Playing Hard (2018)

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<i>What happens when we die?
What will we leave behind?</i>

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<i>Immortality comes when...</i>

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<i>you give your people something</i>

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<i>that they needed</i>

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<i>that they didn't have,</i>

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<i>and that they can keep</i>

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<i>when you are gone.</i>

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<i>That is how you...</i>

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<i>How you survive your own death.</i>

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<i>So you want to be a knight, eh?</i>

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<i>You've lived your whole life
inside these castle walls, yeah?</i>

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<i>Run up here safe.</i>

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<i>And now you come to me</i>

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<i>and say that you want to pick up
a weapon and defend your people?</i>

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<i>Do you know what's out there?</i>

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<i>Wastelands, poisoned lakes,
starving barbarians.</i>

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<i>We are going to ride out
and retake those lands.</i>

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<i>Yes. Those lands were ours,</i>

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<i>and they will be ours again.</i>

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<i>But if you are going
to pick up a sword,</i>

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<i>remember that it will be
for the rest of your life.</i>

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<i>We have endless enemies
to fight.</i>

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<i>We are far fewer
than we used to be,</i>

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<i>but these are our lands.</i>

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So, pick up your sword,

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learn to use it,
and ride out with us.

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<i>But don't expect to ride back.</i>

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You'll always be a warrior,
if you start down that road.

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<i>But for those who live:</i>

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Gold, plunder, power, glory.

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So, are you with me?

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Well, then come aboard.

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The reality of the
video game - industry today is,

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It's a savage industry where
only three percent of all games

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earn 97 percent
of the total profits.

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In all creative processes

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they say,
"Oh, it's normal to fail.

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We have fail camps and
we laugh about our failures."

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But when you're living it...

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...it's a bit less fun,

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especially when you just burned
through ten million dollars.

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It was two years of my life
we were working

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on something magical

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until we realized we weren't
going in the right direction.

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This is Yannis Mallat,
the CEO

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of the Toronto, Montreal,
and Quebec City studios.

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Does he want us
to get back on track?

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Maybe he's telling himself,

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this was expensive enough,

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"You should go work
on an existing brand."

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I convinced him to give
my team six months

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to come up with a new proposal.

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And after six months,
they would decide

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if they pulled the plug

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or continue to invest.

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I was looking
for a Creative Director

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that had a game in him.

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This guy arrived
at the second meeting

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with a wooden sword
he made when he was 14.

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When I
started this project,

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I was half convinced
that I was crazy.

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I pitched this protect
for ten years,

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and every single person that
I pitched it to had said no.

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They'd said no.

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"It's not interesting, it's not
going to work, I don't get it,

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it's not cool." I was starting
to think I was crazy.

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I've known the pain of

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having something not work out,

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and I've been fool enough
to try again.

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Stéphane, our producer.

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Our pitch will be in a mix
of English and French,

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because, in order to get
a good pitch from Jason,

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we need English.

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I could do
my pitch in French, but...

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make no sense
at all. It would...

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So, I've had a game in my head
for about 12 years now.

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I actually wanted to play
this game

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for much longer than that,

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but the industry just kept
not making it. Right?

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I would go to the store
every year, and it wasn't there.

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And now I download,
and I'm like,

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"Where is it?
It hasn't arrived."

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So, that's this game.
Okay? This game is that.

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When our player

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was, you know,
eight years old or so, right?

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He or she was in the backyard

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and found a stick and...

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And he could do it.

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Couldn't put a ball
through a hoop, right?

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Couldn't write his own name in his
handwriting - very well, right?

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But... Cuk! Cuk! Cuk!

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"All right, man!"

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So, he did what any reasonable
eight-year-old would do,

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is he went and found his brother

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and beat the shit out of him
with it. Right?

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Right?

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Later, in high school,

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picks up a baseball bat.

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Something moves.

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What is that? Like...

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That's a little scary.

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It's like...
What is that thing? Hmm!

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But, wow!

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Hmm...

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So, he puts it down and says,

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"Fuck that, I am going
to go play video games."

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It's interesting
to link our three cultures

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with musical genres.

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We're bringing the Super Bowl,

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like, mood and adrenaline...

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Heavy metal fits
with the Vikings.

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Rap is interesting
for the knights.

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It's like
monster truck meets UFC.

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It's loud, it's dangerous,

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it's full of dust,
it's full of blood.

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Knight,
Viking, or Samurai.

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What kind of person are you?

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What would you fight for?

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Here we go!

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Pam, 360, let's go.

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360, Nick, Olivier.

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First of all,

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we wanted to solidify
the nucleus of the game,

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which is the fight mechanics.

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It's our biggest risk,

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and the heart
and soul of this game,

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and the business model
of this game.

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We convinced the
company that we had an idea

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about melee sword fighting

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that was a completely new way
to play these games,

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was a real breakthrough
in game play.

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Instead of
the traditional approach

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where we expect you
to memorize combinations,

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the Art of Battle
puts your attention

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on your enemy's weapon

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as the most important thing
that matters.

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And not just on
the weapon itself,

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but on that weapon's position
in space.

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Yannis was here to just see
the production.

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The good news is,

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he really asked to see<i> Hero.</i>

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He was looking at it and...

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We sold the meeting.
He went out happy.

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That said, it doesn't bring
anything new to the project.

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It was more a recognition tour.

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With innovation comes risk.

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The more innovation,
the greater the risk.

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And the greater the risk,

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the more likely it is
to collapse.

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Because there are too many
forces pushing against

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what the team wants to do,

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whether it's the pressure
to attract talent and resources,

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or it's doubt

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because your competition
is doing something that works.

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One thing I will do very often

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is update you on what's
happening on the marketing side.

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I know we're not yet ready to go
out and say, "Hey, we exist."

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But in two weeks from now,

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we're going to have people
from Europe and San Francisco,

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marketing people from Operational
Marketing - will come here.

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We're going to present them
the game. They'll come and play.

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We started with Jason's

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pure vision, a blank slate,

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we don't have a name, or a logo,
or a cover for the box.

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We don't have a trailer.
Nothing exists.

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Everything needs to be created.

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When you introduce a new brand,

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we want to make sure
that we start with a message

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that can be understood
and resonate

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into as many players
as possible.

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Blade Masters, Blade Assault,

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Warriors of Honor,
Eternal Honor,

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Blade Warfare, Blade Assault.

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I talked with Creative Services

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in San Francisco. This is what
they came up with.

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Force of Arms, Wrath of

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the Warriors, Storm of Steel,

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Blade Rivals, Burden of Steel,
Bloodsport...

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We want to capture
the universal feeling

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of the heroic moment,

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the universal feeling

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of what it's like to be
a warrior on a battlefield.

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There! Yes!

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The knight fantasy
of being a protector, right,

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has always really hit me hard.

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My mom was a big Rodgers
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Musicals, right?

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And her favorite musical
was<i> Camelot.</i>

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And so I grew up
watching Lancelot

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singing about, you know,
being a valorous knight,

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and that whole thing was sort
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you know, with this fantasy.

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If you were really in trouble,
we were like...

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You would try to... You would
try to follow it, right?

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I think fantasy is a...

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It's full of lessons

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about what can be
and who we are.

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My dad was a collector
of religions.

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Uh, by the time I was 14,

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I had been, I think,
seven different things.

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We had been, you know,
Christian, Buddhist, atheist,

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this one agnostic thing.

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We had done pagan stuff.
We had done everything.

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Zen, he was into meditation.
He did...

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He was member of a cult,
he was...

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He did... A religion
of the month club, man.

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Watching shows or, you know...

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I'm always watching them
with a purpose.

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What's the statement
that's being made here?

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I take in entertainment
like it was a philosophy,

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like it was
a statement of philosophy.

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Yeah, this one.

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Okay, girls, you're
going to have to hurry up

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because Delphine, you forgot
your gymnastics leotard

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at Mom's house.

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So now we've got to go by
Mom's place to get it.

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This is a disaster.

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So I'm just going to eat supper
at seven o'clock when I arrive.

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Come here.

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Well, when you start the game,

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you can choose either a normal
world or a magical world,

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and you can have bad guys,
like monsters.

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Before you're born,
you choose a power.

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That's cool.

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And you can be
a dragon trainer,

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or the queen or king.

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The world that you created
is a very expensive world.

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You wouldn't want to make it
a bit cheaper?

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Dad, your game isn't cheap, so
my game won't be cheap either.

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All right!

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Yeah!

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Welcome to Hall of Heroes, where the
tournament is - taking place right now.

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There's no game on the market
- like the one we're producing.

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We had to find a way to not
look too far ahead,

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but be sure that we were moving
full-speed ahead.

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We started integrating
game sessions

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into our development process.

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Back! Back! Back!

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Every milestone
is one of these, right?

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Where everyone gets together
on the team, and we make teams,

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and we just beat the holy hell
out of each other, right?

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We have a great time doing it.

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I'm here with Jason
"The Dark Lord" VandenBerghe.

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I want to get your impressions.
That was madness!

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The competition
forces us to engage

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with the game 100 percent,

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and what happens is,
we find all the bugs,

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we find out what's wrong,

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we find out
if it's unfair, right?

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Oh, he just took
the tower, guys!

251
00:14:57,772 --> 00:15:00,315
Because after a
tournament like this,

252
00:15:00,316 --> 00:15:02,317
the teams that lost,
they're going to be...

253
00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:04,862
They're going to say, if there
was a reason that they lost,

254
00:15:04,863 --> 00:15:06,613
if the game was unfair,
they're going to say,

255
00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:08,741
"Well, it was unfair for
this reason and this reason."

256
00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:15,455
Ha! Ha! Ha! The Dark Lord!

257
00:15:15,456 --> 00:15:17,457
There's no disadvantage
to playing against Yannis,

258
00:15:17,458 --> 00:15:20,586
because you get to kill him
a lot of times. It's really...

259
00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:22,921
That's super fun. Bang!

260
00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:26,633
Bang! Bang! Down you go!

261
00:15:26,634 --> 00:15:28,678
The pressure comes from always

262
00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:30,763
fighting for survival

263
00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:34,974
and in convincing management
that the money invested here

264
00:15:34,975 --> 00:15:38,019
is well-spent because
of the project's potential,

265
00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:41,273
rather than
on an existing brand.

266
00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:44,484
How many times do I
need to remind you of this rule:

267
00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:47,279
In show business, you need to be
good when it counts.

268
00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,782
Okay! That is true.

269
00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:52,492
And I'll tell you when that is.
Oh, when that is! Okay, good.

270
00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:54,160
That's when I win!

271
00:15:54,161 --> 00:15:55,662
That's when you win.
That's when it counts.

272
00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:57,247
I do combative sports.

273
00:15:57,248 --> 00:15:59,541
Sometimes I take hits,
sometimes I hit back.

274
00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:02,753
I know that fear, concern,
thrill, intensity comes with it.

275
00:16:02,754 --> 00:16:07,591
You get that intensity
playing<i> Hero.</i>

276
00:16:07,592 --> 00:16:09,968
Perfect, perfect!
Bring me the Dark Lord! Shit!

277
00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,034
Before, management would cancel

278
00:16:12,035 --> 00:16:14,139
one out of every three meetings.

279
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,641
"Oh, there's another emergency."

280
00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:17,350
We have a project
in early development.

281
00:16:17,351 --> 00:16:19,812
There's always a daily emergency
that takes precedence.

282
00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:24,817
Now management is on my floor
the day before

283
00:16:24,818 --> 00:16:27,486
to practice
because they're all very proud

284
00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:28,946
and they don't want
to get beaten

285
00:16:28,947 --> 00:16:31,406
on the day of the tournament.

286
00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:34,033
So I have a buy-in
from the team,

287
00:16:34,034 --> 00:16:36,955
but I also have a buy-in
from management.

288
00:16:49,216 --> 00:16:52,010
Sonic and Moonwreck, the two
- team captains, dueling here.

289
00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,471
Sonic doing a great job
with the guard breaks,

290
00:16:54,472 --> 00:16:56,723
placing those attacks
really, really well.

291
00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:58,976
Moonwreck gets
a strong attack in.

292
00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:01,436
This is still anyone's game.
Moonwreck takes him down.

293
00:17:01,437 --> 00:17:04,648
I can't take this shit.
It's too much.

294
00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:06,065
Now the knights are back
in sudden death.

295
00:17:06,066 --> 00:17:07,526
They're down two guys!

296
00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:15,200
That's a good decision. I can't
blame them for doing that.

297
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,536
You don't want to be caught
two-on-one in this game.

298
00:17:17,537 --> 00:17:21,415
It's a great way to get a sword
in your back and to be dead.

299
00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:27,629
I got an
education about bullies,

300
00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:30,257
you know, for the first 20 years
of my life.

