Another one bites the dust…
Jesse Snyder, one of the more Senior Designers at Treyarch has gotten an offer from another developer up North in Seattle and took it!
Good luck up there Jesse!
Mike Denny going to id
After approximately 10 years working with/for Activision Mike Denny got an opportunity to work at id.
Diablo III!!!
Ok, I’m not a huge fan of the Medieval-ish games, but Diablo 3 is going to rock! My memories of Diablo 2 were taking breaks in the wee hours of the morning while working on “Return to Castle Wolfenstein.” Jeremy, Chad and I would start up a coop server, put the speaker phone on and laugh our asses off while collecting all of those gay mana/healt vials. Just remembering it makes me want to play it, oh wait! We’re going tonight!!! OHHH YEAAA!
Please check out the latest and greatest Diablo 3. I saw the the gameplay trailer and it was awesome! The enemies just keep getting bigger and bigger! The physics is also nice…View this Post
Treyarch pwns Gearbox?? (WTF!)
In the link below, Noah Heller goes out of his way to mention that Gearbox’s Brothers in Arms:Hells Highway is not even in the same league as Call of Duty: World at War.
Link:EuroGamer
So, shortly after this interview a lot of people in the community, especially in the forums on TeamXbox.com and even at GearBox’s own forum immediately start pointing their Fingers at Treyarch as saying all of these negative things. And ya’, there’s nothing really setting the story straight… Unfortunately it happened and now Treyarch and Gearbox are mixed up in this unfortunate tangle of “bad press.”
If you notice in the interview, it’s an interview with Noah Heller and Rich Farrelly, but Noah is doing most of the talking, and really is the only one bad-mouthing other games, including GearBox’s BIA. Noah mentions he’s the Senior Producer on the project, but from what I know, he works on the Publisher side of things, ie Activision. Rich Farrelly, on the other hand, actually works at the developer Treyarch, and only talks about the game and team focusing on it. Reason I say this is because most people in the community (and in those Forums) are stating that Treyarch is the one saying that BIA is not in the same league, when in actuality it’s the Senior Producer from Activision saying this. I also know that Treyarch as a whole is completely embarrassed about the whole ordeal and does NOT think Brothers In Arms is out of their league nor a poor game in any way shape or form!
I really feel sorry for Treyarch and Gearbox cause both development teams are getting a bad wrap, one being in the press and the other by a lot of community members. I hope both developers recognize the mix up and no bad blood is spilled.
UPDATE:
So Treyarch has released an official apology for the fiasco that happened over the weekend, posted on TeamXbox:
“Hi everybody,
My name is JD, and I’m the Community Manager here at Treyarch Stduios. I’m writing to you on behalf of my colleagues here at Treyarch.
Over the weekend, we learned that some disparaging comments were made by an Activision rep at a recent Call of Duty: World at War press event. We want to let everyone know that we found those remarks offensive, and they do not in any way represent the feelings of any developer at this studio or at Activision. We hold all of our peers in the development community in the highest regard. We have nothing but respect for the guys and gals at Gearbox.
We offer our sincerest apologies to anybody who was offended.
Kindly,
Treyarch dev team”
IGDA in mathematical proof that crunches don’t equal success.
Absolutely fantastic article http://www.igda.org/articles/erobinson_crunch.php on why crunches aren’t all that great.
Not that it’s something that we hadn’t worked out ourselves – albeit while looking up at the dwindling patch of sky, while we hurtled towards our death at the bottom of development plunge over a period of 3 months or so.
Mind you, the text is so teeny tiny, I’d recommend reading it at the start of your day, rather than later on during your ‘invitational work period.’
Late night funnies…
I (MikeD) added my first blog post on my personal page with some late night funnies… Check it out.
Late Night Funnies…
Call of Duty 5 Announcement Leak
So, looks like Call of Duty 5 info was released and again Treyarch is getting owned due to their history with the Franchise. Check out the link.
From Kotaku: Call of Duty5 To Feature Co-Op, Eye Ball Burning