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Vanguard/Sigil Interview

  • Taylor
  • May 20, 2007 at 12:29 AM
  • Taylor
    • May 20, 2007 at 12:29 AM
    • #1

    This hasn’t been posted here yet so here goes. Vanguard has been going through months of development hell and its employees were laid off so they could be acquired by Sony Online Entertainment. One guy who was obviously not rehired, was interviewed and had this to say about the game and its development.

    Some of the stuff is really: :wtf:

  • Rick_D
    • May 20, 2007 at 12:38 AM
    • #2

    Yea I read the interview with one of the guys (a day or two after his 'release') and man, if ever there was a company that was totally fucked from day one: it's them.

    That Brad chap seems like a complete tool as well.

  • Izuno
    • May 20, 2007 at 6:57 AM
    • #3

    Yes sad story alll around. The worse thing is that stories with this level of absurdity are all to common in the gaming industry.

  • Zacker
    • May 20, 2007 at 11:43 AM
    • #4

    That was one hell of a fucked up story. I feel sorry for all those dedicated developers who worked their ass off for all that time just to be laid off in the end.

  • FrieChamp
    • May 20, 2007 at 11:49 AM
    • #5

    Interesting read and I feel sorry for the guy and his co workers, but there is worse. Games getting canned and people being laid off for good, as opposed to a game that was at least finished (or let's better say "released" ) and a studio including its employees being picked up by a bigger company.

    Although the whole development sounded like an ordeal, this is just one, personal take on it, so I guess you should take it with a grain of salt.

  • zaphod
    • May 22, 2007 at 2:23 AM
    • #6

    been there, done that. I'm not sure what kind of sob story is supposed to shock people in this industry any more. These guys were local to me too, I used to run into some of them at starbucks.

  • FrieChamp
    • May 22, 2007 at 8:48 AM
    • #7

    An interview has been done with Brad Mc Quaid by the same site by the way:

    http://f13.net/?itemid=562

    PS: 2500 posts

  • Hourences
    • May 22, 2007 at 9:05 AM
    • #8
    Quote from FrieChamp

    Although the whole development sounded like an ordeal, this is just one, personal take on it, so I guess you should take it with a grain of salt.

    Id rather take the employee's word for it, than some manager's whos used to prettify crap, litteraly crap.

    Terrible story, a shame this stuff is happening frequently and too people realize that this is not the way to go...

  • Zacker
    • May 22, 2007 at 9:20 AM
    • #9

    Damn lots of drama.

  • ifO
    • May 22, 2007 at 10:37 AM
    • #10

    Interesting reading.

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