301
00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,760
In school and being young,

302
00:17:33,761 --> 00:17:38,807
I was constantly being attacked.

303
00:17:38,808 --> 00:17:43,354
I was never safe. Never safe.
Because I wouldn't fight back.

304
00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:49,150
All you needed to do is say
one thing to me, man,

305
00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:51,945
and I would break down crying,
I'd get mad,

306
00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:55,867
I'd freak out, I would give
you these huge reactions.

307
00:17:57,493 --> 00:18:00,245
I get hurt really, really easy.

308
00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,955
And that's on me.

309
00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:05,042
That's not the world
constantly hurting me, right?

310
00:18:05,043 --> 00:18:09,630
That's...
I'm really, really sensitive.

311
00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:12,465
So...

312
00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:15,677
I'm going to get hurt.
It's just going to happen.

313
00:18:15,678 --> 00:18:17,471
There's no avoiding it.

314
00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:21,641
If you're someone who is afraid

315
00:18:21,642 --> 00:18:23,476
that something bad's
going to happen,

316
00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:27,856
then understanding the
consequences of violent action

317
00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:30,860
can help you with that feeling.

318
00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:35,948
I think that anyone

319
00:18:35,949 --> 00:18:38,659
who is interested
in how the world works

320
00:18:39,869 --> 00:18:42,161
will also be interested
in violence,

321
00:18:42,162 --> 00:18:44,958
because violence is the natural
consequence of conflict.

322
00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:48,209
And I can be fascinated by that

323
00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:50,253
and not need to express it
at all.

324
00:18:50,254 --> 00:18:52,338
I have no need...
I'm not a violent person.

325
00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:55,050
I am very peaceful, in fact.

326
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,308
"...never had to fight,

327
00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,519
never had to go to war,
rise against men.

328
00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,856
The man grabs the sword,
and he scans all the details.

329
00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:12,358
We cut to a first-person view
of the knight running

330
00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,193
towards a group
of imposing Vikings.

331
00:19:14,194 --> 00:19:17,530
This is the moment that we
realize how scary it can be

332
00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:20,826
to be on a battlefield facing
such a strong enemy."

333
00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:22,786
Are you okay?

334
00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,393
The story,
I've always wondered

335
00:19:24,394 --> 00:19:26,039
what it would be like.

336
00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:30,209
I never had to, and I always
wondered if I could. That's...

337
00:19:30,210 --> 00:19:33,338
You, uh...

338
00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,381
You put your finger
on something.

339
00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:37,342
We've still got to go pitch it.

340
00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:41,304
And one of the main issues
for us is,

341
00:19:41,305 --> 00:19:43,431
"What are we presenting?"

342
00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:46,101
"Close up on the sword.
Script. Plunge into the ground.

343
00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:47,978
The hand of
a man grabs it firmly

344
00:19:47,979 --> 00:19:50,022
and pulls it out. Behind him,

345
00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:52,273
other soldiers
are following his steps."

346
00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:54,818
I think we'll have to
announce - the game this year.

347
00:19:54,819 --> 00:19:57,487
The real tragedy now

348
00:19:57,488 --> 00:20:02,993
would be if another big project
announced a similar game.

349
00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:08,456
This combat system,
this lock-on-fight dual stance.

350
00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:12,377
We didn't invent this,
we discovered this, right?

351
00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,462
The worst thing
that could happen would be

352
00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:16,841
that if somebody else has been
working on it, too.

353
00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:30,269
We have this big meeting where,
like, me and Steph and Luc,

354
00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:32,564
all the sort of core leads
of the team,

355
00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,858
we all go to Paris to meet at HQ

356
00:20:34,859 --> 00:20:37,069
with Yves Guillemot and
with the editorial group there.

357
00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:39,029
So we get together,

358
00:20:39,030 --> 00:20:40,906
we show what we're doing,
and then we talk about

359
00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:43,076
what we'd like to do.
What our plans are.

360
00:20:48,497 --> 00:20:50,498
They said, "Actually,
you know what, you guys?

361
00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:53,919
We think you should go for it,
for the full box game.

362
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,337
The big one."

363
00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:02,052
The answer is, "Yes, good.

364
00:21:02,053 --> 00:21:04,137
Your current plan
is good, right?

365
00:21:04,138 --> 00:21:07,557
And we'll give you this much
more. Here, take this money."

366
00:21:07,558 --> 00:21:13,689
And inside I'm like,
"Yes. Oh, my God. Just like..."

367
00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:16,858
All right!

368
00:21:16,859 --> 00:21:21,029
Congratulation <i>Hero</i> team
on your fucking FPP.

369
00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:24,824
Really well done!

370
00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:27,994
It's going to get hot and heavy.
For the next year or so,

371
00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:30,705
the people that you are partying
with right now

372
00:21:30,706 --> 00:21:32,624
and that you're talking with
right now,

373
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,127
you're going to see
a lot of these faces.

374
00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:37,879
And remember,
we're in this together,

375
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,215
we're going to do
a great fucking job.

376
00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:42,175
The game is amazing.
You guys are amazing,

377
00:21:42,176 --> 00:21:45,971
and I'm proud to work with
you all. Thank you very much.

378
00:22:27,305 --> 00:22:30,723
We have a system,
a technology that we call...

379
00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:33,768
No. We don't name it.
We don't talk about that. Okay.

380
00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:36,062
I think our biggest challenge
is to say, "Hey, guys!

381
00:22:36,063 --> 00:22:37,605
We are here. We exist."

382
00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:39,232
You saw it
with the trailer, right?

383
00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:42,652
You see it when you play
with the action.

384
00:22:42,653 --> 00:22:44,737
Knight, Viking,
Samurai, what's the deal?

385
00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:46,781
It's about you.
It's about what do you value?

386
00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:48,950
What kind of warrior
is inside of you?

387
00:22:48,951 --> 00:22:50,576
<i>One of the
biggest announcements</i>

388
00:22:50,577 --> 00:22:52,578
<i>at today's the Ubisoft
press conference</i>

389
00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:54,497
<i>is one of the big new games
that was revealed this year.</i>

390
00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:56,415
<i>There is melee combat,</i>

391
00:22:56,416 --> 00:22:58,501
but this is a different style
of melee, isn't it?

392
00:22:58,502 --> 00:23:00,419
Yes, it is.
We call it the Art of Battle.

393
00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:02,421
Instead of it happening here
in your head,

394
00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:04,216
you're not thinking about it
intellectually.

395
00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:05,842
It happens down here,
in the lizard brain.

396
00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:07,886
There was a big surprise
delivered by this man.

397
00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:09,762
Surprise!
Surprise!

398
00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:12,057
When people start playing,
they immediately start...

399
00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:14,767
Ooh!
Yeah.

400
00:23:14,768 --> 00:23:17,979
It's a new system, so give
yourself a couple of minutes.

401
00:23:17,980 --> 00:23:21,066
But once you get it,
that's where the fun will peak.

402
00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:23,484
It's you and me,
we're going to decide this.

403
00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:26,738
<i>Two great warriors slashing
in the battlefield.</i>

404
00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:29,574
For a decade, I was like, "We should make
this game, - we should make this game."

405
00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:32,035
And the answer was,
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

406
00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:34,204
No, we don't make
that kind of game. No, no."

407
00:23:34,205 --> 00:23:37,123
<i>Today we came here
with a world dominion mode.</i>

408
00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:39,918
We have split-screen,
different multiplayer modes.

409
00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:45,215
Jason VandenBerghe.

410
00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:47,800
Why is it called<i> For Honor?</i>

411
00:23:47,801 --> 00:23:50,011
The title is kind
of a question, right?

412
00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:52,972
What do you think honor means?
And what would you fight for?

413
00:23:52,973 --> 00:23:55,267
The Knights, it's usually
about being protectors, right?

414
00:23:55,268 --> 00:23:57,852
Defending the weak, right,
the nobility of that.

415
00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:59,687
But people who pick Vikings,

416
00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:02,315
it's all about,
like, expression and freedom

417
00:24:02,316 --> 00:24:03,983
and passion and raarr!
And then Samurai,

418
00:24:03,984 --> 00:24:05,651
it's always about mastery

419
00:24:05,652 --> 00:24:08,029
and, you know, discipline
and learning to focus

420
00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:10,949
and working toward something
that's greater than yourself.

421
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:12,992
Drop by my desk,
I'll have it ready for you.

422
00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:14,911
Thank you very much.
Thank you.

423
00:24:14,912 --> 00:24:16,579
We've been
going from a team

424
00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:19,791
that has been really led
by one person creatively.

425
00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:23,544
I've been this, you know,
like, visionary auteur pushing

426
00:24:23,545 --> 00:24:26,756
and helping every piece
of the game all the way through.

427
00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:30,509
To a team where that now
has been spread out.

428
00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:32,971
I've given that responsibility
to ten different people,

429
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:34,931
to all the different directors,
and we're making

430
00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:38,059
this organization that knows
how to make this game, right?

431
00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:41,271
So if I get hit by a bus, right,
they can make the game.

432
00:24:41,272 --> 00:24:44,232
That's one thing we need to fix,
though, is they don't move...

433
00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:47,986
With the size of our budget,
- I can't just say to my bosses,

434
00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:49,904
"We're doing something new.

435
00:24:49,905 --> 00:24:51,864
We're going to learn
how to do it."

436
00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:55,118
No. We have to compete
with the best in the world.

437
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:56,577
In order to compete
with the best,

438
00:24:56,578 --> 00:24:58,747
you have to attract
the best talent.

439
00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:03,126
We now have five studios
working with us.

440
00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:06,503
We have people in China,
in India,

441
00:25:06,504 --> 00:25:09,757
Bucharest, Germany, Quebec,
Toronto.

442
00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:11,508
We have dispersed
our production.

443
00:25:11,509 --> 00:25:13,636
It's become a big machine.

444
00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,494
Five hundred people
will soon be involved

445
00:25:15,495 --> 00:25:17,390
in the<i> For Honor</i> project.

446
00:25:17,391 --> 00:25:19,684
It's all good.

447
00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:24,105
There is a lack of confidence.
Don't worry about it.

448
00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:26,983
I told them,
"Calm the fuck down."

449
00:25:26,984 --> 00:25:31,029
Whoever it is that
is making these decisions.

450
00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,530
Because so far...

451
00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,909
I don't even know who is making
these decisions.

452
00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:38,577
Yeah.

453
00:25:38,578 --> 00:25:43,041
Do you know why Jason is upset?

454
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,876
He asked
for certain things to be done,

455
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,543
and they were changed.

456
00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:50,089
He's leaving for three days
on a long weekend,

457
00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:52,217
so he's panicking.

458
00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:54,677
The last six months
has been really intense

459
00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,762
because we're a big team now,

460
00:25:56,763 --> 00:26:00,351
and I no longer have the time

461
00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:03,895
to explain to the people

462
00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:06,439
whose feelings I've hurt
what I meant.

463
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,066
I'll be like, "Blah."

464
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,984
And I'll say something,
and they'll go...

465
00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:11,319
And I can see it on their face.

466
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,778
I can see that I've hurt them.

467
00:26:12,779 --> 00:26:16,824
And inside I go,
"Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no."

468
00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:19,244
When we were a smaller project,

469
00:26:19,245 --> 00:26:21,246
I could be like,
"Look, I'm really sorry,

470
00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:23,580
let's talk about that,"
and take 15 minutes, 20 minutes,

471
00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:26,209
and talk it out,
and so it would be fine.

472
00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:28,378
But now, we got to go.

473
00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:29,921
If your camera picks up speed
a little bit

474
00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:32,173
and just get
the fuck over there,

475
00:26:32,174 --> 00:26:34,633
we won't feel the lack
of the story quite as much.

476
00:26:34,634 --> 00:26:38,637
I am very particular, right?
I want things to be like this,

477
00:26:38,638 --> 00:26:42,641
or like this, or like this...

478
00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:46,813
And when I get into conflict
with people,

479
00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:52,444
something about the way that
I act and the way that I talk

480
00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:54,612
communicates to them
that they're in danger.

481
00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:58,033
And I scare people.
It feels to me like,

482
00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:02,870
again, we need to make each beat
really crisp.

483
00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:06,291
<i>Imagine you're working with
a family of 208 people, right?</i>

484
00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:08,334
<i>And then imagine
that you figure out</i>

485
00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:10,128
<i>that you're the crazy uncle</i>

486
00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:12,755
<i>who sometimes hurts
everyone's feelings.</i>

487
00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:15,049
I don't know. There was a weird
little thing with the grab,

488
00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,342
but you can clean it up.

489
00:27:16,343 --> 00:27:18,595
<i>And sometimes breaks
their heart.</i>

490
00:27:18,596 --> 00:27:22,557
Action! Come on in! Argh!

491
00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:29,188
I want to stay
and make this game...

