When Dota 2 underlords launched it reached 200k daily peak CCU and managed to get into the Steam top 10, it has managed to become Valve’s most popular new release in recent years. But now the daily peak CCU is just over 5k, a drop of over 97%. What this now means is that if you play at off peak hours or have a high rank, you will have some very long queue times. When you do eventually find a match, it will have players of wildly differently skill levels, which in my opinion leads to lower quality matches.
What’s perhaps more worrying is this drop, while not as bad as Artifact, is not slowing down/flattening that much. In March 2019, the game’s daily peak CCU was 29k, so it has dropped 80% in just one year. If this continues, the game will likely go into a further death spiral with more players quitting due to worsening queue times.
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Producer Ash Tregay and Lead Designer Rich Edwards here from Rebellion, ready to answer your questions ahead of the release of Evil Genius 2: World Domination on Tuesday 30th March.
Evil Genius 2 is a satirical spy-fi lair builder, where players take control of an Evil Genius and set their plans for world domination in motion. When it feels this good to be bad, the Forces of Justice don’t stand a chance!
You can build your own unique evil lair and cover operation, Train a force of criminal minions, Defend your Lair from the Forces of Justice, and Dominate the world with a Doomsday Device in this direct sequel to the 2004 cult classic.
We will begin answering 17:00 GMT
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Rich Edwards - Rebellion_Dev
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More about the game:
You can watch the latest trailers here
Gameplay with Developer Commentary
Don’t forget, you can pre-purchase Evil Genius 2 with up to a 15% discount on Steam
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Man, this game was an absolute gem from my childhood. It’s one of the first PC games I ever played with my Dad. It’s one of the games that made me fell in love with PC gaming.