This is bad news...

Our community has now fully pulled out of Insurgency: Sandstorm and are building our own game. Download it here: store.steampowered.com/app/73...

[@munanchoinc]

I am completely heartbroken by this news. As a guy who sticked with Insurgency through thick and thin. Who played the original source mod up to Sandstorm. This is just sad.

[@DaZilka]

hello

[@BrumBrumBryn]

Same here. Insurgency got me into hardcore shooters. So sad to see it like this.

[@Jayalen]

Yo Munancho!

[@nguyencaotri3879]

This is capitalism

[@whizzlee73141]

@@nguyencaotri3879 in this generation... of sin

[@dracodragon105]

"to support continued development" isn't a consolation. It's a threat. "You will buy these if you want this game to keep existing" The moment I heard they cut the story mode it was clear they bit off more than they could chew. Im just glad we got a game of this quality for this style of play. Consol players got a taste of something fresh, and its going to have a lasting impact.

[@christmaslights9870]

For reals not even asking but condescendingly demanding while lying through their teeth about where it’s going is probably the stupidest thing you can do right now 😂 people are tired of getting f*cked over

[@zweihander7309]

There's nothing like this game on console, this is all a damn shame

[@RonaldRegain]

I guess Occupy Wall Street was right

[@ahrengroesch8774]

It's them letting you know that they would dump the game right now if they didn't think they could get more out of you with false promises.

[@ahrengroesch8774]

@@cococock2418 It's less resources than it took to make the game in the first place and can double revenue. Not every money play is a bad play. If there wasn't profit to be made we wouldn't have any video games above small passion project level. I'll never hate on ports. PC ports have given me games I would never have otherwise enjoyed.

[@jug01]

To the Insurgency Devs: Your skills can NEVER be taken away from you. Keep tech-savvy and relevant, do a great job, and you'll find a way to go on. The market didn't go anywhere. In fact, it's good to cut the umbilical cord to the sharks. It's a vast ocean, and the dangers are everywhere. But the freedom is what's in it for you. Go for it!!

[@jeffzkiller3590]

90% of the team from the original insurgency source mod / ins 2 / alpha ins sandstorm were laid off / left due to the decisions upper management made, it was a cash grab game from the start and the last update they did themselves was in 2021, everything after that was outsourced to european companies not affiliated with nwi

[@astinopolis8330]

1000% correct Jug.

[@DickShooter]

I knew when my gold goggles turned brown, some bullshit was going on. Glad I was suggested this video.

[@zeerocool]

This, 100%.

[@TacticalGamingNetwork]

indeed

[@asiangaming8409]

Remember when video games where just a bunch of nerds all working together to make a dope as story together and was actually a collective effort, good times.

[@rawpotatofella9654]

Err no. Crunch is endemic with video game development.

[@MrRyushinn]

Corporate and normies have destroyed every single hobby on this earth.

[@NoName......]

The ended during the ps3/xbox 360 era

[@THRAKORZOD]

You have no idea what you are talking about lmao

[@R3TR0J4N]

​@@MrRyushinntrue as soon as th game is marketed and viewed as a product for everyone instead of its target audience

[@TreeFPV]

Insurgency was amazing mix of tactical shooters and more casual arena shooters like cod. this trend of game dev teams being fired off by big company mergers is so sad.

[@zsideswapper6718]

CoD is not arena. Quake IS arena.

[@meyes1098]

This can be entirely blamed on sellouts... Whoever came up with the idea didn't NEED to go public, they didn't NEED to accept being bought out, they didn't NEED to give up their IP as well, but they did, because they also only cared about money.

[@justinsemple7454]

Corporate consolidation go brrrrrrrrrr

[@Rootiga]

People need to stop putting all the blame on these "big companies". Everyone forgets that 85% of the time, these studios sellout, not hostile takeovers. That means only 15% of the time a bigger company forcibly buys them out and makes changes. Embracers sale was an 85% deal and not a 15% hostile takeover... They brought this on themselves

[@FXIIBeaver]

This game died before then.

[@noTTep]

This is insane. Sandstorm is one of the best FPS experiences in last years. All of my folks on Playstation were extremely happy when they found this hidden gem and many console folks waited for native current gen version no less than all of us PC + Console players have been waiting for more updates, patches and even a sequel. There's a lot of tac and hardcore shooters but none does what Insurgency does best in it's own subgenre. Industry simply shouldn't lose such assets. I don't really know what to do. Of course I'll keep playing this game to dust but one day it's gonna be like "enough" because over the years you get full of same scenarios over and over again. Same with Titanfall that I used to play non-stop and now play occasionally and prolly one day I'll stop completely. I do understand the reasons and actually Embracer were one of a few big publishers that somehow managed to support medium and small studios without closing them and of course they face consequences. I only don't understand why didn't they sell the studio and franchise or at least let them go. IP eventually won't bring them much money yet they literally kill whole project. I hate the industry. Hands of big thieves are now reaching even medium-sized games and development. Soon we'll have only market-efficient Fortnite & CoD and all others can go to hell. What an awesome era...