492
00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:30,689
forever.

493
00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:32,817
I don't want to hurt people.

494
00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:38,156
Yet, I have to tell people
things they don't want to hear,

495
00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:40,241
and I have to be hard on
people sometimes

496
00:27:40,242 --> 00:27:43,536
in ways that I'm not good at.

497
00:27:43,537 --> 00:27:45,955
I'm clumsy, right?

498
00:27:45,956 --> 00:27:48,334
And I'm required to do that
for my job.

499
00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:57,467
Your hands are shaking
because you think me a monster.

500
00:27:57,468 --> 00:28:00,429
You wonder what you could do.

501
00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:03,222
Strike me down somehow.

502
00:28:03,223 --> 00:28:05,934
Turn my legion against me.

503
00:28:07,936 --> 00:28:13,650
That passion, Warden,
I live it every day.

504
00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:17,904
Every breath. In that way,
we are the same.

505
00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:21,616
What makes us different

506
00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:25,787
is that you have not yet learned
what real monsters are made of.

507
00:28:27,122 --> 00:28:31,544
Monsters, Warden,
are made of innocence.

508
00:28:34,505 --> 00:28:35,673
War.

509
00:28:37,591 --> 00:28:41,512
The natural state
of our species.

510
00:28:44,097 --> 00:28:47,142
This food.
Why are we not burning it all?

511
00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:51,417
What do you
imagine the clans

512
00:28:51,418 --> 00:28:53,022
would do if we burned it all?

513
00:28:53,023 --> 00:28:56,443
They'd starve, die.

514
00:28:58,028 --> 00:29:02,073
They would unite.
But leave them scraps,

515
00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:05,244
just enough for two,
maybe three clans,

516
00:29:06,786 --> 00:29:10,456
they will fight each other
over what remains.

517
00:29:10,457 --> 00:29:13,126
The wolves among them
will rise.

518
00:29:15,713 --> 00:29:17,673
We're not here to kill them.

519
00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:22,428
We are here to teach them
who they are.

520
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:38,569
Apollyon is the most dangerous
warrior in our game world.

521
00:29:41,321 --> 00:29:46,785
She believes deeply
that wolves are allowed to feed.

522
00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:52,707
<i>I am Apollyon.</i>

523
00:29:57,546 --> 00:29:59,590
<i>I bring war.</i>

524
00:30:01,759 --> 00:30:03,427
<i>In For Honor,</i>

525
00:30:03,428 --> 00:30:05,136
it's a very dark setting.

526
00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:08,598
It's a place where conflict
is constant, right?

527
00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:11,976
The story is about being
a warrior,

528
00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:15,313
being someone who will stay
and fight, right?

529
00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,356
At the center of that conflict.

530
00:30:17,357 --> 00:30:20,443
And knowing that what you're
doing may or may not be right,

531
00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:23,571
may or may not be
perfectly good or evil, right?

532
00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:26,491
But still doing the best
that you can do in that moment

533
00:30:26,492 --> 00:30:28,785
and using every part
of your ability

534
00:30:28,786 --> 00:30:32,038
in the hope that it makes
the world a better place.

535
00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:39,587
I've made a lot of games, right?

536
00:30:39,588 --> 00:30:42,090
Almost every other project
I've been on,

537
00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:47,094
I was there to save the project.

538
00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:49,597
I was there to help the project
finish. It wasn't mine.

539
00:30:49,598 --> 00:30:53,434
I was there to close it.
I was there to...

540
00:30:53,435 --> 00:30:55,562
to help.

541
00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,063
But if the game was good or bad,

542
00:30:58,064 --> 00:31:00,651
I always had an excuse.

543
00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:05,989
If people don't like this game,

544
00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:09,116
I won't have that.

545
00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:11,494
I won't be able to tell myself,
"Oh, I didn't have time,"

546
00:31:11,495 --> 00:31:12,870
or, "I didn't have the...

547
00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,372
You know,
I didn't have the support,

548
00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:15,957
or I didn't have... "Phew.

549
00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,960
It'll just be, "No, we failed."

550
00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:42,067
Yeah.

551
00:31:43,527 --> 00:31:45,319
<i>I'm Aisha Tyler,
and I'm standing</i>

552
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,196
<i>in the historic Orpheum Theatre
in vaguely beautiful,</i>

553
00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:50,491
<i>yet vaguely urine-scented
downtown Los Angeles.</i>

554
00:31:50,492 --> 00:31:52,369
<i>It's E3 Conference time.</i>

555
00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:05,047
We are rehearsing.

556
00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:09,343
We are rehearsing.
We are going to walk through

557
00:32:09,344 --> 00:32:11,429
our stage performance.

558
00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:14,849
Apollyon
and her Black Stone legions

559
00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:18,353
crave a world
where trust is impossible.

560
00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:21,522
They're going to run
the trailer,

561
00:32:21,523 --> 00:32:23,399
and then I'm going to walk out,

562
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,152
and then we're going to have
the little story time.

563
00:32:27,153 --> 00:32:28,781
And we're going to watch
the demo.

564
00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:34,912
And then I come back off stage.
And I fall apart.

565
00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:46,986
<i>That raider showed us</i>

566
00:32:46,987 --> 00:32:49,801
<i>what Viking fury could do.</i>

567
00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:51,719
The demo is lagging.

568
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,514
We have to change something
on the PC, and we'll restart.

569
00:32:55,515 --> 00:32:58,267
No, because it's
lagging. We need to stop that.

570
00:32:58,268 --> 00:33:00,937
It's lagging.
It's a waste of time right now.

571
00:33:00,938 --> 00:33:03,355
<i>It worked for a century...</i>

572
00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:05,399
We're going to roll
the backup video. Okay.

573
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,026
Play the backup
video to see if it works.

574
00:33:08,027 --> 00:33:12,282
"And it
had begun..." Fade, logo!

575
00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:17,161
Argh! Logo!

576
00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:19,622
We know the plan,
they just fucked it up.

577
00:33:19,623 --> 00:33:23,459
"And it had begun..." Fade
to black, punch the logo in.

578
00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:25,461
With the sound,
which they fucked it up again.

579
00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:27,254
It's not that!

580
00:33:27,255 --> 00:33:31,592
The timing, like, the video
plays, the logo comes up...

581
00:33:31,593 --> 00:33:33,761
Okay, then what's
the solution you propose?

582
00:33:33,762 --> 00:33:35,429
I don't know. Because...

583
00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:38,390
If you see a problem,
tell me what solution you see.

584
00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:42,311
Then we can see what we can do
with the assets we have at hand.

585
00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:44,062
That's the thing.

586
00:33:44,063 --> 00:33:46,649
It's not like I can modify
the video. I cannot modify it.

587
00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:49,485
I'm aware of that, dude.
It's not my first fucking rodeo.

588
00:33:49,486 --> 00:33:51,696
Me neither,
it's not my first rodeo.

589
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,572
So if you have a solution,
bring it forward.

590
00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:56,868
Right now, the date, which has
been the number-one question

591
00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:59,829
that people have been asking us,
is just kind of a whoosh!

592
00:33:59,830 --> 00:34:01,664
It's a ghost in the middle
of a transition

593
00:34:01,665 --> 00:34:03,791
that's not even happening,
right? So...

594
00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:06,627
I don't think we can
judge. I had the same comments.

595
00:34:06,628 --> 00:34:11,632
But it's supposed to be there,
the mix, and after that, bang!

596
00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:14,927
I think I can judge.
I think I can.

597
00:34:14,928 --> 00:34:17,179
But that's the problem.
That's what we're arguing.

598
00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:19,056
I don't see the need to argue.

599
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:21,266
I'm just telling you guys,
you don't think you can judge,

600
00:34:21,267 --> 00:34:22,519
I think I can.

601
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,568
All right.

602
00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:47,710
It's really hard
to stay focused, right?

603
00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:51,630
It's really hard to stay
on top of all of that,

604
00:34:51,631 --> 00:34:54,759
and have everything go well,

605
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,971
and maintain my emotional
equilibrium, you know?

606
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:14,946
<i>Today, as Americans,
we grieve the brutal murder,</i>

607
00:35:14,947 --> 00:35:18,992
<i>a horrific massacre of dozens
of innocent people.</i>

608
00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:22,036
<i>We pray for their families,</i>

609
00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:25,456
<i>who are grasping for answers
with broken hearts.</i>

610
00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,833
<i>We stand with the people
of Orlando,</i>

611
00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:31,754
<i>who have endured a terrible
attack on their city.</i>

612
00:35:31,755 --> 00:35:36,383
<i>We know enough to say that
this was an act of terror</i>

613
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:38,177
<i>and an act of hate.</i>

614
00:35:48,354 --> 00:35:52,400
There is a lot of hate
in this world. It...

615
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:56,780
It's senseless.

616
00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:03,661
There's probably people
out there

617
00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:06,247
that would find this
sort of ironic, but...

618
00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:12,796
This... I'm making a game
about warfare, you know?

619
00:36:16,466 --> 00:36:18,801
Games put you at the center,

620
00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:20,886
and sometimes that means
creating villains,

621
00:36:20,887 --> 00:36:24,723
and sometimes that means putting our
characters - in difficult places,

622
00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:27,101
And sometimes it means asking
you to do things that seem

623
00:36:27,102 --> 00:36:30,521
difficult or grotesque
or, you know, frightening,

624
00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:31,939
or all that stuff.

625
00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:33,817
But that's life,
that's human life.

626
00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:37,988
If I have anything to say
that can help,

627
00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:43,742
the best way for me to do
that is through entertainment.

628
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:46,162
My message will come through.

629
00:36:46,163 --> 00:36:50,542
Even if it's wrapped
in swords and sorcery, right?

630
00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:57,049
I think that art is...

631
00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:03,554
a way to strike back
against anger

632
00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:06,474
and oppression and violence.

633
00:37:09,268 --> 00:37:11,354
And it's all I've got.

634
00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:51,436
So far we've rehearsed Saturday

635
00:37:51,437 --> 00:37:54,021
morning, Sunday morning,

636
00:37:54,022 --> 00:37:55,898
Sunday night.

637
00:37:55,899 --> 00:37:59,443
I can't wait for it to be over
because,

638
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:04,573
on top of the jetlag, my nights
are getting worse and worse.

639
00:38:04,574 --> 00:38:07,993
Last night I woke up
five to eight times,

640
00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:10,079
and I don't normally get up
at night.

641
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,248
I sleep with this thing
on my face.

642
00:38:12,249 --> 00:38:14,125
To get up and go pee,

643
00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,045
I've got to take it off
and turn off the machine.

644
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,675
Every year the media will cover
the most anticipated games.

645
00:38:23,676 --> 00:38:26,470
This week we had GameSpot,
one of the biggest sites,

646
00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:30,975
put up a list of E3 2016's
most anticipated games.

647
00:38:30,976 --> 00:38:34,812
When you look at it,<i> For Honor</i>
is in second place,

648
00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:40,110
alongside<i> Battlefield, Zelda,</i>
other monsters of the industry.

649
00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:35,539
Showtime, people!

650
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,464
They didn't invite me.

651
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,804
It's going to be awesome.

652
00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:01,024
<i>There were no signs.</i>

653
00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:05,694
<i>It came without warning.</i>

654
00:40:45,484 --> 00:40:47,111
Ah!

655
00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,784
Oh, yes.

656
00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:57,247
Desperation drives us to war.

657
00:40:58,664 --> 00:41:01,208
It is trust that can end it.

658
00:41:01,209 --> 00:41:06,463
Apollyon and her Black Stone
legions crave a world

659
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:10,384
where trust is impossible.

660
00:41:12,678 --> 00:41:15,264
I'd like you to meet our game
director on<i> For Honor,</i>

661
00:41:15,265 --> 00:41:17,891
Roman Campos-Oriola.
Come on out, Roman.

662
00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:22,021
My brother. Good luck.

663
00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:28,278
How did I do?
Great.

664
00:41:34,533 --> 00:41:35,993
Bye-bye.
And you're dead.

665
00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:38,662
Nailed it.
Okay. Nice fight.

666
00:41:55,054 --> 00:41:57,055
...they would call it.

667
00:41:57,056 --> 00:41:58,890
And it had begun.

668
00:42:01,144 --> 00:42:03,270
And they fucked up the logo!

669
00:42:03,271 --> 00:42:06,690
They fucked up the logo for
the seventh consecutive times.

670
00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:07,775
Congratulations.

671
00:42:11,612 --> 00:42:13,405
Give it up for Roman!

672
00:42:13,406 --> 00:42:15,657
Jason VandenBerghe.

673
00:42:15,658 --> 00:42:18,076
If you are looking for something

674
00:42:18,077 --> 00:42:20,162
to give to that very special
someone in your life,

675
00:42:20,163 --> 00:42:23,374
<i>For Honor</i> will be available
on Valentine's Day.

