{"id":12896,"date":"2011-07-13T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-05-22T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T12:58:09","slug":"2k-strategy-games-are-just-not-contemporary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/12896-2k-strategy-games-are-just-not-contemporary","title":{"rendered":"2K: “strategy games are just not contemporary\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you like turn-based strategy games? Well, according to 2K\u2019s Christoph Hartmann, you\u2019re a deluded fool clinging desperately to a tatty anachronism. He didn\u2019t say it in quite those words, but that\u2019s totally what he means.<\/p>\n

Talking to MCVUK<\/a> about the company\u2019s somewhat controversial decision to turn its X-COM reboot from a turn-based strategy game into an FPS, Hartmann says it\u2019s all about keeping up with the times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u201890s generation of gamers all love X-COM and we own the IP, so we thought OK, what do we do with it? Every studio we had wanted to do it and each one had its own spin on it. But the problem was that turn-based strategy games were no longer the hottest thing on planet Earth. But this is not just a commercial thing \u2013 strategy games are just not contemporary,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cI use the example of music artists. Look at someone old school like Ray Charles, if he would make music today it would still be Ray Charles but he would probably do it more in the style of Kanye West. Bringing Ray Charles back is all fine and good, but it just needs to move on, although the core essence will still be the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what we are trying to do. To renew X-COM but in line with what this generation of gamers want. The team behind it is asking themselves every day: \u2018Is it true to the values of the franchise?\u2019 It\u2019s not a case of cashing in on the name. We just need to renew it because times are changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Or maybe turn-based strategy games aren\u2019t \u201ccontemporary\u201d because nobody seems to be making them anymore. Does that mean we don\u2019t want to play them? Jagged Alliance fans, ASSEMBLE!<\/p>\n

Do you love turn-based strategy games? Or are they dated?<\/strong><\/span> <\/a>Lets us know in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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