Yeah, let's go with wild sensationalist speculation instead....
The stuff ND is doing looks really good on a resume. People are getting better offers which ND might not match. So, people leave.
Wasn't She was forced out? that's not speculation. That doesn't seem amicable
Nate Wells went to Giant Sparrow, makers of the Unfinished Swan. I don't think they offered more money or a better pension plan.
How many employees did ND have? Seems at least 2 people leave every week.
I'm pretty ignorant about it all but why not just close the studio if everyone is gonna leave?
The "forced out" part was speculation and everything after that was based on that.
And ND still want hiring 20+....
So like some might have been replaced, by new cheaper employees. I think we will see more 20+ legend people leaving in the future.
I'm assuming people are leaving because The Last of Us is résumé gold.
The "forced out" part was speculation and everything after that was based on that.
If she wasn't pushed out she could get on twitter at any time and immediately put an end to those rumors. She hasn't done that.
Why would she entertain a bunch of people on an internet forum? She might be a bit of a "Video game celebrity" but i don't see "movie celebrities" go on twitter to refute everything that gets written about them either.
Lots of people refute rumors on Twitter. Especially when friends are being attacked. It's not like typing up those 140 characters requires a lot of time and effort.
I'm assuming people are leaving because The Last of Us is résumé gold.
A higher position though, art director. ( his level at Irrational)
The art director position at ND is held by Pangilinan and Rupehl. The former is ND employee no.13 who's been there since the Crash era, and the latter has been at ND for 7 years after a decade at Walt Disney.
As illustrious as Wells is, he's not likely to replace any of these 2 soon.
I'm assuming people are leaving because The Last of Us is résumé gold.
If she wasn't pushed out she could get on twitter at any time and immediately put an end to those rumors. She hasn't done that.
Lots of people refute rumors on Twitter. Especially when friends are being attacked. It's not like typing up those 140 characters requires a lot of time and effort.
Most of the people who left were related to the UC4 shakeup and Amy's leaving. These remaining 2 were probably career advancement related.What does this make...five? This is getting weird now.
If she wasn't pushed out she could get on twitter at any time and immediately put an end to those rumors. She hasn't done that.
it's just sad that there is no gaming "journalist" to dig into this and do some investigations on what is going with ND lately and why people are leaving what was supposed to be one of the best places to work in this industry.
gaming journalism situation is poor, we don't know the reasons behind most of cancelled project the firing or other behind the scene stuff.
Like the "journalistic" good done by the Hennig article /sarcasm
Well, That was a huge fail from Mitch Dyer and IGN. we need more real journalism like the IW story (is there any good examples of gaming journalism that dig stories and discovers things publishers don't want the public to know?).
Could it be poaching? I'd think ND would be prime target for that. Or maybe there are some big internal disputes
I think Amy Hennig's firing had an unforeseen butterfly effect.
As far as I'm aware, no one commented on why they left ND. Are we going to say they all left in poor terms?
Why would she respond to something that isn't true and get involved in drama on some video game forum?
it's just sad that there is no gaming "journalist" to dig into this and do some investigations on what is going with ND lately and why people are leaving what was supposed to be one of the best places to work in this industry.
gaming journalism situation is poor, we don't know the reasons behind most of cancelled project the firing or other behind the scene stuff.
Why would so many people be leaving a studio with one of the best reputations in the industry? Uncharted 4 going the way of the last guardian...?
Can you post some links to these folks?I love how the Sony defence force get their panties in a twist when the speculation of a top studios future turns negative. Yet they are the same ones to write doom and gloom posts when Microsoft employees are in a similar spotlight.