[@kasupy_barrett85]

Kids eating Fortnite and Warzone tbh. It's hard for them to change. Same as those fans who buy new (updated) iPhones.

[@tylerbrown9797]

@@kasupy_barrett85 meh, its fine for niche games to be niche, the problem is when late stage capitalism "rationalizes" slash and burn tactics where anything niche is considered useless because it can't be made to grow at an absurd rate.

[@ResoluteDeicide]

What if I told you that nothing can save the gaming industry except for socializing it? Give all the important decision-making to those who actually WORK in the industry. Including who gets paid what. Because when workers have good wellbeing, their products ALSO have good wellbeing.

[@coldfries8976]

Who wants to jump into this mess the gaming industry has become? Game development is hard as is... but THIS makes it unbearable man. I feel bad for game developers man. This sucks.

[@Stigmezz]

cope

[@Rootiga]

As much as I love Insurgency and feel bad for the developers, studios are bringing this on themselves by selling themselves to larger companies. Hostile takeovers are extremely rare, and Embracers sale was not even a hostile takeover.

[@TheHuffur]

Agree, what did they expect? Im not involved in making games but even I have known for years and years and years that the moment a game studio gives up control to suits sitting in their ivory towers and the stock market, the priority changes from making good games to making good money at the expense of the making of games.

[@imacookie1217]

Hopefully the devs can bounce back from this and create a new game.

[@user-op5sx7bz2p]

Man this was the only game for console i actually really loved, it was a new experience for shooters on consoles. I play this game every week with my dad. I am mad af

[@Mawez199]

I play everyday on console also and love the game. Now I'll play more and cherish till they shit the game down

[@Notcomingbaxk]

​@@Mawez199same I'm going start playing more.

[@vfps4796]

At least there's offline mode, smh, long live Insurgency

[@DietDrDoge]

Of you and your father are able. Switch to PC. It's worth playing on there more.

[@JohnDoe69986]

You could try Hell Let Loose, or Arma Reforger.

[@GugureSux]

This is why you don't let your company become too big. Also a reason why games that embrace and encourage their communities last the longest. Modding support and private, dedicated server hosting out of the box used to be the norm from the late-1990s up until very recently. Now the big execs see such practices as "risks", because it means they might have to "compete" against their own past products. Yes, making a mega successful single release that would allow the devs to retire young is no longer desirable according the big AAA publishers. They just want people to buy more NEW products, not stick with OLD ones.

[@mobiusraptor7]

And yet when you point this out, they gaslight you with, "You're just getting old". No, modern games are really that bad.

[@edu7979]

@@mobiusraptor7Theres a reason people consistently return to black box era nfs games, i myself was born in 2007 and only started playing them since like 2021 and i still find myself coming back to tjem, tjeres a reason i avoid most new nfs games and its kinda the same issue as new cods theyre the same shit witj no innovation, nfs features downgraded handling with even more bugs (tje other day in unbound an ambulance flung at me despite bei g completely parked and stopped) and cod games are the same shit with decade old maps and the same gameplay, and in the case of mwII it was actually fucking downgraded

[@TacticalGamingNetwork]

facts

[@azwanajeeb2167]

😏Heh you can use EA for example from their peak where they glory age but today all they game full of micro transaction with overpriced virtual item even broke many of their game series just for profit.

[@GameBoyyearsago]

@@edu7979 Agreed Bro its nicr to see GEN Z like you love Black Box NFS : )

[@Average_M05_Enjoyer]

just subbed. hopefully the dev team of sandstorm keeps at it & produces more games that they enjoy playing.

[@bigbossnass9240]

God I really liked this game. I played the shit out of it. How many CoD games came out before they let you change the fucking firing rate on your gun? Like 10!? And they still don't have enough intelligence and awareness about how this shit actually works to know when you reload a neary ANY gun before shooting all the bullets in the mag, one stays in the chamber and you get an extra bullet along with a full mag. So many other little things that the devs at CoD are either too dumb to put in the game or think we are too dumb to know about. That's why I loved the detail of this game. I played it so much. I always knew it was the beginning of the end when the started putting ridiculously priced cosmetics in. But it's not the devs fault. I'll support them on whatever they do next.

