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Epic Games hired Jason West (Infinity Ward, Respawn co-founder)
- Thread starter dex3108
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Mixed feelings about this. Respawn has been putting quality games so a huge talent like that leaving is not good in that. The upside is, hopefully, Epic actually pushing towards making new games, and not just grabbing talent left and right to keep on working on Fortnite only.
EDIT: Yeah, I'm dumb, read it as someone who was in Respawn at the moment.
EDIT: Yeah, I'm dumb, read it as someone who was in Respawn at the moment.
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Hopefully it means we get another game out of them sooner rather than later. They seem to have been laser-focused game dev-wise on Fortnite since before it even had a BR mode, so it'll be nice to see them get back to it while still supporting their massive Fortnite fanbase (esp since - for a good as Fortnite is - it isn't anywhere near a showcase of UE4 that Gears was for UE3).
Their store will need exclusives for years to come, Epic will want to bring their own rather than pay for others.
That's cool....but I hope it's not for Fortnite. Epic is a talented studio and to be honest I'll be glad when the Fortnite craze dies so they can move onto to better things
Epic literally canceld multiple games in development or released to just developer Fortnite and open their store. They are going to back to game development beyond fortnite now?
Pretty lame to see these moneyhats continuing. Developers should be free to work wherever they want
The Fortnite hype won't last forever, they're future proofing themselves. Think of all those kids that don't have Steam, their only real gaming experience on PC is Fortnite/Minecraft, if Epic can use Fortnite to lock them into their store now, then in 10 years they'll be bigger than Steam, that's the logic of it I guess. Fortnite has given them the cash reserves to really brute force their way into a market that was pretty much locked out for any one else.
That still doesn't square with the idea that they canceld all their other game projects, its highly doubtful they would now start a new game from scratch, not when they are already dealing with Fortnite, maintaining their engine and running their store.
I play on consoles. I'm assuming an game Epic makes right now would also come to consoles?
So I'm cool with this. More games, the better!
So I'm cool with this. More games, the better!
ZZT3? The hell you talking about lol
If I have to Google it and its some super nerdy ass game, Yo Tim guy, Keep it under a rock.
He left a few months before Titanfall 1 was even revealed at E3 2013.
Geoff Keighley's "Final Hours of Titanfall" is the most information we have on how that all unfolded, from his account, it wasn't pretty.
It's the nerdiest.
Frog Fractions 2 was ZZT3, anyway.
Or they didn't feel the other games were ever going to be in a state to be profitable and worth investing. It was 2 projects and Paragon went through some big changes the fans weren't happy with if I remember right.
They could have an idea for a game that they feel will be a big hit with Jason for all we know.
So I guess Epic is going to develop another game aside from Fortnite? that's actually pretty great.
Yea hopefully now Epic can start making their own games to entice people to the store instead of signing Exclusivity deals, and deciding who's game is worthy enough to be on EGS.
I will take nothing less than the best ray-traced 8K graphics Unreal Engine 4 can pump out.
This is true. Hopefully their next game is more story focused.
That just show just how much they lack forward thinking in general, and that's why I don't see myself using their store much as that lack of forward thinking doesn't fill me with much confidence.
This. You'd earn yourself some good will if UT4 finally released in a finished state.
That said, I doubt it to be the case.
... a new Jazz Jackrabbit would also be acceptable.
Their were family emergencies and obligations he needed to attend to at the time, guess those are "over"?
Also he made a lot of money back in the day maybe its run out.
