All articles tagged with #crisis mode
Helldivers 2, released on PS5 and PC, faces launch issues including matchmaking problems and crashes, prompting CEO Johan Pilestedt to address the situation on Discord and apologize for the issues. The developer is working on hotfixes to resolve the problems, with some players reporting positive experiences while others express frustration, leading to 48% negative reviews on Steam.
Hideo Kojima almost resigned from Konami after the September 11th terrorist attack impacted the release of Metal Gear Solid 2. The game required 300 revisions, leaving the team in "crisis mode". Kojima believed the game shouldn't be released at that time and had "no other choice but to take responsibility and resign from the company". However, he was persuaded to stay by Ken Kutaragi, then Sony Computer Entertainment president, and Kagemasa Kozuki, founder of Konami. The game's eventual release was postponed by a few weeks until November 2001.