[@deadnameisdead]

was a part of the competitive Insurgency Source community for 2 years and thanks for everybody who played in "thegym", the pug events and The DGL.... Everything comes to an end but thank you and everyone involved for the best time I had in competitive gaming ever

[@ivanonlyone7160]

But what about early Sandstorm? It was good

[@deadnameisdead]

@@ivanonlyone7160 I was only playing Competitively and they didnt done it good... Firefight was not on little battlefield maps more like cod4 promod maps... I played the other modes but they were boring for me. Also they didnt had any Firefight 5v5 playlist outside of ranked also nobody played ranked because casuals got the shit on for no reason.... The rest from the Competitive community that wanted to go into Sandstorm like me, said It doesnt feel as good as source from the movement and the maps so we passed. After the competitive community wrote a few teams to the devs, how to improve rank and the Firefight mode they didnt listen for months on end and I lost faith in them.

[@bogdangalatus7650]

One of the first build of sandstorm where rly stable and rly enjoined the game then, played 5v5 ranked all the time, even solo queue against a full squad, I was annoyed but sill had fun when beating the crap out of them, felt like an achievement. But with every update the game felt broken, joined the comp community in the mean time as well and that was it.

[@deadnameisdead]

@@bogdangalatus7650 yeah its weird that on my old setup I had higher fps on the beta then on full release, the other thing was for me a big bummer that there was only a 10v10 firefight but not like a 7v7 or smth

[@MrMCguy774]

I’m still on the discord. I remember old DGL games before sandstorm came out

[@DRGEngineer]

this is heartbreaking. Insurgency had so much life left in it. the content they released was so good, ive been playing this game with my friends for years and its hands down one of my favorite shooters ever. the game is pure gunporn too, there are few other games that simulare firearms so well. i just hope that the game doesnt totally die out because of the games studio getting sacked. i know it's coming but im still having so much fun with insurgency and its scary to think i might not be able to play it anymore

[@jeffzkiller3590]

no it didnt, it was at the end of its life cycle and dropping player numbers, it was a cash grab game.

[@joshrhodes6971]

@@jeffzkiller3590dogwater take, the game has an active playerbase.

[@imjeepssonse7en725]

it was not a cash grab a cash grab is something like new MW3

[@DRGEngineer]

@@jeffzkiller3590 the devs actually making the game clearly have alotta passion and love for what theyve made. the treatment of NWI employees is frankly disgusting and its not their fault they got fucked over by a buncha suits

[@DatHombre]

​@@jeffzkiller3590At least based on SteamCharts numbers, the avg player count really isn't that much different than it's ever been, at least nowhere near different enough to say that the player count shows that it's "at the end of its life cycle".

[@bobowontons2254]

This is a little heartbreaking. I recently just started playing Insurgency Sandstorm (purchased during Thanksgiving Fall Steam Sale) and I've had notbing but fun playing the different modes. Money sure does make higher-ups blind of the passion and love put into video games from devs and players combined.

[@spaman7716]

As someone who never got into Sandstorm but was a huge fan of Day of Infamy back in the day, I feel for y'all. Even though I can't get into, it looks like a really solid game with a dedicated fanbase, and unfortunately like most good things in this world it is being squeezed out for the sake of profit. I wish you all the best of luck and I sincerely hope this does not nail the coffin shut on this game like they did to Day of Infamy back then.

[@TacShooter]

Damn, this is one of my favorite games. So easy to get a quick action fix from this game. I hope some of New World Interactive will join Drakeling Labs.

[@genewellnapata445]

impossible you should know. If they have conscience or any basic respect to player. they can do it any sec last 5 years. No, this game is going to die, from one 3600+hours player.

[@KlutchDecals]

Insurgency is genuinely the most underrated shooter. As a huge firearm collector, its one of the VERY few games that feels like youre shooting. This news suckssss

[@NateJRSatt]

Fellow firearm collector here - and 100% agree.

[@Dezmont01]

try tarkov

[@oskaraper]

@@Dezmont01tarkov recoil is like you have baby hands hahaha

[@Dezmont01]

@@oskaraper yea but you can build cool guns

[@ls200076]

​@@Dezmont01 But the gunplay bro.

[@swbftor403]

Don’t worry too much, there’s a ton of indie companies and devs releasing games soon! My company alone has 2 super fun games coming out soon and we will not be selling to or be published by any company regardless of their offer. Also Drake is absolutely correct. I’ve conversed and worked with hundreds of developers, and most of the time the money ends up going right into peoples’ pockets. They don’t reinvest, and why would they? They’re trying to maximize profit not make a good game 😅 Meanwhile my studio is completely self funded and will stay that way until the release of our first game

[@ayaanshaikh6536]

I am content that i played this game a lot more these last few months, but at the same time heartbroken to see such a lovely game be lost due to greed, a game that i was hoping to introduce more of my friends to.