676
00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:28,170
<i>What could be more romantic
than dinner, drinks,</i>

677
00:42:28,171 --> 00:42:30,005
<i>and an all-night bender
of epic warfare?</i>

678
00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:34,468
We're talking to
the whole Internet right now.

679
00:42:34,469 --> 00:42:36,136
Well, like ten fans.

680
00:43:28,398 --> 00:43:30,691
This is
the decompression chamber.

681
00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:38,908
I'm only at ease
when I'm alone or with my wife.

682
00:43:42,454 --> 00:43:44,996
People are always surprised,
but I'm an introvert.

683
00:43:44,997 --> 00:43:48,041
I'm never comfortable
when there's...

684
00:43:48,042 --> 00:43:49,586
When I'm at the office
or the...

685
00:43:56,259 --> 00:43:59,719
What's really weird about that,
though, is that I can't...

686
00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:04,891
I need the social stimulation,
I need the pressure to create.

687
00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:07,852
So my life has been
about finding a balance

688
00:44:07,853 --> 00:44:10,481
between jumping into these
highly stressful situations,

689
00:44:10,482 --> 00:44:12,816
and then getting away from them,
and then depressurizing,

690
00:44:12,817 --> 00:44:15,319
and then going back in,
back and forth.

691
00:44:38,343 --> 00:44:40,637
Team meeting.

692
00:44:42,096 --> 00:44:43,973
Team meeting.

693
00:44:45,850 --> 00:44:47,142
We have to talk about E3.

694
00:44:47,143 --> 00:44:49,353
It was
a very, very, very good event.

695
00:44:49,354 --> 00:44:51,188
We exceeded
every business objective

696
00:44:51,189 --> 00:44:52,814
we had walking in there.

697
00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:55,359
Now we have many discussions
with potential partners,

698
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:59,363
from clothing, action figures,
animation series,

699
00:44:59,364 --> 00:45:01,448
amusement parks.

700
00:45:06,663 --> 00:45:09,414
We surprised people at E3.

701
00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:12,792
That means that we'll do
a bigger world tour.

702
00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:14,441
There is going
to have presentation

703
00:45:14,442 --> 00:45:16,129
that was not planned.

704
00:45:16,130 --> 00:45:20,301
You cannot miss that,
even if it's painful.

705
00:45:25,473 --> 00:45:27,807
I'm now in front
of the<i> For Honor</i> booth

706
00:45:27,808 --> 00:45:29,809
in the middle of the action
at GamesCon.

707
00:45:29,810 --> 00:45:33,564
So here we have 64 pods,
so you can try the campaign,

708
00:45:33,565 --> 00:45:35,232
you can try the multiplayer
with your friends.

709
00:45:35,233 --> 00:45:37,859
<i>I was really looking forward
to this game,</i>

710
00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:41,154
<i>this style of combat,
you feel this sense of realism.</i>

711
00:45:41,155 --> 00:45:44,199
The control system was a bit
different than I'm used to.

712
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,034
<i>At the beginning,</i>

713
00:45:46,035 --> 00:45:48,286
<i>I was having a little bit
of trouble to get into it.</i>

714
00:45:48,287 --> 00:45:51,248
<i>You guard incoming attacks
to the right, left, or top,</i>

715
00:45:51,249 --> 00:45:53,458
<i>And attempt to retaliate
where there's an opening.</i>

716
00:45:53,459 --> 00:45:56,044
<i>It sounds simple, right?
Well, it isn't.</i>

717
00:45:56,045 --> 00:45:57,753
I'd like to see
maybe sneak-attack kills,

718
00:45:57,754 --> 00:45:58,880
like, sneak kills from behind.

719
00:45:58,881 --> 00:46:01,467
<i>That would be, like, useful.</i>

720
00:46:15,523 --> 00:46:18,191
I made Paquito
work - till midnight last night.

721
00:46:18,192 --> 00:46:20,026
I'll look at it now.

722
00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:23,697
A triple A experience in 2016
is no longer simply a question

723
00:46:23,698 --> 00:46:25,990
of having a good game because
if you have a great game,

724
00:46:25,991 --> 00:46:29,369
but can't connect
with your friends online,

725
00:46:29,370 --> 00:46:31,121
it ends up being a shitty game.

726
00:46:31,122 --> 00:46:34,458
Because we're having trouble
staffing the online portion,

727
00:46:34,459 --> 00:46:38,378
I have to cut features
that have been developed.

728
00:46:38,379 --> 00:46:40,380
To save two weeks
of online programming,

729
00:46:40,381 --> 00:46:43,550
I have no choice but to cut them
from my game.

730
00:46:43,551 --> 00:46:46,511
Basically, we're asking people
to run 100 meters,

731
00:46:46,512 --> 00:46:49,473
when really they're doing
a marathon.

732
00:46:49,474 --> 00:46:53,644
I've had seven resignations
in the last few weeks.

733
00:46:53,645 --> 00:46:56,812
I want Simon to put pressure on
Bénédicte for them to hire more.

734
00:46:56,813 --> 00:47:01,025
We need to be aggressive,
because we're really in trouble.

735
00:47:01,026 --> 00:47:04,780
You remember,
we had to go up to 600 people

736
00:47:04,781 --> 00:47:07,865
in order to maintain the
three branches of the project,

737
00:47:07,866 --> 00:47:10,118
bring three core teams together.

738
00:47:10,119 --> 00:47:12,912
I don't have the means today
to staff like that.

739
00:47:12,913 --> 00:47:17,125
But I don't take on a project
if I don't have a staffing plan.

740
00:47:17,126 --> 00:47:21,755
We'll collapse
like a house of cards.

741
00:47:21,756 --> 00:47:23,214
The brand week meeting...

742
00:47:23,215 --> 00:47:25,342
I'll ask for a video conference.

743
00:47:25,343 --> 00:47:27,177
We'll look at the date.

744
00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:30,054
At one point,
we need to make sacrifices.

745
00:47:30,055 --> 00:47:33,849
The business team
should lead brand week.

746
00:47:33,850 --> 00:47:35,519
It's their presentation.

747
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,854
You're still trying
to delegate work.

748
00:47:38,855 --> 00:47:41,316
There's always at least
one person from the team.

749
00:47:41,317 --> 00:47:44,402
So I have a choice. We don't
participate - in consumer events.

750
00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:46,279
I'm not the one you should be
telling that to.

751
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:48,532
Tell your bosses.
You are my boss.

752
00:47:48,533 --> 00:47:50,408
Yes, but the people in Paris
are your clients.

753
00:47:50,409 --> 00:47:52,536
Your clients
are your real bosses.

754
00:47:52,537 --> 00:47:56,914
It's a meeting for them.
Not that one.

755
00:47:56,915 --> 00:47:58,501
We'll go for ten minutes.

756
00:48:06,925 --> 00:48:08,635
I am hiding.

757
00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:12,597
I have found this wonderful
booth of solitude

758
00:48:12,598 --> 00:48:16,226
that's far enough away
from the beaten path

759
00:48:16,227 --> 00:48:17,935
that no one can find me.

760
00:48:17,936 --> 00:48:20,814
So I can get my work done.

761
00:48:20,815 --> 00:48:24,526
I've given up control of over
90% of this game by this point.

762
00:48:24,527 --> 00:48:30,156
So Roman is directing
the entire multiplayer effort

763
00:48:30,157 --> 00:48:32,242
and almost all of the game play.

764
00:48:32,243 --> 00:48:34,369
Roman and Gaelec and Jeff
and those other guys,

765
00:48:34,370 --> 00:48:36,705
and I am not involved
right now on that,

766
00:48:36,706 --> 00:48:39,957
because I've turned my attention
on narratives,

767
00:48:39,958 --> 00:48:42,794
cinematics, writing.

768
00:48:42,795 --> 00:48:44,671
I was writing at 7:00 a.m.
this morning,

769
00:48:44,672 --> 00:48:47,507
and I'll be writing
until 10:00 p.m. tonight.

770
00:48:47,508 --> 00:48:49,886
And I'll just keep rolling
like that through the weekend.

771
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:55,725
Hello!

772
00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:22,876
That's lunch.

773
00:49:22,877 --> 00:49:24,920
It's not real food.
Remember when we lived in France

774
00:49:24,921 --> 00:49:26,504
and real food was
part of the culture?

775
00:49:26,505 --> 00:49:27,632
Yes.

776
00:49:29,759 --> 00:49:31,635
It's nice for you to come home

777
00:49:31,636 --> 00:49:34,095
for lunch during the week.

778
00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:38,141
I like it when you do that.
How's it at the office?

779
00:49:38,142 --> 00:49:39,684
What were you doing
this morning?

780
00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:40,812
Kill me.

781
00:49:42,271 --> 00:49:45,607
<i>Jason, he's 100
percent in the game,</i>

782
00:49:45,608 --> 00:49:48,486
<i>and I'm like a lifeline
back out.</i>

783
00:49:49,737 --> 00:49:51,571
<i>Because I'm always keeping us</i>

784
00:49:51,572 --> 00:49:55,116
<i>in the room together.</i>

785
00:49:55,117 --> 00:49:57,034
It's going to be fine,
it's going to be fine.

786
00:49:57,035 --> 00:49:58,703
It's going to be fine.

787
00:49:58,704 --> 00:50:02,165
I'm really not running
the show in my head.

788
00:50:02,166 --> 00:50:04,501
I just kind of poke at things.

789
00:50:04,502 --> 00:50:08,379
And then suddenly I go,
"Poke." Oh!

790
00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:11,048
When I find it, it's not,

791
00:50:11,049 --> 00:50:12,884
"Oh, that's it," in my mind.

792
00:50:12,885 --> 00:50:14,385
I go, "Poke."

793
00:50:14,386 --> 00:50:16,429
I can feel it in my heart.

794
00:50:16,430 --> 00:50:18,264
I feel it in my body, right?
My body goes,

795
00:50:18,265 --> 00:50:22,519
"Yes, that's what we're doing."

796
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:23,770
It's how I work as a director.

797
00:50:23,771 --> 00:50:26,439
I have
this deep kind of... rrr!

798
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:30,778
This emotional part.
This sort of...

799
00:50:32,196 --> 00:50:34,490
whatever this is,
a monster that...

800
00:50:36,408 --> 00:50:38,284
that is just going to do
what it's going to do.

801
00:50:38,285 --> 00:50:39,828
It keeps me up at night.

802
00:50:57,179 --> 00:50:58,805
Nice to see you, buddy.
My brother!

803
00:50:58,806 --> 00:50:59,891
Good to see you.

804
00:51:01,809 --> 00:51:05,353
We are doing a three-hour
stream from PAX for<i> For Honor.</i>

805
00:51:05,354 --> 00:51:07,271
We're doing a...
<i>For Honor?</i>

806
00:51:07,272 --> 00:51:10,568
<i>For Honor,</i> yeah.
What's that?

807
00:51:11,903 --> 00:51:13,611
Oh, the game!
Yeah, thanks!

808
00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:15,572
God! Sorry.
Yeah. I love you.

809
00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:18,575
Like a brother. Like a brother.
Similar to a brother.

810
00:51:20,828 --> 00:51:23,078
What's the weather like
in Montreal?

811
00:51:23,079 --> 00:51:26,332
Does the air always smell
like baguettes?

812
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:30,294
Yeah! Yes.

813
00:51:30,295 --> 00:51:31,671
That's how I picture it
in my mind.

814
00:51:31,672 --> 00:51:33,882
Constantly, constantly.

815
00:51:33,883 --> 00:51:35,800
It's just weird to have
breakfast here in the morning,

816
00:51:35,801 --> 00:51:37,601
instead of at like two o'clock
in the morning.

817
00:51:38,971 --> 00:51:41,138
Do you know what you want?
Yes.

818
00:51:41,139 --> 00:51:43,641
"Southwestern Exposure,"
six eggs.

819
00:51:43,642 --> 00:51:45,309
The "Full House," please.

820
00:51:45,310 --> 00:51:48,146
And six eggs, right?
Six, yeah.

821
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:51,900
I am not enough of a man
for the 12.

822
00:51:53,402 --> 00:51:55,278
Is there a sword
in that cane yet?

823
00:51:55,279 --> 00:51:58,865
You know what?
I was in France,

824
00:51:58,866 --> 00:52:01,066
and this French cop car goes...
I'm walking, and it's...

825
00:52:02,494 --> 00:52:04,454
Four cops get out,
and they're like,

826
00:52:04,455 --> 00:52:07,499
<i>"Excusez-moi, monsieur,</i>
I need to see your cane."

827
00:52:09,877 --> 00:52:11,753
"Okay." And I'm not making
this up, he goes...

828
00:52:11,754 --> 00:52:14,089
He fiddled with it?
He goes...

