Got my attention only because of Mike, but being a former Blizzard dev just doesn't hold much weight anymore.
What's with the photo? Horse and carriage, exploration boat, a boat blimp and... fighter jets? Lol
Sounds like a vaporware company with its emphasis on taking their time. Good luck but I wouldn't expect anything from them until 2030.
The White Knights are triggered by the simple existence of this news.
Shots fired at Activision Blizzard, and good for him too. Blizz is a shadow of its former self. It's not a complete dumpster fire, but they're on their way there.
Here's hoping Morhaime can make a splash with the first game. He's got the tools and he's got the talent, he's in the best possible position right now -- private capital, self-published, nobody to answer to but their customers.
The biggest ego boost as a developer is for your downstream customers to worship what you created.
It is a real gut punch when your management asks you to put in a feature that eases development pipeline, cuts spending, increases profits, and you know will absolutely blow.
If your management let's you do what you want, it will absolutely not be efficient and it will take forever, but it will be designed for your customers.
He's a pretty good judge of character and quality, given how far he brought Blizzard. I'm not sure how much of the move to Activision was due to his input... if he had a hand in it, I'll bet he regrets ever shaking Bobby Kotick's hand.
Mike seems pretty firmly set in Passion Over Profit and if he makes good games, the money and fans will follow.
A Farewell to Pre-Cataclysm Azeroth (video)
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdlhcVG2p7M
WCM: http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=168677
I like this thing he said during an interview: We’re almost trying to create a haven for creators who want an environment that is development friendly, values product, and player experience over short-term financial pressures.
I hope he stays true. Better stay a small studio than grow large. Like Guerilla Games or Frontier Development. (Yes guerilla is part of Sony, but they're allowed to take their time)
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Good news all round, looking forward to seeing what they come up with.
yeah, because decades in the industry and they have NO CLUE how much resources they need. You people need to stop putting what is going on in YOUR HEAD into the heads of others. If the man is making another company...he's got it all planned out and has decades of knowledge on the matter. YOU on the other hand...want him to fail.
The last time I heard about ex-Blizzard devs making a game studio, they shutdown after Wildstar couldn't keep them afloat (may it rest in peace).
Around 2005 they had about 2k employee's and today roughly 9000. What you're saying is definitely true, but as far as the mismanagement from Mike Morhaime. Of course no one is denying that, it's just going to get out of their hands at the rate they were growing at. I think the shift was inevitable and that's very true. But the nature of the culture change could've been very different if Activision wasn't behind it. At the time though gaming was just blowing up and I'm sure the choice to pick Activision was due to an insecure leadership team which resulted into how they all lost control over their company and ultimately why we have the lack luster content they provide these days. I had hope that shadowlands would be a good indicator that things were changing finally, but it seems that they will release another unfinished product.