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[Four] top Bioshock Infinite team members leave Irrational
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thekonamicode
Member
Two people leaving such a large team can't have that much of an effect.
Although ...
Tim and Chris Stamper left Rare in 2007 ...
Although ...
Tim and Chris Stamper left Rare in 2007 ...
you really underestimate the importance of every single part of a team.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
I wish Bioshock Infinite was made available to demo eventually.
Visualante2
Member
Were these guys part of the 'brain trust' which dates back to the early days of Irrational? I remember Ken talking about it on their podcast. Seems like it's a team of maybe a dozen people that sow the seeds of game projects.
Lots of games got delayed, E3 is becoming incredibly crowded and many have accused Irrational of showing too much too early. The last point is the most salient
they said in april/may that they wont show the game at all this year.
shinobi602
Member
SHIT...
thekonamicode
Member
Perhaps Take 2 is demanding Irrational immediately start working on Bioshock Infinite 2!
GalacticGravy
Member
Maybe they just got better offers. Maybe nothing is wrong with Bioshock Infinite. This project has taken a long time, and may take longer. Maybe another developer just had a better offer for their futures. These people usually have families, too. Family comes first, and the integrity of some piece of media they're working on comes second.
BassForever
Member
Rare had already gone to shit long before 2007
bigboss370
Member
thats kinda weird, you'd think they'd leave after finishing their current huge project, but they chose to leave prematurely...so either something is wrong with their work conditions, or wherever they're off to needed them immediately.
TheMagician
Member
Don't see how this is a problem. A key member of staff recently left Team ICO during production of The Last Guardian and that game looks great.
Vinterbird
Member
Or they are done with what they could bring to the game, and just wanted to move on. Or their partner got a job somewhere else and they had to move or something else. There's a ton of reasons that don't mean Infinite is in trouble or Irrational is a bad employer.
Maybe you've magically seen it. But I'll believe it when I've seen it.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Yeah, this is definitely not looking good. Bioshock: Infinite is obviously too deep into development to get canned (which I expect to happen eventually to The Last Guardian) but I'm getting more sceptic about this.
Canis lupus
Member
I'm worried now, especially for that vita version.
walking fiend
Member
Bioshock is the most overrated game of the past decade, shamefully predictable story and twist, unoriginal ideas and poor gameplay; I hope they find a better series to work on.
Like you did in Bioshock by copy-pasting Undying and then somehow making it worse?
Surely you jest? It's a very direct iteration of System Shock 2.
the major plot twist of bioshock infinite is that there never was a vita version and that we were dead the whole time.
No that is a trailer strategically edited and had designers cutting areas which can't be shown. It doesn't mean at all that that specific section(s) in the trailer is in a playable state with your hands on the controller. THIS shows that the game is playable.
Meatvillain
Banned
Yup, while I won't profess to be at all familiar with the development process that's the conclusion I find myself coming to. Can't help but have a slight bad feeling about Bioshock Infinite, though. Goddamn I hope any worries are unfounded.
didnt they say they will start development on the vita version once the console version is finished?
Glass Rebel
Member
Hope this doesn't mean the game is in trouble. Probably my most anticipated game next year. I wonder what they'll do in the future but it seems at least one has found a job at Naughty Dog. Good for him.
rofl
rofl
MushroomSamba
Member
Well, at least it's good to hear they're leaving for other more ideal job opportunities and not another one of those stories about quitting/getting fired drama.
Vinterbird
Member
And that they would probably outsource it. Vita version is coming in two years or so, talking about it now is crazy.
shinobi602
Member
........
snoopeasystreet
Member
I wouldn't worry about it. There's no way Irrational is internally developing it, if it still exists.
Oh, in that case, no game without an uncut gameplay trailer was possibly never playable, even on release. I should be more careful buying these pre-alpha games publishers are slipping through the net.
This actually concerns me.
Fine!
Yes!
faceless007
Member
A lot of people who worked on BioShock 1 left a while ago too, or at least that's the impression I got from that Idle Thumbs vidcast with one of the designers talking about the game.
I don't know if that means anything.
I don't know if that means anything.
Heart of Black
Member
At E3 2K focused on their nearest releases: Borderlands 2, Xcom, NBA 2K 13 & their social games.
Vinterbird
Member
This. And there's a reason why thei did not show it at this E3 or at GC this year, because it takes time out of the actual development budget to produce something stable and working for the press/world to see.