829
00:52:14,090 --> 00:52:16,173
Fiddle, fiddle.
"Do you have a sword in here?"

830
00:52:16,174 --> 00:52:20,053
And I go, "No."

831
00:52:20,054 --> 00:52:23,807
He goes, "Okay.
Have a nice day."

832
00:52:23,808 --> 00:52:26,392
Gets in his car, drives off.

833
00:52:26,393 --> 00:52:29,062
What is it about
your whole shtick

834
00:52:29,063 --> 00:52:31,314
that could make him think
you might be carrying a sword?

835
00:52:33,233 --> 00:52:36,111
Because you look like you're
just on your way to your job

836
00:52:36,112 --> 00:52:39,363
at the insurance company, right?
To work on actuarial tables.

837
00:52:39,364 --> 00:52:41,116
That was...
I was being profiled.

838
00:52:41,117 --> 00:52:42,826
You're profiled.
I'm being profiled, man.

839
00:52:42,827 --> 00:52:45,244
You're profiled.
Yeah, I want more.

840
00:52:45,245 --> 00:52:47,872
This will be fun because if
he has one more cup of coffee,

841
00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:50,207
He turns into a maniac.

842
00:52:50,208 --> 00:52:51,751
The Vikings.

843
00:52:51,752 --> 00:52:53,461
You know,
those guys starved all winter

844
00:52:53,462 --> 00:52:55,672
and lived off of
other people's food all summer.

845
00:52:55,673 --> 00:52:58,008
They didn't actually exist.
The biggest assholes ever.

846
00:52:58,009 --> 00:53:00,051
They didn't exist.
Yes, they did.

847
00:53:00,052 --> 00:53:01,803
Have you read<i> 1066?</i>
That guy didn't.

848
00:53:01,804 --> 00:53:03,972
That guy didn't.
That guy didn't.

849
00:53:03,973 --> 00:53:07,017
The Danish literally came down
and invaded England.

850
00:53:07,018 --> 00:53:10,520
I'm with you. The Danes exist.
The Danes existed.

851
00:53:10,521 --> 00:53:12,563
Those guys, fictional.

852
00:53:12,564 --> 00:53:15,275
That's an interesting point.
Yes.

853
00:53:16,861 --> 00:53:18,486
Finally. 45 years,

854
00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:20,127
and you finally
make an interesting point.

855
00:53:22,074 --> 00:53:23,992
I'm just going to savor
this moment.

856
00:53:23,993 --> 00:53:27,578
I'm just going to enjoy it.
So good.

857
00:53:36,338 --> 00:53:38,631
I think I was 14,

858
00:53:38,632 --> 00:53:42,593
my dad got involved in
a community play.

859
00:53:42,594 --> 00:53:45,930
And it was the first time
I had been in a theater

860
00:53:45,931 --> 00:53:49,266
when the show was not on.

861
00:53:49,267 --> 00:53:52,436
And I was blown away.

862
00:53:52,437 --> 00:53:56,608
It was like seeing
behind The Matrix.

863
00:53:58,569 --> 00:54:00,737
It was this feeling
of incredible revelation.

864
00:54:00,738 --> 00:54:03,031
It was like, "Oh, my God!

865
00:54:03,032 --> 00:54:06,951
This is the theater
before the show begins."

866
00:54:06,952 --> 00:54:11,372
It's like watching creation.

867
00:54:11,373 --> 00:54:13,499
It's like watching the universe
be created.

868
00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:17,045
It's... It's incredible.

869
00:54:17,046 --> 00:54:20,090
Aspiring Knights, Samurai, and
Vikings, here in the PAX arena

870
00:54:20,091 --> 00:54:24,094
and in Twitch video players
online around the world,

871
00:54:24,095 --> 00:54:26,554
welcome to the<i> For Honor</i>
PAX West gauntlet.

872
00:54:26,555 --> 00:54:29,099
In games, we love to hear

873
00:54:29,100 --> 00:54:30,808
about the process
of making games,

874
00:54:30,809 --> 00:54:32,602
we love to watch
the game unfold,

875
00:54:32,603 --> 00:54:35,730
we love to experience it
before it's completed.

876
00:54:35,731 --> 00:54:38,524
Jason VandenBerghe!

877
00:54:40,152 --> 00:54:44,822
I can't imagine more
meaningful work for me.

878
00:54:44,823 --> 00:54:48,618
I work in the temple of Thespis,
you know?

879
00:54:48,619 --> 00:54:52,663
I devoted my life
to entertaining people

880
00:54:52,664 --> 00:54:58,253
and to trying to find new ways
to reach them

881
00:54:58,254 --> 00:55:00,755
and to fill their hearts
with new ideas

882
00:55:00,756 --> 00:55:02,758
through entertainment, right?

883
00:55:09,014 --> 00:55:11,267
This is how I'll spend
the rest of my life.

884
00:55:13,227 --> 00:55:15,019
I may not make video games
my whole life,

885
00:55:15,020 --> 00:55:17,312
but I'm going to be
entertaining people.

886
00:55:17,313 --> 00:55:19,275
And I'll do that
until the day I die.

887
00:55:51,347 --> 00:55:53,516
So far, everything we've been
doing on<i> For Honor</i>

888
00:55:53,517 --> 00:55:55,726
has a tremendous impact
in Russia.

889
00:55:55,727 --> 00:55:57,603
The trailers have
a lot of views.

890
00:55:57,604 --> 00:55:59,647
The positive feedback
we're getting.

891
00:55:59,648 --> 00:56:02,608
A lot of registrations on our
website are coming from Russia.

892
00:56:02,609 --> 00:56:05,779
So it's like, "Okay.
Let's do something for Russia."

893
00:56:20,502 --> 00:56:23,129
Our Creative Director,
he first thought about<i> For Honor</i>

894
00:56:23,130 --> 00:56:25,173
after having
a German long-sword class.

895
00:56:25,174 --> 00:56:27,300
This is what we want
the people to experience

896
00:56:27,301 --> 00:56:29,677
when playing<i> For Honor</i> is,
we want you to be

897
00:56:29,678 --> 00:56:33,472
on the battlefield
experiencing the emotion,

898
00:56:33,473 --> 00:56:37,561
the danger of being surrounded
by all those epic warriors.

899
00:56:41,648 --> 00:56:43,275
It's past 10:00 p.m.,

900
00:56:43,276 --> 00:56:44,902
and I still have to work.

901
00:56:49,031 --> 00:56:52,449
As for sleep, it's a good thing
I have my machine.

902
00:56:52,450 --> 00:56:54,119
I'm like Darth Vader.

903
00:56:55,704 --> 00:56:58,455
Apnea means you're never
in a deep sleep.

904
00:56:58,456 --> 00:57:01,834
You wake up constantly.
You choke and stop breathing.

905
00:57:01,835 --> 00:57:04,503
Health problems come
with not breathing properly.

906
00:57:04,504 --> 00:57:06,797
When you don't sleep well,
you don't get enough oxygen,

907
00:57:06,798 --> 00:57:08,841
and it's bad for your heart.

908
00:57:08,842 --> 00:57:10,740
I was told that I was
three to six months away

909
00:57:10,741 --> 00:57:12,637
from a heart attack.

910
00:57:14,014 --> 00:57:15,848
Some people stop eating
when they're stressed.

911
00:57:15,849 --> 00:57:17,809
When I get stressed, I eat.

912
00:57:24,066 --> 00:57:25,983
<i>Hello!</i>
Hey, Lili, how are you?

913
00:57:25,984 --> 00:57:28,819
You know, the kids understand
that Daddy works,

914
00:57:28,820 --> 00:57:31,781
but Monday morning,
when I drove my kids to school,

915
00:57:31,782 --> 00:57:34,784
the little one was crying.
She didn't want me to go.

916
00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:36,411
It breaks my heart.

917
00:57:36,412 --> 00:57:38,913
Even the older one,
once the little one was gone,

918
00:57:38,914 --> 00:57:40,873
she hugged me and said,

919
00:57:40,874 --> 00:57:43,876
"Daddy, I don't want you
to leave."

920
00:57:43,877 --> 00:57:47,172
So, it's not easy.

921
00:57:52,844 --> 00:57:55,096
There are consequences

922
00:57:55,097 --> 00:57:58,308
to not achieving
this summer's staffing plan.

923
00:57:58,309 --> 00:58:02,228
You're telling me this

924
00:58:02,229 --> 00:58:06,232
during our biggest crunch time.

925
00:58:06,233 --> 00:58:09,652
The team is tired and fighting
for its survival.

926
00:58:09,653 --> 00:58:12,739
As of today, the release date
has not been secured.

927
00:58:13,573 --> 00:58:14,907
You can't just say,

928
00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:16,867
"Okay, Cardin,
open the floodgates."

929
00:58:16,868 --> 00:58:20,579
In May, I was 500 people short
to implement the brand plan.

930
00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:24,834
Today I'm not only missing
those people,

931
00:58:24,835 --> 00:58:29,505
I didn't even have time
to find them last May.

932
00:58:29,506 --> 00:58:32,467
You drop this in my lap in
October while all my directors

933
00:58:32,468 --> 00:58:34,427
are fighting like dogs

934
00:58:34,428 --> 00:58:36,387
to deliver the game on time.

935
00:58:36,388 --> 00:58:38,514
My job is to secure
the shipping date

936
00:58:38,515 --> 00:58:40,391
because it's up in the air
right now,

937
00:58:40,392 --> 00:58:43,560
and delaying the launch would
have major consequences

938
00:58:43,561 --> 00:58:45,230
on the company.

939
00:58:47,441 --> 00:58:50,526
<i>This is IGN News, where
split-screen functionality</i>

940
00:58:50,527 --> 00:58:52,278
<i>has been officially cut</i>

941
00:58:52,279 --> 00:58:54,238
<i>from Ubisoft's upcoming</i>
<i>medieval brawler</i> For Honor.

942
00:58:54,239 --> 00:58:56,532
<i>And now, it has
been confirmed by Ubisoft</i>

943
00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:59,494
<i>that the feature has been
dropped from the game entirely.</i>

944
00:58:59,495 --> 00:59:02,872
<i>Anything that was
co-op or split-screen is gone.</i>

945
00:59:02,873 --> 00:59:04,748
<i>Ouch!</i>

946
00:59:04,749 --> 00:59:06,334
<i>The team had
spoken many times</i>

947
00:59:06,335 --> 00:59:08,711
<i>about the importance
of split-screen</i>

948
00:59:08,712 --> 00:59:11,339
<i>as a feature and how it applies
to their vision.</i>

949
00:59:11,340 --> 00:59:13,799
<i>In a 2015 interview
with GameSpot,</i>

950
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:16,219
<i>creative director
Jason VandenBerghe said that,</i>

951
00:59:16,220 --> 00:59:19,055
<i>"The feature was absolutely
key for us."</i>

952
00:59:19,056 --> 00:59:20,806
Split-screen, super required,

953
00:59:20,807 --> 00:59:22,850
because this is a game
about fighting with weapons.

954
00:59:22,851 --> 00:59:25,769
<i>During an interview with
IGN, - producer Stéphane Cardin</i>

955
00:59:25,770 --> 00:59:28,272
<i>Said the change was made
very recently.</i>

956
00:59:28,273 --> 00:59:30,983
We decided this week to cut
the split-screen.

957
00:59:30,984 --> 00:59:32,651
It was a feature that we loved,

958
00:59:32,652 --> 00:59:36,072
but for us it was critical
to make the decision now,

959
00:59:36,073 --> 00:59:39,616
so we can polish all
the features at a triple A level

960
00:59:39,617 --> 00:59:41,911
and make sure that we have
the most amazing experience.

961
00:59:47,167 --> 00:59:49,752
<i>Maybe somewhere down
the road Ubisoft realized...</i>

962
00:59:49,753 --> 00:59:54,048
<i>For me,</i> For Honor<i> is one</i>
<i>of my most anticipated games</i>

963
00:59:54,049 --> 00:59:55,759
<i>of next year.</i>

964
01:00:04,226 --> 01:00:06,852
I want to
take advantage - of this meeting

965
01:00:06,853 --> 01:00:09,313
Because people are tired
and unhappy.

966
01:00:09,314 --> 01:00:12,108
I want to tell them
we are aware of the situation,

967
01:00:12,109 --> 01:00:14,860
and I want to work with you
today. I'm making it a point

968
01:00:14,861 --> 01:00:18,197
to improve our methods
for planning the post-launch.

969
01:00:18,198 --> 01:00:20,866
We have to break the perception
that only I can do it.

970
01:00:20,867 --> 01:00:22,786
Mm-hmm.

971
01:00:37,342 --> 01:00:39,303
I know with the live period,

972
01:00:39,304 --> 01:00:41,304
we suffered a lot.

