WTF is going on @ Bonfire Studios?!

[KOUNTERPARTS]

Why do you need to know why he needs to know?

Why should he know why you need to know why he needs to know what he wants to know?

[Puri]

Let's face it: Famous developers go out, leave their old company they had massive successes in, create a new company where they have a respectable first game that critics and players like, but it's not a big success.
And then you won't hear of them again. This is what happened to dozens of those gaming studios over the last 30 years.

And in this case they seem to even skip the first game.

[Black Rider]

I still check their site time to time.
Their careers page has different openings so, they are doing something.

[Ealyssa]

Like all of "ex-blizzard" companies it’s mostly a hobby project/tax optimisation thing.

It’s old rich dudes who just want to "go to work" instead of just staying home doin nothin. No real project was in mind.

[Essem]

They will make some sort of game that they will be incredibly proud of. They release it and it will bomb. The end.

[Beefhammer]

actually Blizzard used to have a very solid reputation for releasing games with very few bugs in, pretty much up until WoW which to be fair was a much bigger project than the RTS games they were known for (even before 8 expansions) especially compared to their competitors

Not really go look at their patch histories. D2 specifically. 19 patches in 1 year to fix bugs.

[GreenJesus]

It is pretty interesting that their website has 0 news since 2018. Maybe they are too busy making the game to release any PR.. /shrug. But you'd think SOME news would help with recruiting talent.

[Black Rider]

SENIOR GAMEPLAY SOFTWARE ENGINEER - They have an opening right now.
let's check it again in month or two.
http://www.bonfirestudios.com/careers

[Black Rider]

SENIOR GAMEPLAY SOFTWARE ENGINEER
SENIOR/PRINCIPAL 3D ENVIRONMENT ARTIST
http://www.bonfirestudios.com/careers

Two openings after 1.5 month.
Great, it seems they are alive and doing something!

[cordrann]

Not really go look at their patch histories. D2 specifically. 19 patches in 1 year to fix bugs.

The original Blizzard didn't actually make D1 or D2. Those games were made by Blizzard North which was a completely autonomous separate studio that was just owned by the same people.

[cparle87]

actually Blizzard used to have a very solid reputation for releasing games with very few bugs in, pretty much up until WoW which to be fair was a much bigger project than the RTS games they were known for (even before 8 expansions) especially compared to their competitors

Did you ever play the first two Diablo games? The second has bugs they've NEVER fixed until current day. They just left them in so long the players eventually half forgot they were bugs and just consider them features. Hell, the hammerdin spec is an ascended bug. Don't know what that is? Tvtropes.

[Beefhammer]

The original Blizzard didn't actually make D1 or D2. Those games were made by Blizzard North which was a completely autonomous separate studio that was just owned by the same people.

They were still part of Blizzard and D2 is often used as a shining example of Blizzard's quality. Blizzard Irvine had a lot of sway and control over Blizzard North. If not for Irvine, Diablo 1 would have been a turn based SP only game. If Irvine really cared about bug free, ready when they are ready software, most of their games would have been released years later than they did including both Diablo's from North and WoW.

It was just a PR term. While Blizzard has a reputation for polished, well playing games, they still shipped with tons of bugs that shouldn't have been there if they were ready when they were ready, because many of their games were not, and still are not ready.

[Black Rider]

SENIOR GAMEPLAY SOFTWARE ENGINEER
SENIOR/PRINCIPAL 3D ENVIRONMENT ARTIST
http://www.bonfirestudios.com/careers

Two openings after 1.5 month.
Great, it seems they are alive and doing something!

After almost two months,
New positions:
DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
SENIOR GAMEPLAY SOFTWARE ENGINEER
http://www.bonfirestudios.com/careers
Great, so this studio is alive and doing something. If they are hiring for ext. communication this means something is almost cooked.

[Black Rider]

No new openings for 02.02.2023
Strange

[vian]

they are very busy - have patience, all will be revealed 2022

So... How about that?

[Hotmail]

Meanwhile, Frost Giant Studios' Stormgate is chugging along nicely.

[Spikeychris]

I do find it mildly amusing to call your studio Bonfire studios while burning through money with no obvious end product in sight

[Daedius]

I do find it mildly amusing to call your studio Bonfire studios while burning through money with no obvious end product in sight

My thoughts exactly;

[NatePsy]

I would assume it's due to the fact they just formed the company and the first few years are spent in concept stages, building up developer numbers etc. I wouldn't expect a game announcement from any of these ex-Blizzard companies for a long while.

[Black Rider]

They were the first ones of "ex-Blizzard" guys with Second Dinner to start a studio...
It's really strange that we don't have anything about them