Delayed without a new release date just weeks before its cancellation, it seems that Life By You stood no chance – and publisher Paradox Interactive explains why.Speaking in a recent interview with Eurogamer, chief creative officer Henrik Fåhraeus and deputy CEO Mattias Lilja discuss how sometimes “you go on too far and hope that you fix it, or steer it in another direction than we thought originally.” According to the publishing leads, Life By You is an example of both scenarios – there was simply too much wrong with the potential Sims 4 competitor to fix it.”We trusted the devs quite a lot,” describes Lilja. “We thought maybe another extension will get us where we’re going and then finally realized everything will be worse if we keep going, so we have to stop.” As noted by Fåhraeus, “A lot of the flaws were super clear and we saw the flaws individually.” There just wasn’t enough time to address them in the end, however – especially after so much had already been spent on mending the game’s issues.”We got closer and closer to early access,” the CCO continues, “trying to focus on fixing each individual problem.” Eventually, Paradox realized that “it’s too late, we’ve no…
Author: Devon Brooks
A God of War Ragnarok PC mod intended to let players bypass the controversial PlayStation Network sign-in requirement has been taken offline by the mod author.First reported by PC Gamer, iArtoriasUA’s NoPSSDK mod was designed to disable the PSN account-linking overlay and mimic a fully offline mode. PC Gamer’s own testing was successful, but others reported still having to deal with the PSN linking prompt. Regardless, it’s now been taken offline and you’ll simply see an error page if you head to the old URL on NexusMods.When the mod first disappeared, there was a lot of suspicion online about the reason for it being pulled and the party responsible. However, NexusMods itself has since shared a screenshot of a conversation it had with Artorias in which the modder admitted to taking the mod offline. It turns out coverage from sites like PC Gamer and IGN made Artorias worry that Sony might take legal action, even though the mod didn’t change any actual content in God of War Ragnarok.”Hello, that was my personal decision because the mod got too much attention … thus I thought that it would be better to remove it from public to remove any potential threats from the Sony side,” said Ar…