973
01:00:41,305 --> 01:00:45,682
And, to me, the thing I'm
asking you is to open your mind

974
01:00:45,683 --> 01:00:49,686
and work closely with us
to make it happen.

975
01:00:49,687 --> 01:00:52,731
But I also need your help
for organization.

976
01:00:52,732 --> 01:00:56,819
Please stop to be...

977
01:00:56,820 --> 01:00:59,614
stop to be negative,
saying nothing will change.

978
01:00:59,615 --> 01:01:02,617
We will again make things
change internally.

979
01:01:02,618 --> 01:01:06,703
And I will work my ass very hard
to make sure we have

980
01:01:06,704 --> 01:01:09,499
a healthy environment
and a healthy calendar

981
01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:10,666
for everyone.

982
01:01:16,798 --> 01:01:18,299
Yes, we are closing now.

983
01:01:18,300 --> 01:01:21,552
December sixth
we send our bill to QC

984
01:01:21,553 --> 01:01:24,096
to get a Gold validation
from them.

985
01:01:24,097 --> 01:01:27,725
If we don't get a green light,
we are missing the date.

986
01:01:33,315 --> 01:01:39,070
Failing is always a possibility.

987
01:01:41,365 --> 01:01:44,367
Now we're getting close
to what I call "the red zone."

988
01:01:44,368 --> 01:01:45,951
Early on in the project,

989
01:01:45,952 --> 01:01:48,621
you can always say, "Oh,
we'll reflect on it later."

990
01:01:48,622 --> 01:01:50,832
Later doesn't exist anymore.

991
01:01:59,341 --> 01:02:03,760
I'm going through
this weird, weird process

992
01:02:03,761 --> 01:02:06,430
of letting go,

993
01:02:06,431 --> 01:02:10,519
and so I'm sort of separating
from the game,

994
01:02:12,229 --> 01:02:16,440
and there's a depression that
comes after you stop, right,

995
01:02:16,441 --> 01:02:18,693
when you create something.
At least for me.

996
01:02:18,694 --> 01:02:21,488
I get really like, ugh, sad.

997
01:02:27,661 --> 01:02:30,539
No game wants to be finished.

998
01:02:32,290 --> 01:02:34,084
You have to force it.

999
01:02:46,471 --> 01:02:48,472
My brothers!
How is it going?

1000
01:02:48,473 --> 01:02:50,391
How you doing, sir?

1001
01:02:50,392 --> 01:02:51,726
Oh, dear!
Look at what you...

1002
01:02:51,727 --> 01:02:53,810
This is lovely.
These are lovely.

1003
01:02:53,811 --> 01:02:55,854
It's interesting that
you have time for this today.

1004
01:02:55,855 --> 01:02:57,856
Yes.
It's like, "Wow.

1005
01:02:57,857 --> 01:03:00,610
What's going on?
Did something happen?"

1006
01:03:00,611 --> 01:03:02,612
Listen.
It's the stress relief.

1007
01:03:02,613 --> 01:03:05,281
Did you fire yourself?
I did!

1008
01:03:05,282 --> 01:03:07,700
No, I'm done, dude.
I'm done. I'm done.

1009
01:03:07,701 --> 01:03:08,784
I'm done.
No.

1010
01:03:08,785 --> 01:03:10,244
Yes, I am done.
No.

1011
01:03:10,245 --> 01:03:13,038
My role on the project
is over. Yes.

1012
01:03:13,039 --> 01:03:15,666
So you wander the halls
forlornly, looking for...

1013
01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:18,043
Yes, yes, yes.
No, but you're still there.

1014
01:03:18,044 --> 01:03:20,129
Yeah, I have an office,
I'm sitting with the sound team,

1015
01:03:20,130 --> 01:03:22,256
but I have no tasks.
Like, I'm done.

1016
01:03:22,257 --> 01:03:24,133
They no longer care
about my opinion.

1017
01:03:26,344 --> 01:03:29,555
These barbarians,

1018
01:03:29,556 --> 01:03:32,933
they seem like
they're good people, huh?

1019
01:03:32,934 --> 01:03:36,688
They embrace each other
like they were all kin.

1020
01:03:38,231 --> 01:03:42,401
But that is all a lie.

1021
01:03:42,402 --> 01:03:46,906
When night falls, they stab
each other with their knives.

1022
01:03:53,913 --> 01:03:58,542
Writing Apollyon
was maybe the closest

1023
01:03:58,543 --> 01:04:04,758
to putting a lot of my own views
into a character.

1024
01:04:11,682 --> 01:04:14,850
Apollyon believes that the only
way that you can know yourself

1025
01:04:14,851 --> 01:04:18,813
is through
life-and-death survival.

1026
01:04:18,814 --> 01:04:21,129
You know,
experience is being challenged

1027
01:04:21,130 --> 01:04:23,484
and fighting for your life.

1028
01:04:23,485 --> 01:04:25,685
She believes that that's
the only way to self-knowledge.

1029
01:04:27,113 --> 01:04:28,990
Your emperor is dead.

1030
01:04:30,950 --> 01:04:33,077
Will you take his place?

1031
01:04:34,371 --> 01:04:37,499
After I kill
the rest of them,

1032
01:04:38,916 --> 01:04:40,918
I'm coming to kill you.

1033
01:04:42,045 --> 01:04:44,339
A wolf.

1034
01:04:46,717 --> 01:04:48,552
Leave the palace to Seijuro.

1035
01:04:50,428 --> 01:04:52,764
The others can fight
for the scraps.

1036
01:04:56,226 --> 01:04:57,268
Truth is,

1037
01:04:58,936 --> 01:05:01,356
when you fight for something
that you believe in,

1038
01:05:03,316 --> 01:05:05,819
win or lose,
you become immortal.

1039
01:05:06,862 --> 01:05:07,987
You're remembered.

1040
01:05:10,990 --> 01:05:14,285
Warriors are remembered because
of the battles that they fight.

1041
01:05:17,622 --> 01:05:20,625
And we all want immortality.
We all want to be remembered.

1042
01:06:20,101 --> 01:06:22,479
On a four-to-five-year project,

1043
01:06:25,064 --> 01:06:27,441
the project is your backdrop,

1044
01:06:27,442 --> 01:06:29,652
but it becomes your life,
your whole way of life.

1045
01:06:29,653 --> 01:06:33,238
You can be the best manager
in the world.

1046
01:06:33,239 --> 01:06:36,784
You can have the best methods,

1047
01:06:36,785 --> 01:06:38,911
try to take on
everyone's problems,

1048
01:06:38,912 --> 01:06:41,497
try to manage project stuff,
manage expectations,

1049
01:06:41,498 --> 01:06:43,624
deliver everything you had
to deliver.

1050
01:06:43,625 --> 01:06:45,585
But at a certain point,
you lose your bearings.

1051
01:06:55,303 --> 01:06:57,053
<i>Everyone has expectations.</i>

1052
01:06:57,054 --> 01:06:59,097
<i>You have expectations
in your personal life,</i>

1053
01:06:59,098 --> 01:07:01,642
<i>expectations at work.</i>

1054
01:07:01,643 --> 01:07:03,310
<i>You have people on your team</i>

1055
01:07:03,311 --> 01:07:05,688
<i>who believe in
what you sold them,</i>

1056
01:07:05,689 --> 01:07:08,231
<i>and being able to go
through all of that...</i>

1057
01:07:08,232 --> 01:07:10,108
<i>In four and a half years,</i>

1058
01:07:10,109 --> 01:07:14,071
<i>I gave it everything I had.</i>

1059
01:07:18,242 --> 01:07:20,202
<i>Ambition is good,</i>

1060
01:07:20,203 --> 01:07:24,623
<i>but do you have all the tools</i>

1061
01:07:24,624 --> 01:07:28,003
<i>to manage this adrenaline,
this pressure?</i>

1062
01:07:38,262 --> 01:07:40,806
<i>I really, really miss you all.</i>

1063
01:07:40,807 --> 01:07:45,227
Um, I just
want to clarify something,

1064
01:07:45,228 --> 01:07:48,564
because I just disappeared
before Christmas.

1065
01:07:48,565 --> 01:07:51,234
My command center
just shut down.

1066
01:07:52,861 --> 01:07:54,570
Just shut down.

1067
01:07:54,571 --> 01:08:00,659
I woke up, and I was not able
to just think.

1068
01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:05,497
And I went and said,
"Go and get help."

1069
01:08:05,498 --> 01:08:09,043
So, I just want to share
that with you,

1070
01:08:09,044 --> 01:08:12,379
just telling you that,
you know, it's part of life.

1071
01:08:12,380 --> 01:08:14,048
I'm good to give advice.

1072
01:08:14,049 --> 01:08:16,299
I'm really bad to follow
my own advice.

1073
01:08:16,300 --> 01:08:19,302
I don't recommend you
to pass through

1074
01:08:19,303 --> 01:08:21,221
the hell I passed through.

1075
01:08:21,222 --> 01:08:24,140
I really love you,
and I'm really, really happy

1076
01:08:24,141 --> 01:08:25,435
to be back with you.

1077
01:08:26,603 --> 01:08:29,021
Like a big bag of rocks.

1078
01:08:29,022 --> 01:08:30,981
I just did it like that.
It fell.

1079
01:08:30,982 --> 01:08:36,319
The first thing
they did was break the ego.

1080
01:08:36,320 --> 01:08:38,530
They slammed it
with a sledgehammer.

1081
01:08:38,531 --> 01:08:41,075
Sometimes you're like, "I'm
going to think about myself."

1082
01:08:41,076 --> 01:08:44,078
You spend, what,
15-20 minutes on it?

1083
01:08:44,079 --> 01:08:48,583
I spent 14 hours a day, 21 days
closed off from everything.

1084
01:08:53,671 --> 01:08:55,380
Mr. VandenBerghe!

1085
01:08:55,381 --> 01:08:58,592
How are you, sir?
A lot better. A lot better.

1086
01:08:58,593 --> 01:09:02,554
I went far. I went far.
But I'm back.

1087
01:09:02,555 --> 01:09:04,222
Good. It was a good break.
Yeah.

1088
01:09:04,223 --> 01:09:06,391
So, I need to talk to you,
if you've got time.

1089
01:09:06,392 --> 01:09:08,602
Yeah. I will
just look at the schedule.

1090
01:09:08,603 --> 01:09:12,023
Maybe this afternoon.
I just need a half an hour.

1091
01:09:13,858 --> 01:09:15,901
I'm done with the project
and kind of winding down,

1092
01:09:15,902 --> 01:09:17,152
And what am I going to do next?

1093
01:09:17,153 --> 01:09:19,905
I have these ideas
for the sequel.

1094
01:09:19,906 --> 01:09:22,992
Everyone's waiting
for the game to come out,

1095
01:09:22,993 --> 01:09:26,161
so that we can see
if it was a success or not.

1096
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:27,955
And until that happens,

1097
01:09:27,956 --> 01:09:30,958
it's going to be really hard
for anybody to listen to me

1098
01:09:30,959 --> 01:09:33,795
about what I think
we should do next, right?

1099
01:09:40,593 --> 01:09:43,178
How are you, buddy?
Very good.

1100
01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:46,056
I'm happy to see you again.
Me, too. I'm happy to be here.

1101
01:09:46,057 --> 01:09:48,183
That's what matters.

1102
01:09:48,184 --> 01:09:50,560
<i>For Honor</i>
is a very special project.

1103
01:09:50,561 --> 01:09:54,439
It started from a sparkle
that you guys saw

1104
01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:56,859
in a totally blue ocean.

1105
01:09:56,860 --> 01:09:59,361
And you're helping the studio

1106
01:09:59,362 --> 01:10:01,864
and the whole company
to shine and to thrive.

1107
01:10:01,865 --> 01:10:03,532
Thank you very much.

1108
01:10:03,533 --> 01:10:05,241
It's an honor.

1109
01:10:19,799 --> 01:10:21,633
Five years already.

1110
01:10:21,634 --> 01:10:24,302
We knew we were touching
something special,

1111
01:10:24,303 --> 01:10:28,473
and you guys delivered
on every step.

1112
01:10:28,474 --> 01:10:30,684
I want to thank you very much.
I love you all.

1113
01:10:30,685 --> 01:10:33,103
Thank you
and enjoy the champagne.

1114
01:10:33,104 --> 01:10:37,107
Yeah!

1115
01:10:37,108 --> 01:10:40,486
Open the gate!

1116
01:10:42,697 --> 01:10:44,532
Congratulations!

1117
01:10:48,119 --> 01:10:49,204
Good job.

1118
01:10:52,498 --> 01:10:55,042
Yannis got up and talked,
and Steph got up and talked,

1119
01:10:55,043 --> 01:10:59,671
And I didn't talk.
I wasn't invited.

