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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #250 on: April 06, 2010, 12:10:55 PM »
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #251 on: April 06, 2010, 01:10:22 PM »
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #252 on: April 09, 2010, 05:49:27 AM »
Sad to see how hard the economic situation is hitting games.
 
And how hard bad management is hitting games.
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #253 on: April 09, 2010, 12:26:40 PM »
the version of iron man the game i played was terrible, controls were total ****.
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #254 on: April 09, 2010, 01:53:42 PM »
Sad to see how hard the economic situation is hitting games.
 
And how hard bad management is hitting games.
Giant egos AND bad management.

It makes good entertainment in a sick twisted way.
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #255 on: April 12, 2010, 10:56:56 AM »
Activision/Infinity Ward: The Firing part 5: The Conclusion?

This is a good one, Jason West and Vince Zampanella from IW, the guys who left EA to form their own company, were bought out by Actvision and then were fired from that company they started, Have now been signed back on at EA(for exclusive publishing rights).

But get this, their new company name is.... Respawn Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Jason West and Vince Zampella, creators of the multi-billion dollar Call of Duty® franchise, announced the formation of a new development studio -- Respawn Entertainment. The move positions the Respawn Entertainment leadership team as the owners of the intellectual property they create. The company will focus on creating state-of-the-art gaming experiences for global audiences. The studio is currently assembling a world-class team of designers, artists and engineers. Applicants can submit resumes to jobs@respawn.com.

Respawn is pleased to also announce that it has awarded Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS - News), through the distinguished EA Partners program, exclusive worldwide publishing and distribution rights to future games. Terms were not disclosed. West and Zampella are represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #256 on: April 12, 2010, 11:14:41 AM »
It's a bizarre world we're living in where EA comes out of this situation looking like the Knight in Shining Armor.  Here's hoping EA lets them create those New IPs they were interested in when they worked at Infinity Ward, but somehow I think the terms of their contract states they'll have to make an FPS first.  :-\
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #257 on: April 12, 2010, 12:41:51 PM »
Guess: New studio will sink with an overbudget HD game that flops.

Just like the rest of them. =D
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« Reply #258 on: April 12, 2010, 12:45:26 PM »
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #259 on: April 12, 2010, 12:58:42 PM »
It's a bizarre world we're living in where EA comes out of this situation looking like the Knight in Shining Armor.  Here's hoping EA lets them create those New IPs they were interested in when they worked at Infinity Ward, but somehow I think the terms of their contract states they'll have to make an FPS first.  :-\

Have those guys ever made anything but an FPS? Serious question, mind you. I'm guessing they probably want to take another crack at that genre.

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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #260 on: April 12, 2010, 01:01:34 PM »
It's a bizarre world we're living in where EA comes out of this situation looking like the Knight in Shining Armor.  Here's hoping EA lets them create those New IPs they were interested in when they worked at Infinity Ward, but somehow I think the terms of their contract states they'll have to make an FPS first.  :-\

Have those guys ever made anything but an FPS? Serious question, mind you. I'm guessing they probably want to take another crack at that genre.

From what we've heard about the whole firing fiasco, those two have been wanting to work on a new IP since finishing the original Modern Warfare.  They had to be bribed with lucrative new contracts and control over the IP to get them to come back to do Modern Warfare 2, so I wouldn't be surprised if EA allows them to work on a new IP if it's as far removed from a typical FPS as possible.  Who knows?  Maybe it would be something like a Timesplitters or Bioshock that's just radically different in style or tone.
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #261 on: April 12, 2010, 02:07:13 PM »
I'm not sure EA has any control over what they make or not. EA is signed on as exclusive publisher through the EA Partners Program, and I have no idea if that gives EA the right to dictate project direction or genre as much as 1st refusal rights on any project that they have for publishing.

Ofcourse there is still a chance that they could wrestle the Modern Warfare name away from Activision since the whole "subordination" was based around who controls what and who promised who what.

So Respawned Ent.'s first game under EA could be Modern Warfare: Future Soldier or something along those lines.

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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #262 on: April 12, 2010, 03:43:16 PM »
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #263 on: April 12, 2010, 07:37:34 PM »
Activision/Infinity Ward: The Firing part 5: The Conclusion?

This is a good one, Jason West and Vince Zampanella from IW, the guys who left EA to form their own company, were bought out by Actvision and then were fired from that company they started, Have now been signed back on at EA(for exclusive publishing rights).

