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[LukeSmith]

it's neither a blizzard game or halo wars. but you guys are on the right track.

 

[The Mighty Schwein]

I think thats gotta smart for Gamespot. Not only are they losing a very good long time reviewer, whom I'm sure many had become accustomed to over the years, but also one of their best on camera personalities. With gaming sites being increasingly focused on media these days I don't see how this can be seen as anything less than a major blow to Gamespot. I watch On The Spot here and there, and it always seemed there were good times to be had when GK was around.

Hope he likes being on the dev end of the stick, moohawhaw. Poor sob.

 

[Cosmozone]

Well, at least he doesn't do PR, as usual in these cases. So he was a good reviewer? I'm always sceptical when a gaming journalist wants to do something creative.

 

[Ganondorfo]

I think he will be working with koijima on metal gear solid 4:lol

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

If Greg's going to work for a top-class RTS company, and it's not Blizzard or Microsoft, it almost has to be one of the following companies:

- Relic (Dawn of War series, Company of Heroes)
- EA LA (Command and Conquer, Battle for Middle-Earth)
- Gas Powered Games (Supreme Commander, also Dungeon Siege series)

 

[westical]

Scoot said it wasn't Halo Wars, not it wasn't Microsoft. A hint perhaps?

 

[Wollan]

I think he will be working with koijima on metal gear solid 4:lol

He clearly hinted to that it was his most wanted game this year as well as meeting Kojima being one of his biggest honors in memory.

Scoot said it wasn't Halo Wars, not it wasn't Microsoft. A hint perhaps?

Has to be Relic. Kasavin has seen like a big WarHammer 40k fan in videos before and these guys are definitely good at what they do. We just need Bisohptl to confirm now.

 

[Kiriku]

He clearly hinted to that it was his most wanted game this year as well as meeting Kojima being one of his biggest honors in memory.



Has to be Relic. Kasavin has seen like a big WarHammer 40k fan in videos before and these guys are definitely good at what they do. We just need Bisohptl to confirm now.

Already asked Bishop, he basically said "sure, why not. let's start a rumor!" :lol
LET'S DO IT

 

[clearacell]

It's EA LA, working on C & C 3

Today marks one week since I started my new job as an associate producer at Electronic Arts Los Angeles. For my first assignment, I'm getting to help wrap production on the PC version of Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. I'll also be taking in a lot of new information about the process here, hopefully without getting underfoot during a busy and exciting time. In short, it feels good to be on the team. Going into this, I had an idea of the types of people I wanted to work with and what types of games I wanted to work on, and all of that seems to be here. I'm also lucky to be working alongside and learning the trade from one of my former GameSpot colleagues, Mr. Amer Ajami, whom I owe a lot to for paving the way for me.

I really appreciated the show of support and good faith in response to my previous post; I owe a lot to you, too. After all, thanks to you I think my family finally gets what the hell it is I've been doing with my life. Let me make you a promise: For each game I get to work on, from this first project onward, I will keep you in mind and do everything I can to help ensure you won't be disappointed if you decided to play it.

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[Oldschoolgamer]

wow. Good luck to him.

 

[Akia]

It would've been awesome if he was on 1up Yours last week. That would've been funny.

 

[Matix]

It's EA LA, working on C & C 3




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Kinda surprised, was expecting him to go work for EA. Anyway, I wish him the best.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

"Probably a good career move."

 

[trilobyte]

Goodbye slave labor, hello slave labor++

 

[GhaleonEB]

Yikes, he went to work for EA?

 

[Jcgamer60]

I wish him luck with his new job. I will miss him as a game reviewer though

 

[TemplaerDude]

oh great, now he's going to ruin my favourite franchise.

 

[kernel]

Good for him. Working at ea and on a sequel of all things was unexpected though. Sell-out. /friendly jab.

 

[Last Hope]

We'll see if he can fix C&C. That game has been going downhill for 10 years.

 

[CountZeroInt]

Actually I've heard good things about working for EA for certain types of people. They generally aren't understaffed, have enough money to make paychecks, lots of changes went after the whole EA Spouse debacle, and the overall stability is a big plus for a lot of folks. Studios go belly up all the time in this industry, EA it happens too but Greg will be fine where he went.

If you are against big corporations and consolidation get on XNA and make some indie games that are good enough to sell to a publisher. You'll find out quickly that it's harder than it sounds, and you'll wish that EA would be publishing your game like they are for Bizarre (a well respected developer). But anyway, complaining about EA with no basis but "they're big and evil" is stupid. It's almost like people who complain about politics and then don't vote or don't actually know what they're talking about.

Trust me I've heard bad things about EA too, but it's a great place to go to either learn the ropes, or for veterans to find a stable place to raise family. The same correlation can be made for pretty much any software corporations (larger don't have as much potential for becoming filthy rich off of stock, but also you don't have as much risk involved and probably have better perks like good health benefits. smaller places you have more of a say and impact, larger you might have to play by the rules or be pigeon holed into a certain role).