything put out by a big company, regardless of actual quality. It's like a country that's a trillion in debt still having a AAA credit rating.

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:51 am

At first I thought it was a typo, but it's mentioned multiple times.

...ten imaginary bucks say its going to be (just another generic) fps.
EDIT: isn't halo 4 in the making or something, being made by someone else than Bungie? I don't have an 360 so I don't really keep up with that sort of stuff.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:40 pm

Quick Bethesda, put out a AAAAA title!

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:59 am

AAA seems to mean anything put out by a big company, regardless of actual quality. It's like a country that's a trillion in debt still having a AAA credit rating.

You mean 15 Trillion, right?

That being said, sometimes when a huge company really takes out all the stops, spends oodles of money, and hypes up their game, a good game can result. :slap:

Well, at least in theory. I guess the closest thing was Half-Life 2, which was actually pretty good.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:39 am

Age of Empires re-imagined as a visceral, modern combat FPS.

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:17 pm

I always love seeing more examples of linguistic inflation; AAA was already silly enough. :sadvaultboy:

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:41 am

And here I thought they'd just start adding plus signs: AAA+.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:39 am

Failure imminent.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:53 am

The brand new trilogy: "Density repercussions" !

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:42 am

Are we talking games or batteries here?

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:17 pm

They're making a prequel to http://store.steampowered.com/app/15520/?

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:18 am

Thinking some sort of social media game involving glee club and some sort of dancing.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:19 am

They're making a prequel to http://store.steampowered.com/app/15520/?

Ha. well played

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:34 am

Failure imminent.

It's as if millions of gamers cried out in horror and then were silenced.....

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:04 am

So they're finally making Sneak King 2?

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:06 am

Goddamm all these batteries.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:10 am

Goddamm all these batteries.

Something has to power my Gameboy Advance.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:33 pm

They wanna turn the internet into a massive multiplayer experience by integrating operating system and gaming engine into one, with web sites becoming web shops renting space within the 3D internet gaming experience, forums becoming amphitheaters where you goto mingle, and any residence is an anology to you desktop.

Welcome to Windows ∞

edit: dontcha just luv a good horror story?

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:25 am

They're making a prequel to http://store.steampowered.com/app/15520/?

That made laugh so hard it hurt (mainly because i was trying to stop laughing so as to not wake up the girlfriend)

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» Mon May 14, 2012 8:46 am

They wanna turn the internet into a massive multiplayer experience by integrating operating system and gaming engine into one, with web sites becoming web shops renting space within the 3D internet gaming experience, forums becoming amphitheaters where you goto mingle, and any residence is an anology to you desktop.

Welcome to Windows ∞

edit: dontcha just luv a good horror story? :tongue:

Thought Sony copy righted that idea with their Playstation Home thing and Second Life took care of the rest. Personally I see this as inevitability more than a horror story, but who says the future can't be horrifying.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:13 pm

Thought Sony copy righted that idea with their Playstation Home thing and Second Life took care of the rest. Personally I see this as inevitability more than a horror story, but who says the future can't be horrifying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Cmh_zhP2I

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:34 pm

Heh, if they make this hire, that will be 1 talented person in the company.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:27 am

But this one goes to eleven...