But get this, their new company name is.... Respawn Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Jason West and Vince Zampella, creators of the multi-billion dollar Call of Duty® franchise, announced the formation of a new development studio -- Respawn Entertainment. The move positions the Respawn Entertainment leadership team as the owners of the intellectual property they create. The company will focus on creating state-of-the-art gaming experiences for global audiences. The studio is currently assembling a world-class team of designers, artists and engineers. Applicants can submit resumes to jobs@respawn.com.

Respawn is pleased to also announce that it has awarded Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS - News), through the distinguished EA Partners program, exclusive worldwide publishing and distribution rights to future games. Terms were not disclosed. West and Zampella are represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

another place to apply :P
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #264 on: April 13, 2010, 01:23:14 PM »
Don't Perm! If their massive HD product flops, you'd be out of the job!
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #265 on: April 13, 2010, 01:25:42 PM »
Don't Perm! If their massive HD product flops, you'd be out of the job!

Do you ever have anything nice to say about a non-Nintendo product?  Your incessant trolling it starting to wear thin.
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« Reply #266 on: April 13, 2010, 01:37:52 PM »
Don't Perm! If their massive HD product flops, you'd be out of the job!

Do you ever have anything nice to say about a non-Nintendo product?  Your incessant trolling it starting to wear thin.
Considering what thread I'm posting in, and looking at the first opening post, how can I troll when I'm making a fact?
 
fine, I guess I will stop. guess the internet is serious business
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #267 on: April 13, 2010, 02:41:42 PM »
Stop trying to be Pro. You're not good enough at it to pull it off; it requires a really high skill level or else it's just terrible.
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #268 on: April 13, 2010, 03:17:44 PM »
It's a bizarre world we're living in where EA comes out of this situation looking like the Knight in Shining Armor.  Here's hoping EA lets them create those New IPs they were interested in when they worked at Infinity Ward, but somehow I think the terms of their contract states they'll have to make an FPS first.  :-\

Have those guys ever made anything but an FPS? Serious question, mind you. I'm guessing they probably want to take another crack at that genre.

From what we've heard about the whole firing fiasco, those two have been wanting to work on a new IP since finishing the original Modern Warfare.  They had to be bribed with lucrative new contracts and control over the IP to get them to come back to do Modern Warfare 2, so I wouldn't be surprised if EA allows them to work on a new IP if it's as far removed from a typical FPS as possible.  Who knows?  Maybe it would be something like a Timesplitters or Bioshock that's just radically different in style or tone.

Gotcha. To be honest, I think they're probably too comfortable with their current style of game, so I doubt their new project will be too dissimilar to Call of Duty; even though it will be a new IP, I still expect the familiar military-based, story-driven, scripted-events heavy single-player campaign (albeit with a new setting) rather than anything entirely new. But hey, I could be wrong!

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« Reply #269 on: April 13, 2010, 03:31:06 PM »
What did they make when they left EA because they were sick of making Medal of Honor? Call of Duty.
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #271 on: April 13, 2010, 09:49:12 PM »
Quite a few employees have left IW since this whole thing started too. I don't remember if I posted about any of them, but I bet most of them land at the new company Respawn Ent.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/108/1083234p1.html


Here is the headcount so far
  • Jason West -- President, Game Director (fired)
  • Vince   Zampella -- CEO, Co-Founder (fired)
  • Francesco Gigliotti   -- Lead Software Engineer
  • Chris Cherubini -- Lead Artist
  • Bruce   Ferriz -- Senior Animator (joined a start-up, Big Red Button Entertainment)
  • Todd   Alderman -- Lead Designer
  • Mackey McCandlish -- Lead   Designer
  • Steve Fukuda -- Lead Designer
  • Zied   Reike -- Lead Designer
  • Rayme Vinson -- Programmer
  • Jon   Shiring -- Programmer
Gotta wonder if the next IW game will hold up to what their past games have accomplished (whatever that may be).
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #272 on: April 13, 2010, 09:58:36 PM »
Oh another thing EA is going to take a backseat with this whole thing and let Respawn Entertainment do what they want. They aren't going to be control freaks.
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Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010
« Reply #273 on: April 13, 2010, 10:17:16 PM »
Respawn in their own company. EA does not control them.
Respawn will be part of the EA Partners Program like Valve who had EA publish Black/Orange Box on the HD consoles. All EA has is exclusive Publishing rights, which likely means they likely get 1st refusal rights and maybe slight quality/feature control of the final product, but they don't get to choose the project or the direction of development.

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« Reply #274 on: April 13, 2010, 10:47:46 PM »
Wasn't Orange Box not made by Valve though? I heard it suffered from quality control problems.
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