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  • Civilization: Beyond Earth, Marty O'Donnell parts with Bungie, World of Darkness cancelled

  • - all that and more coming up right now on the Curse Weekly Roundup! This week's Roundup

  • has been sponsored by Infinite Crisis.

  • Hey guys it's Jess, and first up, at last weekend's PAX East in Boston, 2k and Firaxis

  • announced Civilization: Beyond Earth. It's the latest title in the Sid Meier's Civilization

  • series, and is a continuation of the same gameplay you loved from the franchise, but

  • this time it's in space! The developers had to think outside the box and come up with

  • new planets, races, systems...it's a pretty ambitious project, and we grabbed an interview

  • with the producers at PAX East, we'll link that to you in the description below.

  • Marty O'Donnell, the composer known for his iconic work with the Halo franchise, has been

  • let go from Bungie. No official reason has been given, with O'Donnell simply tweeting

  • that Bungie's board of directors terminated him without cause on April 11th. To many,

  • he was seen as an asset in the Halo community, and had been most recently working on the

  • Destiny soundtrack, making this termination all the more surprising.

  • Once again, this episode of the Curse Weekly Roundup has been sponsored by Infinite Crisis,

  • and we've got a couple of founder's packs to give away! Each Founder's Pack contains

  • 12 champions, exclusive costumes for two of the champions, an exclusive Founder's Protector

  • icon, and 8600 Crisis Coins, which is an $80 value! We have five codes, to enter to win

  • one just leave a comment on this video and tell me who is your favorite champion and

  • why! We'll pick five lucky commenters and give them each a code - good luck!

  • CCP's next MMO World of Darkness has been canceled, resulting in a layoff of 56 employees

  • at their Atlanta office. The game had been a long time in the making, first revealed

  • 8 years ago, and CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson said in a prepared statement that canceling

  • the title was one of the hardest decisions he's ever had to make. Following the cancellation,

  • it was revealed that CCP had recorded a loss of $21 million during the 2013 financial year,

  • and that the primary reason for the company's drop in profit was an increase in R&D costs

  • related to EVE Valkyrie, Dust 514, and World of Darkness.

  • Crystal Dynamics has posted some new job listings to fill roles working on Tomb Raider 2 - and

  • while we've known for a while that this sequel to the franchise reboot was underway, we've

  • now been given a slight glimpse into some of the gameplay elements. We now know that

  • it will be cinematic heavy, and like its predecessor will feature stealth and RPG-lite elements,

  • as well as an economy. Go ahead and click the link in the video description if you want

  • to view the Crystal Dynamics job listings for yourself.

  • Well, that's all the news we have for you this week! As always, be sure to rate, comment,

  • and subscribe, and I'll see you guys next time! Thanks for watching, enjoy the game.

Civilization: Beyond Earth, Marty O'Donnell parts with Bungie, World of Darkness cancelled

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