1120
01:11:05,428 --> 01:11:07,930
So, cheers!

1121
01:11:07,931 --> 01:11:10,766
You'll forgive me if
I don't dance on my own grave.

1122
01:11:10,767 --> 01:11:14,103
There's no grave.
Yeah. Okay. Sure.

1123
01:11:14,104 --> 01:11:16,479
I'm going to go talk to Steph.
You're a very responsible guy.

1124
01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:19,192
You can decide how you react.
Sure.

1125
01:11:21,027 --> 01:11:23,946
I am a hard
man to understand,

1126
01:11:23,947 --> 01:11:26,448
so people are left to interpret
what I want and what I do

1127
01:11:26,449 --> 01:11:30,577
through the lens of whatever
they think I am.

1128
01:11:30,578 --> 01:11:33,122
Congratulations, Steph!
Congratulations, my friend!

1129
01:11:33,123 --> 01:11:36,166
I love peace,

1130
01:11:36,167 --> 01:11:38,419
but I'm not comfortable in it.

1131
01:11:40,630 --> 01:11:41,713
I fight,

1132
01:11:41,714 --> 01:11:44,549
and I live to create peace,

1133
01:11:44,550 --> 01:11:47,804
but, once it's there,
I don't know what to do.

1134
01:11:53,059 --> 01:11:55,895
When Steph and I sat down,
it was clear that we're...

1135
01:11:57,188 --> 01:11:58,563
we're not going
to continue, right?

1136
01:11:58,564 --> 01:12:00,315
The last two years,

1137
01:12:00,316 --> 01:12:03,819
he had to make a bunch
of really unpleasant decisions.

1138
01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:06,905
Did those decisions and
my decisions end up in a place

1139
01:12:06,906 --> 01:12:10,451
where we're going to separate?
Yeah. We're going to separate.

1140
01:12:12,203 --> 01:12:14,705
[Electronic music plays]

1141
01:12:21,712 --> 01:12:23,922
There's a word that we have...

1142
01:12:23,923 --> 01:12:25,674
That we don't talk much about
anymore,

1143
01:12:25,675 --> 01:12:29,386
which I've had to learn about
on this project.

1144
01:12:30,471 --> 01:12:32,431
Um, and that is "nobility."

1145
01:12:33,641 --> 01:12:35,767
Nobility means
that you do the thing

1146
01:12:35,768 --> 01:12:38,520
that you don't want to do
even though

1147
01:12:38,521 --> 01:12:41,690
it hurts you beyond measure,

1148
01:12:41,691 --> 01:12:45,236
because you know that it's
what the people need you to do.

1149
01:12:47,322 --> 01:12:48,864
And you suck it up,
and you don't complain.

1150
01:12:48,865 --> 01:12:50,116
And you just do it.

1151
01:12:57,414 --> 01:13:00,147
It started off

1152
01:13:00,148 --> 01:13:02,919
with a production team

1153
01:13:02,920 --> 01:13:04,921
that was really looking
for a project.

1154
01:13:04,922 --> 01:13:10,261
We came across
a Creative Director, Jason.

1155
01:13:12,013 --> 01:13:15,682
We had the skeleton
and the muscles,

1156
01:13:15,683 --> 01:13:18,352
but we didn't have the soul.
We were missing the heart.

1157
01:13:18,353 --> 01:13:22,522
And Jason's dream, his passion,
his energy,

1158
01:13:22,523 --> 01:13:25,192
it fit with the team.

1159
01:13:25,193 --> 01:13:26,568
Stéphane?

1160
01:13:26,569 --> 01:13:29,112
What hurts
me the most today

1161
01:13:29,113 --> 01:13:31,948
is that we actually do
many things with people

1162
01:13:31,949 --> 01:13:35,493
that we appreciate and
that we love on a daily basis,

1163
01:13:35,494 --> 01:13:39,873
but out of pride, ego,
and competitiveness,

1164
01:13:39,874 --> 01:13:41,499
people don't acknowledge it.

1165
01:13:41,500 --> 01:13:44,586
Can we just respect
and love each other

1166
01:13:44,587 --> 01:13:48,631
from the outset?
I mean, we're together.

1167
01:13:48,632 --> 01:13:52,635
I give hugs!
Congratulations!

1168
01:13:52,636 --> 01:13:55,013
You all get hugs.
Thank you very much.

1169
01:13:55,014 --> 01:13:56,765
Aww!

1170
01:13:56,766 --> 01:13:58,767
We're going
to be left with relationships.

1171
01:13:58,768 --> 01:14:00,143
That's what we will remember.

1172
01:14:00,144 --> 01:14:02,187
Jason, kneel!

1173
01:14:07,526 --> 01:14:10,529
Congratulations,
congratulations, enjoy it.

1174
01:14:14,075 --> 01:14:15,639
It's often said

1175
01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:17,244
that delivering a project

1176
01:14:17,245 --> 01:14:21,331
like this is a bit like giving
birth. Well, that involves pain.

1177
01:14:21,332 --> 01:14:24,251
It wasn't always rosy.
There were bumps in the road,

1178
01:14:24,252 --> 01:14:26,253
and it affected some people.

1179
01:14:26,254 --> 01:14:28,110
<i>I'm chasing Tom Brady,</i>

1180
01:14:28,111 --> 01:14:30,006
<i>who is not engaging me.</i>

1181
01:14:30,007 --> 01:14:31,466
It's part of the game.

1182
01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:34,304
<i>Wait! No, no!
Get his ass.</i>

1183
01:14:38,515 --> 01:14:40,516
The parts
of my personality

1184
01:14:40,517 --> 01:14:45,688
that I am currently being told
are the reason that I need to go

1185
01:14:45,689 --> 01:14:49,192
are the same parts
of my personality that made me

1186
01:14:49,193 --> 01:14:53,448
the best choice and the reason
that they gave me that team.

1187
01:14:59,329 --> 01:15:01,079
I'm not a very good soldier,

1188
01:15:01,080 --> 01:15:04,583
so I have to live
with the consequences.

1189
01:15:10,298 --> 01:15:13,049
It's a really dark place
- that I'm in right now.

1190
01:15:13,050 --> 01:15:15,551
My baby is being taken away
from me.

1191
01:15:15,552 --> 01:15:17,262
Like all babies.

1192
01:15:17,263 --> 01:15:20,349
Yeah. Well, it's not the way
it's usually done.

1193
01:15:20,350 --> 01:15:24,353
So I'm not going to be
invited back.

1194
01:15:24,354 --> 01:15:27,481
And the reasons
for that are not okay with me.

1195
01:15:27,482 --> 01:15:31,109
I'm happy to let it go out
in the world.

1196
01:15:31,110 --> 01:15:33,695
I'll find something else
to do, right?

1197
01:15:33,696 --> 01:15:36,114
But...

1198
01:15:36,115 --> 01:15:39,284
it's one of the worst things
that could happen in the middle

1199
01:15:39,285 --> 01:15:41,453
of one of the best things
that's possible.

1200
01:15:41,454 --> 01:15:44,122
So, I'm not in a good space.
I'm really not.

1201
01:15:44,123 --> 01:15:46,791
The actual answer, though, to why
does it keep - happening to me?

1202
01:15:46,792 --> 01:15:49,211
I actually had to think about
this. I know the answer now.

1203
01:15:49,212 --> 01:15:51,213
Awesome.

1204
01:15:51,214 --> 01:15:54,132
I will tell you a story.
I will tell you a story.

1205
01:15:54,133 --> 01:15:56,469
Hey! Hey!
Hey!

1206
01:16:01,057 --> 01:16:03,808
I can tell you
the story of a warlord

1207
01:16:03,809 --> 01:16:09,565
who found a people who were
in trouble, had been defeated.

1208
01:16:11,526 --> 01:16:14,736
And this warlord came in and
inspired them and organized them

1209
01:16:14,737 --> 01:16:16,696
and trained them
and gave them weapons,

1210
01:16:16,697 --> 01:16:20,742
and then formed an army
and reclaimed the land.

1211
01:16:23,538 --> 01:16:25,747
And now peace begins.

1212
01:16:25,748 --> 01:16:29,042
And the farmers
go back to their fields,

1213
01:16:29,043 --> 01:16:32,337
and the traders and the
merchants arrive in the city,

1214
01:16:32,338 --> 01:16:34,881
and now everything
is returning to normal.

1215
01:16:34,882 --> 01:16:39,553
And so a day comes
when the council,

1216
01:16:39,554 --> 01:16:40,929
the priests, and the merchants

1217
01:16:40,930 --> 01:16:43,432
all come to the warlord and say,

1218
01:16:43,433 --> 01:16:45,313
"You need to go."
It's the curse of the warlord.

1219
01:16:49,772 --> 01:16:50,856
Right?

1220
01:17:00,408 --> 01:17:02,326
The game is amazing.

1221
01:17:04,078 --> 01:17:06,789
It's... beautiful.

1222
01:17:08,458 --> 01:17:11,586
It's an incredible achievement.

1223
01:17:12,878 --> 01:17:15,465
And I will never work
on it again.

1224
01:17:18,675 --> 01:17:21,094
Imagine that you have a child,

1225
01:17:21,095 --> 01:17:25,557
and imagine that that child
grows and goes to college.

1226
01:17:25,558 --> 01:17:29,936
And imagine that
when they leave for college,

1227
01:17:29,937 --> 01:17:33,648
they sit down with you, and they
have a private conversation,

1228
01:17:33,649 --> 01:17:35,859
and they tell you that they
never want to see you again.

1229
01:17:39,071 --> 01:17:40,114
"I'm sorry, Dad,

1230
01:17:41,824 --> 01:17:43,659
but you're just too intense.

1231
01:17:45,119 --> 01:17:46,828
I'm going to go
and do my own life,

1232
01:17:46,829 --> 01:17:48,664
but please
don't contact me again."

1233
01:17:54,920 --> 01:17:57,964
I'm trying to just be okay
with it.

1234
01:17:57,965 --> 01:18:01,594
I'm trying to just
not freak out.

1235
01:18:04,805 --> 01:18:06,015
Because, uh...

1236
01:18:09,477 --> 01:18:12,896
I don't have another choice
that I can make.

1237
01:18:22,781 --> 01:18:25,200
I'm going to go to do
the live stream today.

1238
01:18:25,201 --> 01:18:29,579
And there's nobody there
who under... who...

1239
01:18:29,580 --> 01:18:31,666
Who's aware of it.

1240
01:18:38,047 --> 01:18:39,255
Here we are.

1241
01:18:39,256 --> 01:18:42,467
So everyone else is here

1242
01:18:42,468 --> 01:18:46,221
celebrating<i> For Honor</i> and
is ready to launch the game.

1243
01:18:46,222 --> 01:18:48,097
Hey!

1244
01:18:48,098 --> 01:18:50,058
This is a little over-the-top
with the crown and the sword.

1245
01:18:50,059 --> 01:18:52,644
This is going too far.
It's too far for you?

1246
01:18:52,645 --> 01:18:55,355
Well, it's not too far for me.
This is right up my alley.

1247
01:18:55,356 --> 01:18:56,772
It's like being an actor.

1248
01:18:56,773 --> 01:19:00,068
I have to find in myself

1249
01:19:00,069 --> 01:19:03,572
the part of me
that is genuinely excited

1250
01:19:03,573 --> 01:19:05,281
about that moment, right?

1251
01:19:05,282 --> 01:19:08,619
It's not pretending.
I don't need to pretend.

1252
01:19:09,912 --> 01:19:11,663
Hi!
Do you want to keep

1253
01:19:11,664 --> 01:19:13,623
this little
5 o'clock shadowy stuff going?

1254
01:19:13,624 --> 01:19:15,166
You don't want to trim it down?

1255
01:19:15,167 --> 01:19:17,335
It's part of the look.
That's why I'm asking.

1256
01:19:17,336 --> 01:19:19,671
This is just what I am.
Melodramatic.

1257
01:19:19,672 --> 01:19:21,591
It's just the deal.
Love it.

1258
01:19:24,635 --> 01:19:26,969
<i>In the meantime,
let's head back to Chris</i>

1259
01:19:26,970 --> 01:19:28,304
<i>who's sitting down with Jason.</i>

1260
01:19:28,305 --> 01:19:30,640
Jason,
welcome to the large couch.

1261
01:19:30,641 --> 01:19:34,102
This is my religion.
It's the theater of the mind.

1262
01:19:34,103 --> 01:19:36,438
Entertainment, games, movies,

1263
01:19:36,439 --> 01:19:38,607
books, all of this stuff.
It's the theater of the mind.

1264
01:19:41,985 --> 01:19:44,655
I'm coming for you!
Shit!

