2022 Was the Year of the Immersive Sim Comeback

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2022 was a good year for Immersive Sims, a comeback dare I say. We got A LOT of stuff this year: Abermore, Blood West, Weird West, Ctrl Alt Ego, and more! Lets roundup the year with what came out, the promising early access ImSims, what's (Still) written off, and what's coming up in 2023!

LINKS!

Warren Spector's Blog Post in re Immersive Sims
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/postmortem-ion-storm-s-i-deus-ex-i-

Abermore
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569220/Abermore/
My video on it: https://youtu.be/EdUkPGXuNUU

Weird West
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097350/Weird_West/
My video on it: https://youtu.be/bxmuKDB9qs0

Ctrl Alt Ego
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1571940/Ctrl_Alt_Ego/
My video on it: https://youtu.be/JDjMulBFQCc

Blood West
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1587130/Blood_West/
My video on it: https://youtu.be/4JNI93xS7Aw

Gloomwood
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/Gloomwood/
My video on it: https://youtu.be/lqUM7ADxUhk

Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1545990/Deadeye_Deepfake_Simulacrum/


Gamedeveloper is Paradox CEO: Bloodlines 2 still exists
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/paradox-ceo-vampire-bloodlines-2-development-update

System Shock Remake
https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
KS post in re Backer Beta soon(TM)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/3365652
KS post with them at Cons and people saying they still don't have that beta in the comments
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/3599026

VentureBeat: How Warren Spector got back to making his latest game
https://venturebeat.com/games/how-warren-spector-got-back-to-making-his-latest-game/

IGN: Ghost of Tsushima Writer Joins Bioshock 4 as Narrative Lead
https://www.ign.com/articles/ghost-of-tsushima-writer-joins-bioshock-4-as-narrative-lead

An ARG that never happened
https://theresalwaysalighthouse.com/

Peripeteia
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1437760/Peripeteia/
My video on (the demo) https://youtu.be/inHrOcz9NYU

Corpus Edax
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2017610/CORPUS_EDAX/

VG247: Square Enix sold off Western studios due to concern of Japanese game sales being "cannibalised"
https://www.vg247.com/square-enix-explains-studios-sale#:~:text=Buy%20eShop%20codes-,Square%20Enix%20sold%20off%20Western%20studios%20due%20to%20concern%20of,sale%20of%20numerous%20Western%20studios.

NME: Embracer Group completes acquisition of ‘Tomb Raider’ and ‘Deus Ex’ studios
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/embracer-group-completes-acquisition-of-tomb-raider-and-deus-ex-studios-3298646

PC Gamer: Embracer Group wants to make a lot of Deus Ex and Tomb Raider
stuffhttps://www.pcgamer.com/embracer-group-wants-to-make-a-lot-of-deus-ex-and-tomb-raider-stuff/

Jason Schrier's Twitter (because Bloomberg has a paywall) In re old Eidos Montreal project being cancelled
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1587515910046220288

Gameindustry: East meets West: Yosuke Matsuda on growing Square Enix's global empire
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/east-meets-west-yosuke-matsuda-on-growing-square-enixs-global-empire

Gameindustry: Saudi Arabia acquires $1bn stake in Embracer Group
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia-acquires-usd1bn-stake-in-embracer-group#:~:text=Saudi%20Arabia%20has%20bought%20a,crown%20prince%20Mohammed%20bin%20Salman.

PC Gamer: Guardians of the Galaxy/Deus Ex prequel writer is BioWare's new senior narrative director
https://www.pcgamer.com/guardians-of-the-galaxydeus-ex-prequel-writer-is-biowares-new-senior-narrative-director/

JUDAS (Ken Levine's game)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/388860/Judas/

Neverlooted Dungeon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171980/Neverlooted_Dungeon/

Spectra
https://www.ellistucci.com/spectra
https://twitter.com/SpectraTheGame

SCP: Fragmented Minds
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184790/SCP_Fragmented_Minds/

Imprisoned Hyperion
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1617890/Imprisoned_Hyperion/

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:45 Full Releases
01:53 Abermore
04:27 Weird West
07:10 Ctrl Alt Ego
08:37 Promising Early Access Games
09:12 Blood West
11:16 Gloomwood
14:11 Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
16:04 Write-Offs
16:22 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
18:12 System Shock Remake
19:50 System Shock 3
20:35 ImSims to look forward to in 2023
20:50 Peripeteia
21:55 Corpus Edax
22:19 DEUS EX IS BACK BABY
24:22 JUDAS (That thin Ken Levine has been working on for nearly a decade)
25:22 Lightning round
26:30 It was a good year for Immersive Sims
27:45 Talking shop: I'm done playing the Algorithm game
33:57 Cat video. Frisk is a blanket lump

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