[@AleksWorkshop]

Insurgency was always my favourite game series. This is very sad news.

[@R3TR0J4N]

😢dude

[@Ram-wv8kb]

When you buy cosmetics, it dosen't mean they will expand the game. It just means they will create more cosmetics.

[@yahdood6015]

my lady and I have made some great memories in this game, what a massive bummer dude

[@gkky_]

This makes me so nostalgic, I tried to develop games from 2014 to 2018 and never made a single cent off of it, but this bullshit is actually making me wanna come back to it even if it takes me 10 years to develop something

[@Crazedgunman0]

To be honest, even if your development skills arent that outstanding, keep improving and try to develop that game the best you can.

[@minirampchronicles]

Damn, started playing the source mod in 2009 and followed since, it took me a long time to shift from 2014 to sandstorm (only last year) because i preferred 2014 but its finally switched. At least I got a great year and hopefully a few more good memories in before its dead

[@reetusbeetus]

Even if i don't play insurgency, i pay respects to this game and it's legacy. Rest in peace Insurgency: Sandstorm.

[@Flowfury98]

I really enjoyed playing insurgancy sandstorm and one of the things I hate was their lack of content but listening to what you’re explaining it makes sense now

[@ScraggyDogg]

This has gone on for years, well done, it needs saying. For a minute I thought there was a problem with Harsh doorstep. Thankfully not, all the best in the venture.

[@SneefyQuaffles]

Insurgency wasn't my favourite game but definitely unique, it did what the new modern warfares fail to do every year.

[@HeadPats4Peter]

micro transactions is why I prefer single player games(some I havent tried), examples: Death's Door, Celeste, Ori series, 20XX and 30XX(can be multiplayer), Assault Android Cactus(can be multiplayer), Gravity Circuit, Shantae, Freedom Planet (Sonic-like), Tunic(action-adventure with puzzles), OneShot, Toree, Archaeogem( only demo), Fowl Damage( only demo), Windswept (only demo), Pseudoregalia, Corn Kidz 64, Curse Crackers, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows and I wish more people were aware of the above and tried them out.

[@HeadPats4Peter]

more games: Penny's Big Breakaway, Spark the Electric Jester(Sonic-like), Stand-Alone(only demo), Dono's Tale(only demo), Faerie Afterlight(metro/castlevania), Ender Lilies(metro/castlevania), Afterimage(metro/castlevania), 9 Years of Shadows(metro/castlevania), Mariachi Legends(no demo), Hunt the Night

[@poopyfartboi]

Or buy an android and get to play all the old consoles you want 😉 (except xbox)

[@rocky-zx6kq]

Try l4d2, that old game is still alive and still fun

[@alface935]

Yume Nikki is good game too It is a Walking Simulator where You explores Dreams of Madotsuki (Character that You control in the game) and inside of thoses Dreams She can collect Effects to unlock new areas of the Dreams like for example using the Snow Woman which makes it Snow which can put out Fires and also Kitchen Knife which can open Holes to new areas of the Dreams

[@sharkk127]

Have you ever heard of the stalker games?

[@wishiwascooler]

sad to see this shit happen, been following Insurgency since the mod days. Glad to have you and your team out there in the industry BD

[@daddyspartanvr]

Heartbreaking to hear this. Recently went through something similar. Have a couple friends that were apart of Downpour Interactive (OnwardVR) and they were all replaced by Meta interns.

[@Astelch]

im honestly grateful for my favorite game: aoe2; to have inexpensive dlcs that actually help devs in producing more content and maintaining the game for us. Gaming industry have been set course towards this kind of behavior for the past decade. RIP to all the future young gamers

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

The resurgence aoe2 has had really is amazing. Always in the top 100 of concurrent players

[@Astelch]

@@EhEhEhEINSTEIN with monetization in every triple A game going back to the classics provides a better gaming experience than an ingame store that floods you to purchase whatever is in the shop.

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

They're only heading this direction because we the consumers supported them along the way. If we didn't accept bad business practices they wouldn't have the ability to continue doing it. So blaming the industry is kind of stupid as it only follows what is successful i.e. what the consumers have allowed. We need to take ownership over this fact and learn from our mistakes. The industry is water, and we are the concrete. Water will try to fill as many gaps as possible, because that's what water does. We can't blame water for being water.

[@Aerodos12]

Age of Empires 2? Definitely my favorite!

[@PsionicCavalier]

This is why the video game industry needs unions. The fact that producers and big groups abuse developers and their workers is fucking sickening.

[@yuval5628]

i'm pretty sure Valve is a co-op.

