GameMill Appreciation Thread

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I decided it is time to make a thread on this legendary company that brought us unforgettable games over the years, makes the best use of licensed IPs and usually works with cheap South American studios: GameMill
On 2003 they brought us of the most well received games of all time, and on its 20 year anniversary they just decided to repeat this feat with a licensed IP:
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A lot of people know of them because of the crossovers they licensed on recent years:
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Hilarious enough I took interest on them after seeing how often they work with South American Studios, the already mentioned Rise of Kong came from a Chilean Studio for example.
There was 2 Cobra Kai Beat 'em ups that were made by a controversial Brazilian studio named Flux Games.
A GI Joe game made in collaboration with another infamous Brazilian studio ( Void Studios from Eternity The Last Unicorn) and the same Chilean studio from Rise of Kong (IguanaBee):
There was also an Avatar game made in collaboration Void Studios and a Peruvian studio (Bamtang Games)
Bamtang is also responsible for the previously mentioned Dreamworks kart game and 3 Nickelodeon ones:
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To shake things up there was a Nerf game made by a Romanian Studio (Fun Labs) that was dead on arrival:
Their next big game, that comes tomorrow, is The Walking Dead Destinies made by Flux Games from Cobra Kai fame, the game is likely using leftover assets from the cancelled Overkill Walking Dead game from 2018 since Flux Games worked with them back on the day:
 
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Sparky Lurker said:
the game is likely using leftover assets from the cancelled Overkill Walking Dead game from 2018 since Flux Games worked with them back on the day:
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Can't make this shit up :story:

I wouldn't technically call Overkill's The Walking Dead (this is its official name) a "cancelled" game, the game did fully release for PC, was a commercial and critical shitshow, and its services and development on its planned console ports ended only less than 3 months after it released, like that crappy DC MOBA cashgrab that ceased development and got its servers shut down after like 5 months or so, cases like this is less of a cancellation, and more of an abortion.
 
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I thought Big Rigs was made by Ukranian or Russian developers. I remember seeing explicitly Slavic names in the credits, not Hispanic ones. One of the same devs tried to make a shitty Day Z clone in 2014 and got called out for it back then too.
 
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I thought Big Rigs was made by Ukranian or Russian developers. I remember seeing explicitly Slavic names in the credits, not Hispanic ones.
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Yes it is, but nowadays GameMill works mostly with latino companies, exceptions being:
Nerf Legends = Romenia
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers and Lady Bug = France
Nick All Stars Battle Royale = Sweden
Street Outlaws = Netherlands
Zombieland: Double Tap = The Conduit guys.

The few good games they published were Cruis'n Blast, a port from an arcade game, and Goosebumps from Way Forward.
 
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Dreamworks Troll Remix Rescue, released this year, also from a Brazilian studio (Petit Fabrik)
The game feels like a DLC skin pack from Kukoos, a game from the same studio released a year ago:
 
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This isn't the nerd thread, but as good as that video was I can't help but feel that was when AVGN jumped the shark. It's one thing to dress like this for a bit, but that was also when he got those tattoos, too. Now, normally the nerd wears a long sleeved shirt, so this wouldn't be an issue, but for some reason shortly afterwards he decided to go with short sleeve one that shows a part of the tattoos. This breaks the nerd character for me since these aren't even bing bing wahoo nerdy ones, the character would never get them.
Since James didn't bother covering up his arms for the videos, that's when I think he stopped caring about the series and only started doing it for a paycheck. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this video was the first time those tattoos were visible, that's why I distinctly remember that video so well.
 
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This isn't the nerd thread, but as good as that video was I can't help but feel that was when AVGN jumped the shark. It's one thing to dress like this for a bit, but that was also when he got those tattoos, too. Now, normally the nerd wears a long sleeved shirt, so this wouldn't be an issue, but for some reason shortly afterwards he decided to go with short sleeve one that shows a part of the tattoos. This breaks the nerd character for me since these aren't even bing bing wahoo nerdy ones, the character would never get them.
Since James didn't bother covering up his arms for the videos, that's when I think he stopped caring about the series and only started doing it for a paycheck. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this video was the first time those tattoos were visible, that's why I distinctly remember that video so well.
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Personally, I think that was after the AVGN movie, which I recall being around the same time, so I think you're right. I mean the dude's 40+ now and has a wife and kids to take care of. There's bigger things to worry about than vidya and the quality of your show, especially when it has been going on for so long, that you probably don't really care about it thay much and you aren't even playing games you played in your childhood and have personal attachments to.

I can understand the sentiment and agree with it for the most part, but I don't entirely blame James for the quality of the show going down. At least he hasn't injected retarded politics into it, which is the least anyone can ask for. I can't tell you how many game reviewers/LPers from yestryear aren now just shitlib or cuckservative pundits trying to chase clout in their fucking 40s instead of trying to be decent parents and spouses.
 
Lest we forget they developed Midnight Race Club (completely unrelated to R*'s Midnight Club games) which is exactly the same as Big Rigs
 
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