That's cool, and especially so on the Crackdown front. Do we know if he's planning on creating any new IPs? Seems like a waste not to give him a studio of his own to at least incubate some ideas.
Complete global publication
That's cool, and especially so on the Crackdown front. Do we know if he's planning on creating any new IPs? Seems like a waste not to give him a studio of his own to at least incubate some ideas.
Basically the dude from Marvel and DC. Feige and Geoff? I don't know their names.He's an employee of Microsoft Studios.
Basically he's a super high level employee that is broadly involved with every first party project at some level, either supervising writing or helping out with individual writing for devs without good writing chops.
Feel like an Xbox relaunch coming, true Spencer's vision, E3 going to be big for MS.
He's an employee of Microsoft Studios.
Basically he's a super high level employee that is broadly involved with every first party project at some level, either supervising writing or helping out with individual writing for devs without good writing chops.
He is not a game designer, I don't think it would be a good idea to have him lead a new game let alone studio. He works as a writer for Global publishing which means he works on multiple games they are publishing at one time basically consulting.
Basically the dude from Marvel and DC. Feige and Geoff? I don't know their names.
A bit rich coming from someone who posts in a message boards that cry about fucking games
Not gears, halo, forza or any current MS first party studio game, but they may just be updating the site currently.
Interesting. Also worrying.
After fable, scalebound, D4 and various other cancelations I'd be very very nervous to work with a publisher this seemingly fickle and loyal to their 3 core ip, halo gears forza
WhewA bit rich coming from someone who posts in a message boards that cry about fucking games
Neither is Amy Henning and a bunch of other talents in the industry. Staten was instrumental to shaping Halo into what it was in its prime as a franchise. I would honestly love to see what else he could come up with. Microsoft could really do with an exclusive RPG franchise akin to Mass Effect, I think he'd be the perfect choice given his history. Or if he wanted to do something more in line with fantasy or grounded in reality - anything. I'd just like for Microsoft to actually exploit the talented people they have to create new IPs internally.
Not gears, halo, forza or any current MS first party studio game, but they may just be updating the site currently.
Interesting. Also worrying.
What, however, annoys me off about the above arrangement is that games under the Halo/Forza/Gears banner like Horizon and Halo Wars are clearly part of their 'franchise studio' banner instead of part of MS Global Publishing.
As Nightengale pointed out, they cover Microsoft's externally developed projects. So no 343, Coalition, Turn 10 or Rare projects.
Well those games are incubated and managed by those studios so it makes total sense to have them under Microsofts studios, think of them as outsourcing studios for projects they wouldn't otherwise be able to develop internally.
Wat.
Not really, this is basically a rebranding exercise to distinctly separate out two parts of MS Studios.
Microsoft Studios = first party studios (343, Coalition, T10, Rare)
MS Global Publishing = first-party games by external studios ( ReCore, etc)
This is basically "second party", basically making a clear distinction what games are made by internal studios and what games aren't.
What, however, annoys me off about the above arrangement is that games under the Halo/Forza/Gears banner like Horizon and Halo Wars are clearly part of their 'franchise studio' banner instead of part of MS Global Publishing.
Wat.
As Nightengale pointed out, they cover Microsoft's externally developed projects. So no 343, Coalition, Turn 10 or Rare projects.
Anyway, yeah, that logo is horrendous. Someone made a Global Publishing logo and then copy and pasted it onto the bottom of the MS Studios logo.
HehI hope that's a program inside game pass so any dev can publish games straight to it.
That being said, this does also exclude franchise games which they're treating as a a collaboration between the franchise studios and the external devs that make spin-offs like Forza Horizon & Halo Wars, so bleh.
I agree it makes no functional difference in the end, but the OCD in me is annoyed.
Because it was perfect to have a two identity split-off, but now there's technically 3.
MS Studios = internal franchise studios
MS Studios - Ex Dev = franchise games from external developers
MS Studios - Global Publishing = games not part of franchise studios from ex.devs
I thought she was more story than game design, did I get that wrong?
