Which game developer would you like to work for if given a chance?
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Gearbox, so if there is a Borderlands 2, I can slap them if they don't implement everything I say, such as weapon customization, better story, better skill tress, etc.
Rockstar. Even though I know nothing about how they treat their workers, but it would be an honor if I was given the chance to work for them, because they just happened to make some of my favorite games ever.
Valve are revolutionaries with a great staff and a good sense of humor. They've produced two of my all-time favorite games, and of all their games:
I'm still playing Half-Life 2, Portal was amazing and Portal 2 will be Jesusesque, L4D was quite good, and TF2 was satisfactory bordering on great. So yeah, definitely Valve.
I'm still playing Half-Life 2, Portal was amazing and Portal 2 will be Jesusesque, L4D was quite good, and TF2 was satisfactory bordering on great. So yeah, definitely Valve.
Some very worthy choices in this thread. Of course, working at a developer like Blizzard or Bioware is mighty tempting, but I would like to add another name into the mix, which might be a pretty unconventional choice: PopCap
Why, you ask? Well, they make some pretty good games (I mean, who does not love Plants vs. Zombies?), they are pretty successful financially and in contrast to nearly all the other studios already mentioned, they are still completely independent. They are a separate company still led by its founders, with no need of financial backing by a publisher because they are highly profitable and thus financially able to stand on their own. That means no publisher deadlines, no forced sequels because your mother company needs some third quarter revenue, etc.
Sure, some of the bigger and better known studios already mentioned have a good amount of leeway from their publisher/parent company and do awesome games I would be thrilled to work on, but do not be fooled, even a studio giant like Bioware has to follow some strategic decisions from their parent companies, regardless of what they think of it. How else do you explain that DLC epidemic newer Bioware titles seem to exhibit? And don´t get me started on Activision and Bobby Kotick
So, PopCap would be my choice I guess, because they do great games, have complete independence in their decisions as they have no parent company and they share one of the important traits of great gaming studios: You feel that they take the time and effort to really polish their games even on tiny details and I firmly believe this is a sign that a developer cares about his product and pours a lot of effort into it. Sounds like a good way to work on a game
Why, you ask? Well, they make some pretty good games (I mean, who does not love Plants vs. Zombies?), they are pretty successful financially and in contrast to nearly all the other studios already mentioned, they are still completely independent. They are a separate company still led by its founders, with no need of financial backing by a publisher because they are highly profitable and thus financially able to stand on their own. That means no publisher deadlines, no forced sequels because your mother company needs some third quarter revenue, etc.
Sure, some of the bigger and better known studios already mentioned have a good amount of leeway from their publisher/parent company and do awesome games I would be thrilled to work on, but do not be fooled, even a studio giant like Bioware has to follow some strategic decisions from their parent companies, regardless of what they think of it. How else do you explain that DLC epidemic newer Bioware titles seem to exhibit? And don´t get me started on Activision and Bobby Kotick
So, PopCap would be my choice I guess, because they do great games, have complete independence in their decisions as they have no parent company and they share one of the important traits of great gaming studios: You feel that they take the time and effort to really polish their games even on tiny details and I firmly believe this is a sign that a developer cares about his product and pours a lot of effort into it. Sounds like a good way to work on a game
Bioware because they have a studio in galway, which is on the same Island as me(Ireland),failing that I'd go to either Valve, Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Nintendo or Ubisoft
Not the one I'm working for right now. THen again, the industry being the way it is, I'm not even sure that being a project management professional without considerable contacts to drug dealers or corrupt company executives is desirable in the video game business.
Bethesda. As I have no intention of ever going into the gaming industry, I might as well dream about being able to add a whole bunch of cool shit into the next few installments of The Elder Scrolls.
As it is, I just gotta hope they do a good enough job without my unequivocally brilliant imput.
As it is, I just gotta hope they do a good enough job without my unequivocally brilliant imput.
Either at Bungie or Bethesda, just because I like their games.
I was going to say Rockstar, but apparently the people that work there get pushed really hard and get super stressed out.
I was going to say Rockstar, but apparently the people that work there get pushed really hard and get super stressed out.
