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Interestingly CIG has a huge problem with their Austin office. What would happen is they hire a top shelf physics programmer (if anyone here recalls they are converting part of CryEngine to 64bit) and EA's head hunters would swoop in and poach them. It's still a common occurrence and it absolutely impacted their timelines as a result. Originally they were supposed to have hired someone for that role moons ago and had the 64 bit conversion done or close to it by Jan 1. Yeah that didn't happen. They have a physics programmer for that role finally and hopefully he lasts. CIG just can't pay what EA pays (according to Ben 3x their offer) on poached talent.Interesting video and for the most part pretty accurate. It is referencing the gaming industry as a whole rather than only the MMO industry, but close enough. My brother in-law worked for EA about 5 years ago and can certainly attest to everything that video comments on. Now he works as an indie developer making his own game while teaching at a college. It is a lot less stressful and more gratifying.
So if you like Indi games and hate big time companies there is yet another reason to show them the middle finger.