I'm pretty sure she conceived Uncharted and wrote and directed the first three games.
And Sony let her go?
Not gears, halo, forza or any current MS first party studio game, but they may just be updating the site currently.
Interesting. Also worrying.
"[We're] very focused on 1P games. I'll be careful about when we announce things but I know strong 1P is critical," adding that having those first-party games ready for Scorpio's launch is also critical.
"It's a journey. Started w/ focus on hardware, longest timelines. We've rebuilt XBL and OS. Bringing same focus to 1P,"
She's an employee with worker rights
That being said, this does also exclude franchise games which they're treating as a a collaboration between the franchise studios and the external devs that make spin-offs like Forza Horizon & Halo Wars, so bleh.
I thought she was more story than game design, did I get that wrong?
I know theyre a mega corporation but I feel sorry for MS at this point, they dont have a clue. I can just imagine Phil Spencer putting out fires everywhere...for every problem he fixes, someone else makes a stupid logo, or antagonises a developer. I have a funny feeling they are in for a bad E3.
Oh and "global publishing"...no gamer gives a shit about publishing, or globalness, we just want the games. It's a Microsoft Game? Call it Microsoft Studios then. Or MSA Microsoft Studios America, or Microsoft Worldwide Studios. We dont need the word publishing..we get it, you publish them. It's as moronic as MGIB Microsoft Games In Boxes.
I know theyre a mega corporation but I feel sorry for MS at this point, they dont have a clue. I can just imagine Phil Spencer putting out fires everywhere...for every problem he fixes, someone else makes a stupid logo, or antagonises a developer. I have a funny feeling they are in for a bad E3.
Oh and "global publishing"...no gamer gives a shit about publishing, or globalness, we just want the games. It's a Microsoft Game? Call it Microsoft Studios then. Or MSA Microsoft Studios America, or Microsoft Worldwide Studios. We dont need the word publishing..we get it, you publish them. It's as moronic as MGIB Microsoft Games In Boxes.
I know theyre a mega corporation but I feel sorry for MS at this point, they dont have a clue. I can just imagine Phil Spencer putting out fires everywhere...for every problem he fixes, someone else makes a stupid logo, or antagonises a developer. I have a funny feeling they are in for a bad E3.
Oh and "global publishing"...no gamer gives a shit about publishing, or globalness, we just want the games. It's a Microsoft Game? Call it Microsoft Studios then. Or MSA Microsoft Studios America, or Microsoft Worldwide Studios. We dont need the word publishing..we get it, you publish them. It's as moronic as MGIB Microsoft Games In Boxes.
I know theyre a mega corporation but I feel sorry for MS at this point, they dont have a clue. I can just imagine Phil Spencer putting out fires everywhere...for every problem he fixes, someone else makes a stupid logo, or antagonises a developer. I have a funny feeling they are in for a bad E3.
Oh and "global publishing"...no gamer gives a shit about publishing, or globalness, we just want the games. It's a Microsoft Game? Call it Microsoft Studios then. Or MSA Microsoft Studios America, or Microsoft Worldwide Studios. We dont need the word publishing..we get it, you publish them. It's as moronic as MGIB Microsoft Games In Boxes.
I know theyre a mega corporation but I feel sorry for MS at this point, they dont have a clue. I can just imagine Phil Spencer putting out fires everywhere...for every problem he fixes, someone else makes a stupid logo, or antagonises a developer. I have a funny feeling they are in for a bad E3.
Oh and "global publishing"...no gamer gives a shit about publishing, or globalness, we just want the games. It's a Microsoft Game? Call it Microsoft Studios then. Or MSA Microsoft Studios America, or Microsoft Worldwide Studios. We dont need the word publishing..we get it, you publish them. It's as moronic as MGIB Microsoft Games In Boxes.
No shit, but did they not offer her enough, or was she too expensive? I missed the whole debacle with her leaving Sony for EA.