The loss of Muzyka and Zeschuck is a loss for the entire genre. However, they were joined by a number of former BioWare employees who were laid off, including SWTOR executive producer Rich Vogel, when SWTOR lost subscribers.īioWare made some of the best RPGs of all time, including Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, and Neverwinter Nights.
Others are laid off.ĬEO Ray Muzyka and Vice President Greg Zeschuck left BioWare of their own free will. Its impact on the industry still remains to be seen, but Newell and Persson are not wearing rose-colored glasses.ġ3. I told them to stop trying to ruin the pc as an open platform." Markus Persson, a.k.a "Notch," creator of Minecraft, tweeted, "Got an email from microsoft, wanting to help "certify" minecraft for win 8. Consumers can still install Steam and other software, but many see this move as the first step toward locking down the PC for Microsoft."Īnd he's not the only one. Microsoft is taking a walled-garden approach by enforcing full control over which apps make it into its Windows 8 store. "The Valve executive and other developers believe Windows’ new app store poses a threat to the open nature of personal computers.
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