[@roskelld]

⁠@@yuval5628Valve isn’t a coop, it’s a private company. Meaning it has no external investment. AFAIK majority of ownership is between Mike and Gabe. The coop aspect you’re probably thinking of is their flat work structure (no managers or bosses) that’s not the same thing as legal company structure.

[@Luis519RS]

Why do you think they are doing the death of the American Animation Industry redux. They are shifting to countries they believe will take longer to get worker rights and fair wage deals.

[@monarchtherapsidsinostran9125]

Ah yes unions that will take your due and do nothing. Yes amazing.

[@Luis519RS]

Ah yes the guy that think Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc spends millions of dollars in union busting law firms because they do nothing...@@monarchtherapsidsinostran9125

[@ericcheng5496]

Sad to hear about that... Also unrelated but Teardown was also acquired by Saber Interactive some time ago(whose parent company is Embracer Group), which becomes quite concerning upon hearing this news.

[@thesneakyslothh5550]

Man thats such a bummer, i really love insurgency: sandstorm.. Its one of the best shooters of this decade imo, the gunplay, the sound and the graphics and map design is just perfect. Fun community as well.. Im gonna miss this, been a pleasure boys!

[@EliteEaterCRV]

Thank you for continuing to share your insights. Keep up the great work team on O.H.D!😁 These executives sound like a bank loan with different strings attached.

[@DCGMatthew1]

I wish I was upset but they haven't released any content in years. Everytime they have added something it was either horrible cosmetics, or community made content that they took months, sometimes years, to officially add to the game. I'm more upset Free Radical might get shutdown as well.

[@declanhewitt8992]

spent most of my life waiting on Timesplitters 4 after playing the original 3 ever since having a ps2 as a kid and the og xbox, hope this isn't the end of development of ts4 and someone picks it up

[@TomAnomalo]

Actually

[@thegeforce6625]

They also added new guns too.

[@Mr.LeoNov]

Well actually there's new 'Free for all' mode and new guns with one the best cosmetics in years sooo

[@DCGMatthew1]

@@Mr.LeoNov So a game mode most don't play, guns which I have used in mods before, and cosmetics which we're complaining about, and wouldn't surprise me if they were community made like many of the other ones... And that took them how long? I'll say they got faster at putting out new updates, although considering most times all they added was community made content that was already there...

[@northerntoe]

Hey man, welcome to 10 years ago. Glad that you’re finally here. Yeah it’s been that bad for a while.

[@AsianTaxiDriver62]

Dang, this is upsetting! I've (kind of embarrassingly) sunk over 1800 hours into this game. It's my favorite game overall. Thanks for that clarification on where that money goes after buying cosmetics. I always thought some of it did go to the devs. I'll keep that in mind moving forward.

[@just_ninja4464]

Execs don't need technical experience but they need understanding and they should create an environment that supports the devs in achieving the vision for the game. If they have no care about the experience the devs create for the customers, then the money is primary, and that would lead to a divided culture soon enough. The quality of the product will go down and create negative sentiment, smothering them in the long view. It never works out differently if they go that route. They may keep standing but with no soul.

[@Daniel__Nobre]

Execs don’t care. They answer only to investors. And their goal is to make as much profit as possible as quick as possible. They know it will most likely kill the company eventually, but they don’t care since they can just jump into the next thing. It’s a crazy world but we, the consumers, are no longer their customers. We are part of the product. The real clients are now the investment groups.

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

@@Daniel__Nobre That's just flat out wrong. Money doesn't grow on trees, it comes from people, from their labour. The industry is only as big and bloated as the consumers allow it to be. If a product doesn't sell well it is axed. Continually pushing out a bad product that doesn't sell will not make any money. It's ridiculous and completely out of touch to suggest otherwise.

[@Gherkins]

@@Daniel__Nobre”if the product is free, then you’re the product” is a pretty good quote to live by

[@just_ninja4464]

@@user-og6hl6lv7p I think Daniel was just stating the majority state of things. But it's ironically care and dedication then coupled with fair business prudence that leads to good products and loyal returning customers and long term return on investment. Customers will only be fooled so long. These types of execs will always chase fleeting external things. Look at e.g. Diablo 4, putting it on more platforms won't solve the problems caused by their lack of care. As usual the blame will go external from themselves, fire devs without checking if us execs had the vision, care and dedication that inspires them. Sad state of frantic, unhealthy insecurity when self worth is linnearly dependent on a fleeting bank account, comfort or status. I think most important is that we learn from it for once.

[@TSL73]

Wealth extraction is the only goal for corporations like Embracer. They don’t give a shit about anyone but the biggest shareholders on the board.

