Romero's New Gig

Eurogamer is reporting on John Romero's newest endeavor, a studio designing a Massive game. Slipgate Ironworks is currently hiring, to work on ... a game. From the article: "The site doesn't offer many clues to the game's nature (although it does reveal that it will include weapons. And animation. And light!), but we do know from Romero's public comments that it will be ready 'when it's done' and isn't down for a 2007 release as some reports have speculated." I'm sure it will be up to the standards of Mr. Romero's numerous other good works.

zombies?

[paradigmdream]

massive zombie mmo that doesn't suck :crosses fingers:

Rockstars!

[andrewman327]

Maybe they can grab employees from the Rockstar exedous reported on /. the other day.

Someone had to say it..

[Rob T Firefly]

I'll have a look.. so long as he doesn't want to make me his bitch this time.

Re:zombies?

[paradigmdream]

and then i realized that john is not george =(

But the question is ...

[sabit666]

... is he going to make you his BITCH?!

Re:"Numerous other good works"

[jdevivre]

So, technically, Daikatana has been more of a hit than, say, the XBox

You know, you're underlying point is quite good. I would simply suggest replacing "hit" with "success". Being a developer myself, anything that kept the bills paid (ie. paid for itself) was a success. I've had WAY too many products come nowhere near to paying: thus, failures (or, as we like to kid ourselves, "limited successes").

No it isn't.

[Anonymous Coward]

He does suck. Hard. He is a spoiled, pompous shit for brains. His role in the great games of id's past was as the "wouldn't it be cool if..." kid. Thousands of people do that in their heads all the time, and do just as good a job, and in many cases better. He has no talent or skill, and is not capable of actually developing games. He just wants to think of cool ideas and get to live a rockstar lifestyle.

People hate him for more than just daikatana, they hate him for every aspect of ion storm. They hate him for being an arrogant cock who got famous off of the hard work of others, then proved beyond a shadow of a doubt with ion storm that id's success had nothing to do with him, and yet tards like you still defend him. I took a shit this morning with more talent than romero.

I can see it now...

[tansey]

The hype has just started.

Every month or so, we'll get small updates.
Then it will be within a year of release, and the updates will become more frequent.
Then finally when release is only 4 months away, it will be revealed.

Every magazine will be covered with headlines about...

Daikatana Online!

Massive?

[porkface]

Shouldn't Romero have picked a project with a more finite scope after his last fiasco consumed at least 6 years of his working life?