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Visceral Studios execs defect to new Activision studio photo

Activision is opening up a new games studio and, as one might expect, they desire top quality talent to work there. So, they strolled on over to Visceral Games, the EA-owned studio responsible for Dead Space and the upcoming Dante's Inferno, and picked some up.

Yesterday, Visceral's General Manager, Glen Schofield, and COO, Michael Condrey, announced to their fellow employees that they would be joining Activision's currently unnamed studio. Schofield, in particular, has got to feel like a nasty blow, as he was the man chiefly responsible for pushing Dead Space through development.

So, what will the new, San Francisco-based studio be doing? Your guess is as good as mine. Considering the talent at work, it's probably not going to be responsible for the Shrek franchise.


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SnakeDude4Life's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 10:49
SnakeDude4Life
Soo..... they escaped the totalitarianism and oppression of EA and went to the totalitarianism and oppression of Activision?

HA HA HA! Good Luck making a dozen sequels and prequels.
Blackhat's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 10:50
Blackhat
Yeah that's really like moving from Nazi Germany to Soviet Russia.

However, when people of this 'caliber' move, they tend to get massive pay increases, so...
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 10:51
JLanphear
Ouch. . . that's gotta hurt. To be honest, the new EA seems like it would be a more suitable place for them to work. Why switch to the peripheral loving, douches at Activision?
Black Nexus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 10:53
Black Nexus
Yay, more good devs to focus on endlessly rehasing 1 IP over and over and over and over and over.
Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 11:03
Krow
Video game company is evil.
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 11:12
ChaosTeaCup
"Yeah that's really like moving from Nazi Germany to Soviet Russia."

Bit OTT, no?

I mean, I'd work for either of them. Probably be better than my repetetive printing job.
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 11:13
ChaosTeaCup
Repetetive printing job.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 11:15
Holyetheline
NEW IP!!!!!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 11:26
Chronic Logic
This sounds kind of rude, going up to your competitor's door and shopping for new employees.

I hope this doesn't affect Dante's Inferno.
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 11:34
pascuz46
"BOSS, Why did you defect!?"
liam12360's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 12:13
liam12360
Bye Issac.
Furyfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 13:22
Furyfire
Well.. damnit.
2infinityNbyond's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 14:27
2infinityNbyond
The picture and caption is super funny
mgmgarcia01's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 23:04
mgmgarcia01
Activision.... burn in hell if this effects anything Dead Space related
JustLikeBuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/23/2009 04:02
JustLikeBuck
2010: Dead Space 2 delayed as Activision concentrates on CoD: World at War 2.

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