[@Alxanoo]

I loved insurgency. This is crazy

[@TheTacticalRedneckHD]

Damn, really sucks to hear this. Enjoyed working those guys through the years. To those devs who may see this, PLEASE DONT STOP. Push on and continue making great games!

[@Yookatz]

My favourite shooter, no other game has proven more to me how important is good sound in an FPS game. You should really try get these guys to work on sound editing for your game.

[@edwinbellamy2712]

try out hunt showdown if u love sound-based fps even tho it's not the same gendera at all

[@isaacmacqueen9695]

I just hope they keep the servers up this game is one of the best ever

[@bocikstudio]

This is soo true, also this need a global attention, becasue it's not just gamedev... it's everywhere: film industry, IT, etc

[@cjhackattack2375]

I am also seeing this in Teardown which had 2 free campaigns before being bought out by the group. And now has a paid campaign.

[@sim6446]

i've been a huge fan of insurgency since the mod it's pretty sad where it will go i hope the original insurgency devs make a new studio of their own again and create something in their vision

[@diogodd25]

I think it's important for us as gamers to have legal protection on this. They're making a broken promise. And if broken there should be legal action in my eyes. What are we doing now? Gambling on the possibility of the game getting better?

[@teaser6089]

They didn't break any legal promise, so no you cannot fight it.

[@diogodd25]

@@teaser6089 Makes sense. So they can do anything without repercussion!

[@doltBmB]

@@teaser6089 "if you buy this you will get better support" < a legal promise

[@SkolI.]

@@teaser6089 That could be seen as false advertisement, or at least a fraudulent claim. Saying your money is going to pay the development of the futur of the game to push you on buying something from them and not respecting their claims, repeating it on differents games, this might be illegal and seen as a scam.

[@bluesides8323]

New World Interactive has sacked their employees. However, the games development has been outsourced for years. There will still be atleast 3 more content updates with bug fixes and DLC included. Nothing has changed development wise.

[@BigSausageXXXL]

I hope you can persist and expand your team continuously, and actively keep the updates coming. I will continue making video introductions for OHD, aiming to transfer members from the Squad Chinese community. I see OHD as the hope for Squad veterans, and I also hope for Chinese language support to be implemented as soon as possible in the future.

[@Karti200]

At least there is still Insurgency (Source) game with Steam Workshop... because of Source, this game will stay alive thanks to dedicated and community servers

[@Mike91337]

Insurgency modern infantry combat... 2007ish if i remember. Maps like Sinjar, hilla, haditha, Baghdad. You guys changed shooters forever for the BETTER. My best wishes to those devs. You made one hell of a game ive enjoyed for over a decade.

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

nobody can convince me that the devil isn't alive and working through people. especially the stereotypical business exec

[@awakeandwatching953]

blackrock and vanguard agree

[@bankleaks1217]

Oh no, this is my fallback game always. 😢 it's so great I just can't get my friends into it. Best gunplay there is IMO. A treasure to the FPS genre. Nobody else covers this stuff.

[@BanditAviation]

I'm gonna start my own youtube videos for your games. Its gonna be great! I setup some of my Playlist for different Factions when I play different battles in Singleplayer. Once the update is released. No hurry bro.

[@pawel6789]

Damn this was my fav FPS genre by far. No FPS game is as intense as insurgency

[@TerminalPneuma]

Insurgency had so much extra potential, imagine how awesome it would have been with more guns, better AI and a lot of more maps. This was my first game with realistic night vision and I loved it, if it dies I will be very sad since I struggle finding tactical shooters that I like, specially on the damn Xbox.

[@bluesides8323]

There will still be 3 more updates because the development has been outsourced for years. I see no reason to not expect 2 weapons and 1 map for each update, just like how it's been for every previous update.

[@TerminalPneuma]

@@bluesides8323 I'm hoping to see those updates soon

[@XanderZ0ne]

This game by far had the best gun play and sound design I have played in recent years.

[@Pistolsatsean]

Until a certain update happened... Yep

[@occularmalice]

Wow that sucks. This is why I'm an indie dev and support indie devs. Big giant companies just gobble up studios and then just write them off like they're only numbers, not people.

[@DillonBradford7]

Same, fuck the corporate games industry.

[@NoName......]

Well, the studio behind IS was an indie developer.

[@al3xgameesonger710]

This is just the top of the iceberg .In my opinion I think you guys are more precious than any money and any development team that we know will make or is making something good to play.I wish if it was a company that is like an shelter for new games ,like some sort of comunity that will not give them this good games.I wish you to be that comunity that will save the game industry

[@jacovanvuuren8752]

Ask those dev friends to work on OHD now, Bluedrake 😄

[@aviator_1315]

The same situation is happening in automotive industry this is why there aren't any new good relaiable cars

[@perspicacity89]

Best take on the situation I've seen yet.

