Schilling's Green Monster Games

[Count Nerfedalot]

This is the Reckoning for that Reckoning.

ya reckon?   

[Abagadro]

It's a reckoning!

[Musashi]

So wait...  Who's our Huckleberry?

[Tannhauser]

I'm your huckleberry!

[Wolf]

This is the Reckoning for that Reckoning.

yo dawg I heard you like reckonings 

[Hawkbit]

Having an announcement of an announcement is like the sign in DeathSpank that says "Attention:  Sign Ahead".  It's mildly amusing in DeathSpank, not so much irl. 

[Numtini]

Am I the only one that looks at a new developer planning release for the PS3 and 360 and starts to giggle?

[Musashi]

And PC.

[Ixxit]

Just watched the trailer; very Blizzardesque

Also, with the "fantasy heavyweights" on board, you would think that they would know that you fight skeletons with the maul/mace and demons with the sword, to maximize damage....  sheesh.  

[Pennilenko]

I am disappointing that the trailer wasn't all game play footage.

[AutomaticZen]

Joystick has some screenshots up.  Looks quite pretty with some nice monster design.  The Elder Scrolls gentleman is a plus.

http://www.joystiq.com/screenshots/kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-screenshots/3197514/#/1

[Tannhauser]

Looks pretty good.

[Draegan]

This convo belong in another forum. 

[Rasix]

This convo belong in another forum. 

Already in progress.

Talk about the single player game over there, please.  I'm not going to split and merge, the resulting thread would look terrible.  So, DO EEET.

[Murgos]

In other 38 studios news, NPR reports that the studio may be leaving Massachusetts and headed to RI to chase down a 75 million dollar loan guaranteed by the state.

[Rendakor]

In other 38 studios news, NPR reports that the studio may be leaving Massachusetts and headed to RI to chase down a 75 million dollar loan guaranteed by the state.

Rhode Island seems desperate for tech jobs, no?



Edit: Also, appears they'll be showing something from the single player RPG at Comic Con later this month.

[Nija]

It does seem kind of a no brainer to take that move. I don't think it's the same as moving from SF to Kansas, but I could be wrong. 75M guaranteed is a lot. You'd have to deliver that much more, and it's still basically going to be the first product offering. More or less.

I wouldn't really like to be involved with the decision making, myself.

[gehrig38]

It was actually approved about 2 hours ago, very cool stuff.
Anyone here going to Gen Con? RA and I are going to be there, with special event only give aways:)

[Ghambit]

I'm gonna try my best to go this year if I can get some damned time off.
You guys got space in your room??   

[Tannhauser]

Trying to talk my buddy into going to GenCon.  Is there even any ASL going on up there?  

And congrats on the move.  $75mil is a pretty solid business decision, but I wonder how that will interrupt game development.

[UnSub]

And congrats on the move.  $75mil is a pretty solid business decision, but I wonder how that will interrupt game development.

Money fights are a morale building exercise, but they can definitely eat into the work day.

[AutomaticZen]

Wrote an article about shiny new office space in Providence for 38 Studios.

I wish my company had shiny new offices.

[CharlieMopps]

Sorry but that looks like a pile of suck.
Is that a lightening bolt sword? Really?
Basically the graphics look like they were made for preteen boys... But it's an MMO?
I see fail all over this. But hey, who knows, maybe they can talk SOE into buying it from them after release.

[Draegan]

Sorry but that looks like a pile of suck.
Is that a lightening bolt sword? Really?
Basically the graphics look like they were made for preteen boys... But it's an MMO?
I see fail all over this. But hey, who knows, maybe they can talk SOE into buying it from them after release.

What are you talking about?

[Modern Angel]

Uh

[Ghambit]

Disgruntled Boston leftover employee?
If so, really... Boston is much cooler than Providence.  You should be happy!   

[Merusk]

Charlie not taking his meds again? wtf?

[Stormwaltz]

/NECRO

I was at the "Future of MMORPGs" round table Saturday night at PAX East. Curt was on the panel with Colin Johanssen (GW2), James Ohlen (SWTOR), Scott Hartsman (Rift, which received great deal of praise from the other panelists), Jeremy Gaffney (Carbine), Fernando Paiz (Turbine), and a guy from TERA that I wasn't familiar with (sorry, man).

I'll be honest. I didn't think much of Curt before. I had a nagging suspicion he might be nothing more than a former EQ raider who had the means to make good on the old "I could design a game better than those idiots!" troll.

He came off as reasonable and thoughtful. He didn't monopolize the conversation (if anyone did, it was Jeremy), and frequently gave credit where due. I don't agree with all his conclusions, but I came away with the impression that he'd spent a good deal of time considering topics from community management methods to revenue models to social networking tie-ins. An old military/wargaming saw holds that amateurs talk tactics, while professionals talk logistics. I felt he was able to talk both effectively. I also spent an evening last week with a former coworker who's now at 38. Curt treats those guys very well - and he doesn't micromanage, as I might have expected.

I may not end up liking Amalur, but if so I don't think it will be for lack of sense at the top.

You're wondering "so what?" Well, so nothing, really. I just enjoyed having my biases pleasantly destroyed by a thoughtful conversation.

[Kageru]

Now he needs to ship a product before the foundation dates, they run out of money for the final polishing or they have excessive profitability requirements. Given how long I've been hearing about this game I'd be a bit concerned... If I hadn't sort of tuned it out years ago.

[UnSub]

"Future of MMORPGs"

Jeremy Gaffney (Carbine)

Irony.

[Tannhauser]

Curt's a good guy.  I met him at Oktoberfest, an ASL tournament held every year in Cleveland.  He just seemed to be a regular Joe, despite the fact he was a multi-millionaire.  I even collaborated with him on a published ASL scenario.  He gave me his email address.  Ok his politics are horrid, but it's a free country.

Amalur doesn't sound like my kind of game, but I'll give it an honest shot.

[Venkman]

I was at the "Future of MMORPGs" round table Saturday night at PAX East.

Sooo doing the three day pass next PAX. Got more in on Friday than I thought I would, but missed a lot of the talks a result. Glad the talk went well. I'm curious how well the Big Huge game does and whether that distracts from the MMO or supports it financially (given that I think they're trying to make the game they bought fit within the lore RA is writing).

[Stormwaltz]

A place called MMO Voices posted a (slightly noisy) recording of the talk.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/mmovoices/065_MMOVoices_031211.mp3

[LC]

I guess copying cloning borrowing from other games isn't as lucrative as it once seemed.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hhw6NmK_IucrZboHbCFm9POUF9hg?docId=56ad7e7154e44300ab6f6cba85149ee2

[UnSub]

How oddly specific:

The meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. at the EDC offices at 315 Iron Horse Way, Suite 101, in Providence.

Another article cites VGChartz to say that Kingdoms... sold 1.1 million units, suggesting 38 Studios could have brought in something like $30m from that game.

EDIT: Missed the action in the other thread that says Kingdoms only sold 451k units.