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Maybe he didnt like working with deadlines? When was the last time Epic shipped a game?
Last March....
Maybe he didnt like working with deadlines? When was the last time Epic shipped a game?
He's a smart programming dude. He did a Siggraph presentation last year on UE4 shading. Probably why ND took interest in him. But studio culture is a real thing; Epic and ND may differ greatly in that aspect. The timing is a bit peculiar, though.
Probably. Why wouldn't she hire a shader/rendering guy. She wrote Elena, he writes shaders, both are writers.Indeed, I wonder if Henning brought him on?
The timing is a bit peculiar, though.
Indeed, I wonder if Henning brought him on?
Probably. Why wouldn't she hire a shader/rendering guy. She wrote Elena, he writes shaders, both are writers.
stryke said:I'm not sure if this should be of concern. It's most likely a coincidence but timing is a little suspect -
It's not like we're seeing a mass exodus so it's probably unrelated to whatever is going down at ND at the moment but to not even stick around for 2 months...he must have not liked it there.
Wow....so this guy basically worked on ND 1 month and a few days ? Situation is kind of crazy...
Cause it wouldn't be Uncharted anymore.
Seems like you wanna play a different IP.
You should keep Mirror's Edge.
I'm not sure if this should be of concern. It's most likely a coincidence but timing is a little suspect -
It's not like we're seeing a mass exodus so it's probably unrelated to whatever is going down at ND at the moment but to not even stick around for 2 months...he must have not liked it there.
Probably. Why wouldn't she hire a shader/rendering guy. She wrote Elena, he writes shaders, both are writers.
I was responding to a comment that suggested to implement the "Tomb Raider" formula to the series.
Wow, this is.... very strange. First the SSM fiasco now even ND is affected. The hell is going on in Sony's FPStudios?
She was the creative director. Not the game director.She's more than a writer though, right? Doesn't she direct games?
No need to be smug.
You ever stop to think that possibly he was the issue? Not Naughty Dog?I was responding to a comment that suggested to implement the "Tomb Raider" formula to the series.
Wow, this is.... very strange. First the SSM fiasco now even ND is affected. The hell is going on in Sony's FPStudios?
A lot of devs can't take the ND crunch cycle especially since they are perfectionistWow....so this guy basically worked on ND 1 month and a few days ? Situation is kind of crazy...
Don't worry bud. All is good with Sony's first party studios. I'm sure development of their projects have gone unaffected.Sony need to hurry up and show a full first party game from either Santa Monica or Naughty Dog, I don't want shit cutscenes but gameplay. The past few weeks have been disappointing, Drive Club disappearing, The Order looked nice, but no multiplayer, and brief gameplay didn't impress me. Uncharted got a boring teaser. Santa Monica new IP got cancelled with staff let go, Amy Hennig let go. I need to see something Sony, I know you ave stuff cooking but keeping quiet is not helping.
Don't worry bud. All is good with Sony's first party studios. I'm sure development of their projects have gone unaffected.
Sony need to hurry up and show a full first party game from either Santa Monica or Naughty Dog, I don't want shit cutscenes but gameplay. The past few weeks have been disappointing, Drive Club disappearing, The Order looked nice, but no multiplayer, and brief gameplay didn't impress me. Uncharted got a boring teaser. Santa Monica new IP got cancelled with staff let go, Amy Hennig let go. I need to see something Sony, I know you ave stuff cooking but keeping quiet is not helping.
They don't really need to do any of that. Settle down. They have PR cycles, events that they'll be putting information out at, etc. You throwing a fit on GAF about these things isn't going to do anything.
I'm not sure if this should be of concern. It's most likely a coincidence but timing is a little suspect -
It's not like we're seeing a mass exodus so it's probably unrelated to whatever is going down at ND at the moment but to not even stick around for 2 months...he must have not liked it there.
Wow....so this guy basically worked on ND 1 month and a few days ? Situation is kind of crazy...
You can scratch the SSM game off the list. They canceled their game that was likely coming out soon and they usually take a long time to release games. So Barlog's GOW is not going to be shown so soon I'd presume.Sony need to hurry up and show a full first party game from either Santa Monica or Naughty Dog, I don't want shit cutscenes but gameplay. The past few weeks have been disappointing, Drive Club disappearing, The Order looked nice, but no multiplayer, and brief gameplay didn't impress me. Uncharted got a boring teaser. Santa Monica new IP got cancelled with staff let go, Amy Hennig let go. I need to see something Sony, I know you ave stuff cooking but keeping quiet is not helping.
lol, was thinking the same thing. How can anyone say that at this point? Most things are fine, but all is rosy?Yeah, except for the ones that were canceled or lost their creative director I'm sure everything is peachy over there.
I'm doubting this has anything to do with Amy Hennig. Also, do you believe Naughty Dogs culture changed that much in those months? I don't.
Well it's already March, usually big games for holiday 2014 get announced around March-April. So there is still hope I guess. If Sony don't announce anything new by E3, I guess The Order and delayed Drive Club are the only big titles left for 2014 for Sony. New E3 stuff is usually for 2015 games. Drive Club is cool I guess, but I'm not too fond of The Order, I wasn't a huge fan of Ready at Dawn's PSP games, and I still am not convinced they can match Last of Us in story telling, gameplay from that brief video seemed to QTE eavy, and lack of multiplayer is big for a shooter especially if The Order is the big game of 2014.
Wow....so this guy basically worked on ND 1 month and a few days ? Situation is kind of crazy...
With fans like these, who needs a Comms department?It's not crazy. ND has a policy of getting rid of "bad apples", as they describe them. If things aren't working out, they open the position to someone else who might fit in better.
With fans like these, who needs a Comms department?
It just so happens that I'm relaying pretty much the exact words Jason Gregory (lead programmer at ND) told everyone (and showed in a slide) in a talk he gave at my old university, called "Dogged Determination: Insights Into the Development Process and Key Technologies Used by Naughty Dog", last week. And I just so happened to be there!
But hey, nice try I guess.
I was at the same talk, and can confirm he used those exact words. He was mostly talking about programmers who don't fit in, I believe.
You can scratch the SSM game off the list. They canceled their game that was likely coming out soon and they usually take a long time to release games. So Barlog's GOW is not going to be shown so soon I'd presume.
Exactly. Call em out Bruce and I'll bag em.What is strange about it and what does this have to do with SSM or Sony First Party?
Looks like 2014 is a definite NO
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/03/26/ps4-games-in-2014-the-ultimate-list/#sf2348651
Looks like 2014 is a definite NO
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/03/26/ps4-games-in-2014-the-ultimate-list/#sf2348651
They aren't going to announce release date for Uncharted on a PS Blog post in a list of other games. The date hasn't been confirmed for 2014 so they aren't putting it in the list.
You ever stop to think that possibly he was the issue? Not Naughty Dog?
Yeah, they'll want Uncharted's release date to have the spotlight all to itself.
The PSBlog wouldn't know either way.Pretty sure U4 is not a 2014 game anyway.
The PSBlog wouldn't know either way.
That bump.
Holy crap.
Now Justin Richmond has left ND.
Title change?
Wow. What the fuck is going on at these Sony studios?
Seriously, something is happening we don't know about.