1265
01:19:47,491 --> 01:19:49,848
It's the lens
through which we

1266
01:19:49,849 --> 01:19:52,245
understand how the world works

1267
01:19:52,246 --> 01:19:55,831
without having to literally go
to war ourselves, right?

1268
01:19:58,711 --> 01:20:01,796
It's a way for people
to be warned

1269
01:20:01,797 --> 01:20:04,340
and to learn about
what the world contains

1270
01:20:04,341 --> 01:20:06,259
to better prepare themselves

1271
01:20:06,260 --> 01:20:08,303
for what's happening
in their real life.

1272
01:20:14,143 --> 01:20:16,813
We reject philosophy
as a study in our culture

1273
01:20:16,814 --> 01:20:19,522
these days, right?

1274
01:20:19,523 --> 01:20:21,399
Philosophy has been
sort of pushed to the side.

1275
01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:25,404
But we revere
our entertainment forms, right?

1276
01:20:26,322 --> 01:20:27,656
Well, it's the same.

1277
01:20:27,657 --> 01:20:31,493
Entertainment is
philosophy in motion.

1278
01:20:31,494 --> 01:20:34,455
Huzzah!

1279
01:20:39,627 --> 01:20:42,797
Bye-bye.
Jason VandenBerghe.

1280
01:20:43,964 --> 01:20:46,382
Raining, day's ending,

1281
01:20:46,383 --> 01:20:47,843
we're walking in the distance.

1282
01:20:49,470 --> 01:20:52,305
<i>♪ My friend
The end is near ♪</i>

1283
01:20:52,306 --> 01:20:57,519
<i>♪ And so we face
The final curtain ♪</i>

1284
01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:03,150
<i>♪ Regrets, I've had a few
But then again... ♪</i>

1285
01:21:04,985 --> 01:21:07,111
The time is coming

1286
01:21:07,112 --> 01:21:10,406
to lift the curtain,
turn on the lights,

1287
01:21:10,407 --> 01:21:13,909
and let the creation speak
for itself, right?

1288
01:21:13,910 --> 01:21:18,956
Let it stand there
and be judged.

1289
01:21:18,957 --> 01:21:20,250
And I won't be there.

1290
01:21:22,211 --> 01:21:23,337
I'll be in the audience.

1291
01:21:27,383 --> 01:21:30,218
We wanted
to release the perfect game

1292
01:21:30,219 --> 01:21:32,428
for Valentine's Day,
a game for love.

1293
01:21:32,429 --> 01:21:34,597
We wanted something
more immersive,

1294
01:21:34,598 --> 01:21:36,766
something less mental
and much more from the heart.

1295
01:21:36,767 --> 01:21:40,186
We really wanted for
players to be able to experience

1296
01:21:40,187 --> 01:21:42,647
what you experience
in<i> Braveheart</i> or in<i> 300.</i>

1297
01:21:42,648 --> 01:21:45,400
This year,
the 14th of February

1298
01:21:45,401 --> 01:21:48,903
is not time for making love,
it'll be time for making war.

1299
01:21:48,904 --> 01:21:51,823
So, get ready for the big
release of<i> For Honor.</i>

1300
01:22:06,505 --> 01:22:09,340
Did he buy<i> For Honor?</i>
Thank you.

1301
01:22:09,341 --> 01:22:12,051
Hi! My name is Luc,

1302
01:22:12,052 --> 01:22:13,887
I work with the development
team. Show me the game,

1303
01:22:13,888 --> 01:22:15,889
so we can see it
in the photo.

1304
01:22:17,182 --> 01:22:18,767
Thank you.

1305
01:22:18,768 --> 01:22:21,018
Thanks very much.

1306
01:22:21,019 --> 01:22:23,439
The game is released!

1307
01:22:26,275 --> 01:22:29,194
Ahh!

1308
01:22:34,032 --> 01:22:36,869
We're at over 700,000
right now.

1309
01:22:39,622 --> 01:22:41,080
We're not giving any numbers.

1310
01:22:41,081 --> 01:22:42,832
Did you play the Conan video
this morning?

1311
01:22:42,833 --> 01:22:44,626
Yes.
Cool.

1312
01:22:44,627 --> 01:22:47,670
Luc and Stéphane, thank you
very much for having me.

1313
01:22:47,671 --> 01:22:50,799
Do you already have preliminary
numbers as far as downloads?

1314
01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:54,761
We've got some, but we can't
give them away. It's going well.

1315
01:22:54,762 --> 01:22:56,596
It's going very well.
We're happy.

1316
01:22:56,597 --> 01:22:59,599
Let's just say today
there was an enthusiasm...

1317
01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:01,225
Where'd you get that?

1318
01:23:01,226 --> 01:23:02,769
I laid down
in a pile of game cases.

1319
01:23:02,770 --> 01:23:06,272
That's a good one.
Yeah, you like it?

1320
01:23:06,273 --> 01:23:08,023
Yeah. Put it on Facebook.

1321
01:23:08,024 --> 01:23:10,277
Fuck, it's blowing up
like crazy.

1322
01:23:15,741 --> 01:23:17,784
Do you have any copies
of<i> For Honor</i> left?

1323
01:23:17,785 --> 01:23:19,285
Yeah.

1324
01:23:19,286 --> 01:23:21,580
Did you sell some today?
Yeah, quite a lot.

1325
01:23:32,842 --> 01:23:34,550
What's that?

1326
01:23:34,551 --> 01:23:37,304
It says "collector's edition"
on the box.

1327
01:23:39,139 --> 01:23:41,140
There's not
enough for everyone.

1328
01:23:41,141 --> 01:23:43,352
Oh, no.

1329
01:23:44,394 --> 01:23:46,021
It's cool!

1330
01:23:56,365 --> 01:24:00,242
February 14, 2017, here we are!

1331
01:24:00,243 --> 01:24:02,912
<i>For Honor</i> is in the box!

1332
01:24:02,913 --> 01:24:06,332
And it's gonna be a million!

1333
01:24:59,469 --> 01:25:02,680
In the game, you have the
option - to take out the blood.

1334
01:25:02,681 --> 01:25:04,891
We're going to put it
as a default setting.

1335
01:25:04,892 --> 01:25:07,226
Oh, yeah?
We're able to do that?

1336
01:25:07,227 --> 01:25:08,937
Maybe this version would work
for China,

1337
01:25:08,938 --> 01:25:11,313
and it wouldn't be
too expensive.

1338
01:25:11,314 --> 01:25:14,191
You'll talk about it
with Pascal when I'm out.

1339
01:25:14,192 --> 01:25:16,028
I've got to stop here.

1340
01:25:17,654 --> 01:25:21,866
I'm leaving the seventh,
I arrive in the evening.

1341
01:25:21,867 --> 01:25:24,911
And, starting the eighth,
I'm doing Disney.

1342
01:25:24,912 --> 01:25:27,580
You're at the
hotel in Disney mode.

1343
01:25:27,581 --> 01:25:29,248
Yeah.
I'm in Mickey Mouse mode.

1344
01:25:31,126 --> 01:25:33,669
I'm bringing my little girl
and my goddaughter

1345
01:25:33,670 --> 01:25:36,255
to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.

1346
01:25:36,256 --> 01:25:38,215
It's a princess makeover.

1347
01:25:38,216 --> 01:25:43,220
So they're going to get styled,
dresses...

1348
01:25:43,221 --> 01:25:46,515
I feel like I've been
an absent brother, son, uncle,

1349
01:25:46,516 --> 01:25:49,310
husband, and father.

1350
01:25:49,311 --> 01:25:52,397
I'm going to reconnect
with my gang.

1351
01:26:09,873 --> 01:26:11,667
Hey, I bet this is a ghost.

1352
01:26:11,668 --> 01:26:13,501
No!

1353
01:26:13,502 --> 01:26:17,088
Behind all the characters
there will be a fruit,

1354
01:26:17,089 --> 01:26:18,339
or a vegetable, or a candy.

1355
01:26:18,340 --> 01:26:21,050
You have to make him eat
some food.

1356
01:26:21,051 --> 01:26:23,469
Hey, you want to eat some food?

1357
01:26:23,470 --> 01:26:26,388
This is Roserade,
this is Pikachu.

1358
01:26:26,389 --> 01:26:28,599
That's him, Pikachu!

1359
01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:31,644
But it's not the same,
because I redid it.

1360
01:26:31,645 --> 01:26:36,607
Did it hurt when you got
your tattoo?

1361
01:26:36,608 --> 01:26:38,359
Look, you can still see
the marks.

1362
01:26:38,360 --> 01:26:41,029
I'm telling you
when it got to here,

1363
01:26:41,030 --> 01:26:45,491
it really, really hurt,
and it lasted four hours.

1364
01:26:45,492 --> 01:26:48,536
What's a phoenix?

1365
01:26:48,537 --> 01:26:50,310
A phoenix
is an animal that is

1366
01:26:50,311 --> 01:26:52,123
reborn from its ashes.

1367
01:26:52,124 --> 01:26:54,208
Sometimes,
we want to change in life,

1368
01:26:54,209 --> 01:26:56,752
and sometimes we are faced
with tests,

1369
01:26:56,753 --> 01:26:59,422
and there is always a way
to reinvent yourself.

1370
01:27:04,011 --> 01:27:07,263
I want to take the time
to understand what happened.

1371
01:27:10,767 --> 01:27:12,935
<i>Do I have the energy?</i>

1372
01:27:12,936 --> 01:27:16,438
What do I have in the tank
and for how many projects?

1373
01:27:16,439 --> 01:27:19,067
That's my main question,

1374
01:27:19,068 --> 01:27:22,654
<i>and I don't have
the answer today.</i>

1375
01:27:24,990 --> 01:27:28,826
It hasn't really stopped since
the game has been released.

1376
01:27:28,827 --> 01:27:30,870
I'm still trying to take
a step back

1377
01:27:30,871 --> 01:27:33,581
and make sure I don't fall
into fatigue

1378
01:27:33,582 --> 01:27:36,919
or a downward spiral
from being tired.

1379
01:27:44,426 --> 01:27:49,889
My life was never in danger
on the project.

1380
01:27:49,890 --> 01:27:52,016
You put a certain stress
on yourself, you experience

1381
01:27:52,017 --> 01:27:56,646
certain emotions as if you were
on the front lines at war.

1382
01:28:01,484 --> 01:28:04,987
As my nine-year-old daughter
told me, "You know, Daddy,

1383
01:28:04,988 --> 01:28:10,786
good days always come to an end,
but so do the bad ones."

1384
01:28:12,829 --> 01:28:14,664
I want to make sure
I never forget that.

1385
01:28:30,222 --> 01:28:32,766
<i>Anything that was going
to happen in that project</i>

1386
01:28:34,268 --> 01:28:37,061
<i>was going to happen.</i>

1387
01:28:37,062 --> 01:28:41,149
<i>I have accepted that I am not
doing this anymore.</i>

1388
01:28:41,150 --> 01:28:42,775
<i>That was a big step.</i>

1389
01:28:42,776 --> 01:28:46,237
<i>Accepting that I won't work
on the sequel,</i>

1390
01:28:46,238 --> 01:28:48,614
<i>I won't do another,</i>

1391
01:28:48,615 --> 01:28:50,325
<i>I won't continue with this team.</i>

1392
01:28:53,996 --> 01:28:57,791
<i>It's the greatest performance
I've ever given.</i>

1393
01:28:59,709 --> 01:29:01,836
<i>That's the best I can do.</i>

1394
01:29:05,799 --> 01:29:09,260
<i>It's the only time
I've ever released a game,</i>

1395
01:29:09,261 --> 01:29:12,554
<i>and then been able to play it
on day one</i>

1396
01:29:12,555 --> 01:29:14,141
<i>and not hate it.</i>

1397
01:29:16,476 --> 01:29:19,061
<i>This is the game I wanted
to play when I was a kid.</i>

1398
01:29:19,062 --> 01:29:23,065
<i>It wasn't a lie. I wasn't
kidding about the dream.</i>

1399
01:29:23,066 --> 01:29:24,984
<i>It wasn't just a story
I made up.</i>

1400
01:29:24,985 --> 01:29:28,612
<i>I really wanted to play
this game, and now I can.</i>

1401
01:29:28,613 --> 01:29:31,449
<i>And I can play it
with millions of people.</i>

1402
01:29:42,919 --> 01:29:46,379
<i>This tale will be told
in this way.</i>

1403
01:29:46,380 --> 01:29:48,381
<i>The warlord packs up
their weapons,</i>

1404
01:29:48,382 --> 01:29:52,304
<i>puts them in a wagon,
gets on their horse, and leaves.</i>

1405
01:29:54,848 --> 01:29:56,350
It's a story about peace.

1406
01:29:59,853 --> 01:30:01,730
<i>For Honor</i>
is a story about peace

1407
01:30:03,106 --> 01:30:05,775
and how warriors create it.