Company News Blizzard, Flagship having heaps of fun

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Flagship Studios

<A href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com">Hollywood Reporter</a> has posted something entitled <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/tech_reporter_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2086499">Blizzard's days of uncertainty drain off talent</a>, which mentions that they're having to cancel projects as well as developers leaving to form <A href="http://www.castawayentertainment.com/">Castaway Entertainment</a> and <A href="http://www.flagshipstudios.com/">Flagship Studios</a>. Here's a bit from <b>Bill Roper</b>:
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<blockquote>Flagship's Roper says, "It's just too early to talk openly about our current project, although we've been discussing it with practically every major publisher you can think of (<u>except Vivendi</u>) for the last six months. Our goal is to concentrate on producing the game, and then let a publishing partner worry about shipping the boxes."
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Roper says his nine-person team's experience is in "making big games which cost a considerable chunk of change. If we self-publish, we might have to limit our scope to some degree." Flagship's plan is to partner with a publisher that's used to shipping 2 million to 3 million units.</blockquote>
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That rules out <a href="http://www.interplay.com">Interplay</a> then.
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[Nightjed]

hmm, blizzard is dying sooner than i expected :p

i wonder what vivendi did that made them leave like that, it cant be just the selling rumours

 

[Rayt]

Castaway has a picture of a zombie and Flagship has a picture of a demon on their website. So we'll get two Diablo-like games then.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

That zombie on Castaway's site looks a LOT like the creatures in the Mummy movies. At least, that's what it reminds me of when I look at it.

 

[Anonymous]

(it's a mummy)

 

[Whipporowill]

While the company theme is rather fun (castaway, island & bottles), the site looks like cheap n00b crap - "this is my fuurst homepage". Eww.

 

[Astromarine]

speaking of mummy returns... did anyone have weird diablo2 moments seeing that movie? especially the annoying midgets in the jungle... weird...

 

[triCritical]

While the company theme is rather fun (castaway, island & bottles), the site looks like cheap n00b crap - "this is my fuurst homepage". Eww.

That must be the Sim's influence. Anyhow it has people from the Might and Magic series, so we know they will make the most l33t games known to man.