Search results

Margaret Krohn? She's been working at Curse for a while.

And here we thought Dave Georgeson broke his leg by tripping.

Also - wonder if Omeed is pissed he didn't stick around for another five months to pick up a severance package. Because you know his ass would have been laid off as well.

The photos of the "solidarity gathering" in Landmark for the lost developers is just terribly sad - not because of the job losses which, sure, are sad in and of themselves. But rather, because the screenshots of the gathering are about 20 players. The irony being that if the game was more...

Yup. Still looks like community teams and redundant senior staff/management layers. The only thing I'm still truly confused about is why they cut Moorgard - who developed all the lore and had plotted out all of the content/storylines, and why they kept Pentapod, who I think doesn't do much...

Agreed. Still seems strange to me that they'd get rid of their lead content designer for their very-hyped flagship game (Moorguard) as well as its major public face (Georgeson) but keep the head of a game that's a decade old (Longdale.) Clearly there's a story or narrative that will become...

Xander Clauss (base designer/world layout) of PS2 is out. Taylor Dowell (designer, itemization/etc) of PS2 is out.

That isn't a penis. It's a silver-rose ore vein.

Except they did. Employees were told last Wednesday there would be layoffs.

Jeff Butler is out. 99% sure. Confirmation coming soon.

Bill Trost is/was on the EQN team - we'll see if he remains.

Original EverQuest Lore was created by Bill Trost, based primarily off of his old D&D campaigns. Quite a bit of the implications of that lore - including the layouts of Freeport and other zones - were ripped off from a text-based MUD called Sojourn, that was played extensively by Brad McQuaid...

No.

Matt Higby (creative director/soul of PS2) is IN Matthew Higby @mhigby ? 2h 2 hours ago Big round of layoffs this morning. Losing a lot of talented, hard working, irreplaceable people. Very sad day. Katherine Anderson, programmer on PS2 is OUT: @katharinelilly 2015-02-11 21:06:50...

Steve Klug, head programmer on Landmark/EQN (and former rocket scientist) is IN. Steven Klug @StevenKlug To those asking. I'm still here. We lost some great people today. Many friends. Please give them your care and support if you are able! That's a very good sign for EQN.

I say that because Butler and Moorgard had a role redundancy, similar to Terry Michaels/Dave Georgeson. It was the right call keeping Terry over Dave. It's the wrong call to keep Jeff over Steve.

With Moorgard out, I'm betting Butler stays. Terrible decision and cronyism at its finest.

Moorgard was handling all of the actual content - the actual game - for EQN. This news is the most shocking. If they kept Butler and relieved Steve Danuser in his place, that's sheer fucking idiocy. The fact the kept Emily and released Steve is absurd. Totally absurd.

I'm not sure how I logically see how you got from your evidence (who is being cut) to your conclusion (they're going mobile F2P, Zynga 2.0 confirmed.) It looks like the folks who have been cut are: 1. Management layers in the community team, resulting in only a couple of community...

It isn't happening this year. Also, Josh Augustine - designer for EQN/Landmark (not sure what design he does) is IN. Josh Augustine @jaugustine ? 35m 35 minutes ago @Grakulen Looks like I made it through the cuts and am safe.Tough day, though. Thanks for checking in.

Tom Schenck, head programmer for H1Z1 is, unsurprisingly, IN. Tom Schenck ?@tomslick42 21s21 seconds ago Time for lunch, a little walk, and then back to check the latest potential patch. Not the best of days, but one step at a time.

Emily confirmed IN. *eyeroll* Emily (Domino) ?@pentapod 2m And yeah, apparently you're not rid of me that easily. Thanks for the good wishes. We'll have updates for ya when we can, bear with us

Felgon/Eric Smith is out. Eric Smith ?@F4Felgon 13s13 seconds ago Layoffs aren't fun, but that's business. Loved working on Landmark, and I hope EQN turns out well. I'll be around! Why they'd let him go and keep Emily/Domino is a fucking mystery. H1Z1 loot/progression/survival...

"If any of you have some oxycotin, please meet me in the Daybreak parking lot."

Looks like Emily is still in. Which is a total fucking shock, frankly. If you have to choose between two senior level folks in Dave and Emily, you keep Dave every time. Only way this makes sense is if they gut the senior level folks on EQ/EQ2 and move Emily back there. Emily (Domino)...

As predicted, Colette Murphy/Dexella is in: Colette Murphy ?@ThatColette 6m6 minutes ago For those asking -- I am still here at Daybreak Games. It's a very hard day around here, though. Sorry if I'm quiet for a while.

They really only need five senior level people for EQN to maintain its vision - Georgeson wasn't the vision as many are saying on reddit. Steven Klug (technical director), Steve Danuser (content/lore), Rosie Rappaport (art), Terry Michaels (producer), and either Darren McPherson or Michael Mann...

As I predicted a few pages ago, Tiffany Spence/Amnerys, is OUT. Tiffany Spence @KindaTiffy ? 22m 22 minutes ago It's been an honor and a privilege. <3 Imagine Dexella takes over for her for EQN/Landmark. Will be interesting to see if Greg (CM, H1Z1) stays - I doubt it.

Doesn't appear to be the case with this one, from what the developers are saying. If the rumors that they're laying off 40-50% of the company are true that's a single, massive cut - not a round.

Anyone know what Kelduum did? Seemed to be odd game design jobs for H1Z1 like the ability to baricade windows. I have to say this for SOE - layoffs suck, and I feel bad for the people who are losing their jobs, but they're clearly cutting with a scalpel here and removing redundancies. It's smart.

Ben Burnett, EQN/Landmark programmer (voxel tools, other programming) is in: Ben Burnett ?@RtugokDaybreak 19s19 seconds ago I'm okay.

Noah Watkins, H1Z1 website design, is out. Noah Watkins ?@noahwatkins 23m23 minutes ago Anyone want to hire a Web Artist / UI Artist? Yep, I was one of the ones laid off at #Daybreak #DaybreakGames #Soe Sucks

Adam Clegg, world design/implementation for H1Z1 is in, not out: Adam Clegg ?@Arclegger 3m3 minutes ago Layoffs always suck, I am okay, a lot of fellow co-workers that were great developers across the company are not. Please hire them.

Jimmy Whizenhunt, combat designer for H1Z1 is also in: Jimmy Whisenhunt ?@jimmywhis 2m2 minutes ago .@NightHawk1412 @Arclegger Yeah, we're still here.

I'm sure it is. That team was TINY by comparison to EQN/LM and the only three people that were getting paid for work that didn't actually involve building the game in some capacity are Smedley, Greg Henniger (community manager), and Steve George (producer.) My guess is that Greg is let go...

Doubt it. Landmark isn't profitable in and of itself. EQN is the product that is going to Day-make or Day-break the company.

My guess of the public-facing staff members for EQN/LM on who is in and who is out: OUT Dave Georgeson Emily/Pentapod Jeff Butler Amnerys IN Steve Danuser/Moorgard Michael Mann Steve Klug Rosie Rapaport Dexella

Check out the tweets and replies under @nbrianna's twitter account re: massively's coverage of Pantheon.

Given that Sparkling is getting her entire family to be on the core development team, I thought you all might like to see a picture. Here it is folks - the Pantheon Development team!

And here's her MMO: Visions Alpha trailer - May 2013 - YouTube