Stumbling Chicago-based video game developer plans next-generation titles and Hollywood tie-ins in an effort to revive its business after years of lackluster performance.
It's been another rough year for video game developer Midway Games, which stumbled into the holiday shopping season with delayed releases and lowered revenue forecasts. But Hollywood and a fresh sign of interest from its largest shareholder may help the Chicago-based gamemaker put 2007 behind it.
Midway Chief Executive David Zucker described his 2008 strategy as "fewer, bigger, better" titles. The company is hoping Hollywood tie-ins will prove lucrative.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
" At the end of next year, the company will release another iteration of "Mortal Kombat.""
OMG no. Please Midway, don't rush MK8. We haven't seen a thing from this game and a real next-gen fighter definitly needs more developement time than a year.
Your right....I have a feeling that the next gen Mortal Kombat is going to have Rush Job written all over it, and go straight to the Bargain bin along side Mortal Kombat Mythologies
Where's my Psi-Ops2 ?
Midway is a bollocks company anyway. I'm not bothered if they burn.
"fewer, bigger, better titles" and "Hollywood tie-ins" seem to contradict each other quite brilliantly.