Rockstar is the latest gaming company to deviate from its day-to-day routine in response to the coronavirus. The developer and publisher revealed its plans in a statement on Twitter, writing that it has now "implemented work from home policies across international offices and studios". It continues: "We are confident we have a robust system in place for our teams to continue their work with a minimum of disruption." Rockstar also ensures players that its online games will remain supported.
Right now it's tough to say exactly what kind of impact the coronavirus will have on things like game development, but obviously the longer that this pandemic continues, the more detrimental it will become. Game delays are looking like an inevitability if this keeps up, but that's not a big deal when people's lives are potentially at risk.
In any case, we expect more and more companies to follow Rockstar's lead in the very near future.
[source twitter.com]
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@Neolit I wonder if GTAV has any coronavirus role-playing servers where everyone just stays in their apartments.
It would certainly be interesting to know what proportion of their work need specialist equipment like PS4 development kits and the motion capture stuff. Some will just needs a mouse and keyboard so can be done just as easily on the laptop at home.
@Ryall I once got shouted at by a lecturer for daring to use a mouse while coding. Apparently a keyboard with shortcuts should be all you need if you aren’t a philistine like me 😂😂
@nessisonett 🤣 Maybe memorising all those keyboard shortcuts is the key to working efficiently and get home on time.
Rockstar could take a month off and gta5 would still be in the top 5 best selling games for the next year!
I've already put my horse in isolation at the Blackwater stables.
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