Kalshion Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 The makers of the CnC series.. who EA ealier this year disbanded the team, we all thought we would never hear from them again... well we where all wrong. __________________________________________________ Video Game company Launched in Vegas By Jennifer Shubinski --------------------- Las Vegas Sun Former programmer for westwood studios said Wednesday they've formed a new video game development compnay, Petroglyph, abd vased the startup in Las Vegas. The new company was annouced at E3 Expo, an electronic extertainment convention in Los Angeles. Video game giant EA closed Westwood studios, its Las Vegas division, earlier this iyer and consolidated all video game operations at its Redwood city, Calif. HQ Westwood Studio Programmer and creators Michal Legg,Steve Tall, and Joe Bostic decided to stay in Las Vegas and open thier own video game design company. "We thought about relocating to Los Angeles, but we decided to stay behind," said Legg, who worked for westwood studios for 17 years. "petroglyph is a great combination of talent and creative energy," saud Bostic, who has been programming computer games since 1889."... The future is bright and we have the vision." Legg said the states tax structure, Las Vegas entertainment offerings and affordable housing in Southern Nevada are all positives that will help attract new talent. The annoucement is good news for Las Vegas, which for years has often lost out to cities in Arizona, Califronia and Utah When it comes to attracting technology bussiness. Companies have cited a lack of Talent and highly skilled workers as reasons to not locate, or stay, in southern nevada. Legg, Tall and Bostic are well known in the gaming world for creating and producing such games as the CnC series; Dune 2 :The building of a Dynasty and the Legend of Kyrandia series. The CnC series has sold more than 21 million units worldwide, Legg said Petroglyph programmers and creators plan to Design Real Time Stratigy Games, which can be played over the internet or head to head on some gaming systems. RTS games are most often Strategy games that allows players to control all aspects of the game. The group plans to make games that can be played on the NExt generation of game platforms, such as Microsofts Xbox, Sony's playstation and the Nintendo Gamecube. "We are currently interviewing publishers for our next game," Legg said. "We are strategizing and setting up our office and our core technology." Legg said depending on which publishing company signs for Petroglyphs first game. It hopes to hir eemployees. But he said that ideally, The founcer will limit employment to about 30 People. "We want a team of quality over quantity," he said -------------------------------------------------- I read that in the news paper and copyed it all here (hands hurt) did it all without looking at the screen so please forgive me if you see any spelling errors Anywho I'll keep you all up-to-date =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr Nova Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Kalshion: "petroglyph is a great combination of talent and creative energy," saud Bostic, who has been programming computer games since 1889."... The future is bright and we have the vision." ---------------------------------- I read that in the news paper and copyed it all here (hands hurt) did it all without looking at the screen so please forgive me if you see any spelling errors Anywho I'll keep you all up-to-date =) Mmm.... Punch-card goodness. Lol. It'll never be Westwood again. Trust me. Their main licenses and copyrights are owned by EA now, anwyay. If we see anything at all, I believe it'll be the kind of thing that you'd see as "old ideas that they never had time to do." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalshion Posted May 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 Sorry Nova The new company bought the rights to CnC already through there Aterny =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr Nova Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Heh. And the volatile gaming software industry surprises me yet again. This could actually be pretty funny. Westwood reborn under a different name. I have this part of me that's skeptical about it, but it sounds cool, nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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