[@DAVE_WHITE]

I was a beta tester on the original insurgency when Jer was heading it up, and it was just a mod many years ago. Sad to see things go to this state...

[@maboilaurence8227]

Unpopular opinion but the studio behind Ins2 was long gone even when Sandstorm just came out. Sandstorm had horrible direction in its lifespan and lacked the original mod theme, you can really tell it was made by different people and, most importantly, a publisher which vastly influenced their decisions.

[@raidenshockX]

underrated comment. sandstorm does not reach close to source insurgency, the theme took a hard turn.

[@ethanesslinger9805]

The fact that they never even added private lobbies was fucking outrageous. Having to set up a whole ass server through steam just so me and one friend can play the vanilla game is something that should have never had to happen.

[@gigacream5830]

This type of bs in the game industry should honestly be illegal. The only company I think uses micro transaction money to use for game development is Crytek on Hunt Showdown. Ever since they started pumping out cosmetics, we have been getting a crap ton more content and bug fixed than we have before. Seasonal events, normal events, both with a battlepasses for skins, more weapons, bigger and better maps, more bosses, etc. I love Hunt. My all time favorite game. I just hope they don’t go down this route at some point.

[@looopamith9456]

I know its such a small detail but when they removed the blood sprays on the walls(im not a pyscho i promise) i knew that was very bad. Later it came out they did it to try and expand the game to new players. You need to keep the game the way it is and UPGRADE IT not degrade. Very sad

[@Slaughtermayne]

Thank you Mike and the rest of the original NWI dev team for years of great memories with Insurgency!

[@mamons_2339]

Mike voice will still lives on in the game. I hope he got good future.

[@HaloseBetaM14]

This is why the latest Battlefield game launched in an abismal state too. After the huge succes of BF3 they continued to sack senior devs to cut costs to the point that no one was left that understood Frostbite to a degree to make basic UI and quality of life features. Features thet were present and worked in the previous installment became buggy or non existent as if Dice forgot how to do them. The funny part is they did. Devs and documentation are the memory. Also bad management leads to bad documentation so the issues compound.

[@phee3D]

How on earth did i miss this, i was playing sandstorm just yesterday

[@insanejoker972]

over 1000 hours on insurgency sandstorm and this is how it ends. thank u for speaking on it

[@georgespaceagency9894]

NOOOOO!!! CURSE EMBRACER GROUP!!!!

[@Planet-Anime]

Drake, you're missing the positives here. There is now an ENTIRE STUDIO of people out there waiting to get hired that could work on your game. They are no longer in the grips of our corporate overlords... you are so close to creating the best tactical shooter.

[@bthegawd8113]

Unfortunately I don’t think he would be able to afford them since OHD is a free game.

[@davidalex0607]

Maybe they could try to develop another realistic shooter with a one time buy paid model with a bigger scope and overall better production

[@bthegawd8113]

@@davidalex0607 if bluedrake can really polish OHD to the point where it puts paid games to shame then I think he and his team will be ready to take on bigger projects.

[@rosaria8384]

Now that you mention it, yep, these developers that have been laid off, now have an opportunity to join BD42 and be free from corporate slavery.

[@justinball2250]

I feel like the best business model for games of the future is some sort of direct subscription (yearly?) wherein the game continues to be developed, improved and supported, as opposed to a nominal $60 buy in and then routine “content updates”.

[@TheBeardedBrawler]

bluedrake, this is why I think it is important OHD also has non-vehicle infantry based games features and modes. You will capture the players of games like Insurgency once that game is no longer playable.

[@RickMiMann415]

Insurgency Sandstorm is thee best fps on the market.

[@phee3D]

I hope the devs come together and make a new independent studio, free of any corporate owners.

[@JigsawLV]

aw man, I just came back to it like 2 days ago because I enjoy just blasting away 20-40 minutes in co-op matches in it. I guess I will have to play more while it still exists

[@lucid5183]

Opperation Harsh Doorstop is actually class, I would say, could you add more teamwork based stuff and rework the movement and AI? Also, I haven't seen any vehicles in the game, could just be the servers I join but ye. Keep up the great work! Can't wait to see where you go with it!

[@saxo9266]

This is the best realistic shooter i ever played. Sad to see it go

[@AWildCooki]

UPDATE: Saber Interactive has provided Insider Gaming with the following statement on the news that New World Interactive is being shut down. “Saber can confirm there have been restructuring changes involving our New World Interactive subsidiary. This reorganization has unfortunately resulted in layoffs at the studio. We are working to fill existing open roles within Saber with individuals affected by these changes wherever feasible and we will be providing severance packages to those employees impacted. “Development will continue on Insurgency: Sandstorm, as well as unannounced future projects.”

