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Jon Shafer joins Stardock

Discussion in 'TCancer News & Content Comments' started by Jason, Jan 6, 2011.

  1. Jason chasing a bee

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    <strong>[ Update ]</strong>

    As you've probably heard by now, <a href="http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=53611" target="_blank">former Firaxian</a> Jon Shafer has been <a href="http://news.bigdownload.com/2011/01/04/exclusive-civilization-vs-lead-designer-hired-by-stardock/" target="_blank">snatched up by Stardock</a> for the Elemental clean-up effort as well as a brand new project.
    <blockquote>In a major hiring coup for Stardock, the developer of the Galactic Civilizations series and more recently Elemental: War of Magic has revealed exclusively to Big Download that it has hired Jon Shafer to its team. Shafer recently left Firaxis Games where he served as the lead designer behind the studio's most recent game Civilization V. In his new role, Shafer will be helping with the design and increasing mod support for Elemental. At some point in the future he will also be leading his own team at Stardock on an unnanounced new stand alone game for the developer.

    Big Download also got to speak briefly with Shafer over the phone earlier today. He told us that he departed Firaxis Games on good terms and while he got a few offers from other studios he told us that he went to Stardock for a number of reasons. One is that he has been an admirer of Stardock's games for some time as a fan. Another is that he wanted to work wth a company that that the freedom to make the kinds of games he wanted to make. Shafer told us he could give out any info on what his stand alone project will be for the company as Stardock is still concentrating its efforts on updating Elemental, including the release of at least two expansion packs.</blockquote>
     
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  2. Konjad High on potatoes Patron

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    he abandoned shitty project to work on another shitty project

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  3. Goliath Arcane Zionist Agent

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  4. commie The Last Marxist Patron

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    RIP Stardock. Now will be forever making consolized crap pretending to be strategy games.
     
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  5. MetalCraze Arcane

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    Dull excel tables vs. boring primitive left-click fests: which is better and why?

    Discuss!!
     
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  6. commie The Last Marxist Patron

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    Funny that, I've never seen anything resembling an excel table in any Stardock game I've played...hmm, maybe those Corporate Machine/Entrepreneur games. Gal Civ is no more of an excel table than MOO2 or any other 4X game and less so when compared with Space Empires.
     
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  7. mondblut Arcane

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    Agreed. Working with Excel tables is kinda enjoyable.
     
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