Romero's MMO gets downsized News
MMO PC News by Oli Welsh
The MMO being developed by Slipgate Ironworks, the studio founded by id Software alumnus John Romero, is "changing shape" after job cuts at the developer.
The decision comes from ambitious new MMO publisher Gazillion, which announced its acquisition of Slipgate alongside NetDevil and others last year. At the time, it said that Slipgate Ironworks was working on an original game.
"As part of our focus on reaching the widest possible audiences with breakthrough MMO entertainment, we decided to change the format of our project at Slipgate Ironworks to better achieve this aim," Gazillion said in a statement published by Gamasutra.
"The game we'll launch will build on the efforts to date with a smaller core team and the other Slipgate staff are already in discussions around the many open positions across our slate of projects. "
Well-connected Kotaku reckons around 50 staff have been let go.
Virtually nothing was known of the game, other than that it was using the BigWorld MMO engine. Romero first mentioned the project back in 2006.
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Ornithophobe
19/10/09 @ 09:01
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I'm sure something witty could be inserted here along the lines of the economy making Romero its bitch, but it's no laughing matter for the people who have lost their jobs.
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altitude2k
19/10/09 @ 09:18
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I feel really sorry for those that have lost their jobs, but on the plus side - you're not working for John Romero any more!
RomeroLOL |
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actionfitz
19/10/09 @ 10:18
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...wondering if im the only one half-awake that read the title and nearly spat coffee over the screen in a 'wtf! George A Romero is is making a Zombie MMO??!' moment...
now im bemused by my mistake, sad for the employees and really deflated - as a zombie survival mmo licencing Romeros zombie films would make me all happy and damp down below. |
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cobaltfram
19/10/09 @ 14:50
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"As part of our focus on reaching the widest possible audiences"
Your game just died.
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