[@IndraNovian-ez3wl]

drake your statement about think something bad is about to happen is really scary stuff when many of my thought is kinda fill with bad situation

[@MrMetalhead6]

Damn. Had so much fun with friends playing Insurgency Sandstorm. Rip.

[@grumpyfinn]

this is what you get in a world full of people with business degrees and not technical degrees....

[@goosejuice8057]

that's what capitalism ultimately rewards. it definitely doesn't benefit the people who do actual work.

[@taiwandxt6493]

Capitalism at its finest.

[@chasedeblois6699]

​@@goosejuice8057these devs made their bed when they went to work for a company they had no control over. If you want security you have to be independent

[@NoName......]

Oh wow, it's almost like the economic system rewards this kind of behavior

[@OGPatriot03]

@@NoName...... You guys blame "capitalism" and the "economic system" but it's the consumer's fault. All of you dictate how this works, stop supporting bad products.

[@ResoluteDeicide]

If only NWI was a worker Cooperative from the beginning, the game would be better, and the people who MAKE the game would be doing well for themelves! It's all about the means of production and who controls them. Who should make your games? The developers, or some ritch guy just looking to get even MORE ritch?

[@unknown14191]

Welcome to capitalism, where investors/shareholders control everything. In the past these people are ok with stable growth and letting companies really run everything. Since 2000s(or maybe 1990s) somehow, somewhere someone came up with an idea that a good portfolio is one that requires their investment to make X% profit from within Y timeframe and it is always better to take over and throw all the values of the entity/company they are investing in to maximise and hit/go over that X%.

[@liamobrien9451]

This sounds like satire

[@bummer7736]

@@liamobrien9451 what exactly about it sounds like satire?

[@ResoluteDeicide]

@@liamobrien9451 What's satire is someone who thinks this should be normal. What's satire is that people think it's fine to hand over every product to some parasitic profiteer who doesn't even PRETEND to know the first thing about their product. You LIVE in a world of satire.

[@ResoluteDeicide]

@@unknown14191 Agreed. However, this has been going on a LOT longer than the 1990s. Why do you think the great depression happened? It's the same story there. Just profiteers butchering every industry til it all starts to collapse, and the government is always left to pick up the pieces AND take the blame.

[@Espere]

Nice job at 9:51, very well played

[@SU-57_PAK-FA]

10:22 his m16 sights just said "nah im tired of this" lmfao

[@Panos_986]

This is the reason why I love this channel it only speaks facts and this is true I learnt this a long time ago but no one cared really happy someone said it into a popular youtube channel to spread the word.

[@TottiRoblox]

Should we raise money to buy the game for our self? Wdyt?

[@grantcooper1140]

I mean... the studio sold its equity in the first place

[@punishedkid]

20:34 "This same exact thing is happening again right now to... *other games in the industry."* Very subtle delivery.

[@sparkz6955]

Noooooooooo. but atleast the memories were good! 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@KiloKaizer]

Examples of how games are getting and yet to get ruined ahead 😓

[@kinovolt01]

This is extremely sad. Insurgency/Insurgency Sandstorm has been one of my favorite games since I got into PC gaming back in 2016. It was actually the entire reason I got into pc gaming and tactical shooters in the first place. I am livid.

[@D3DN1T3]

Embracer is the same company that owned and sacked Volition (dev studio behind Saints Row). Wonder what else they own...

[@bicipapi69]

I’m a business consultant and what you described is 100% accurate for M&A, as a gamer it breaks my heart to see how misaligned the incentives with publishers/investment funds and developers are. This is when the “free” markets of gaming reveal rampant corporativism DOES NOT regulate itself.

[@NoName......]

Let me make something clear, these publishers NEVER cared about the art, NEVER. All they cared about was how much money they could make. Nothing really changed. They just realized how to make more money

[@justryan6480]

Played every Insurgency game, had a lot of fun. Sandstorm didn't give me that "feel" that Insurgency 2014 gave me, so i was on and off but have still put in a good amount of hours. The new dev team wasn't the greatest, it all went down hill when Mikey left imho. But im still pretty sad to hear about this shut down. Hopefully someone can pull an 83' with Sandstorm and get the license

[@YthsiksMc]

This is so sad. I just started playing insurgency a couple months ago and if it already goes down i don't know what game I would play

[@CookieRevenge]

I know why i started disliking the game, when i saw the direction it was going regarding skins and all that colorful, less realistic bullshit. I can imagine these things were brought up mostly through the publishers greed.

[@topaziscringeverycringe8532]

Damm. This game had some potential. Not anymore.