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11-10-2008, 03:31 AM
Not all publishers are pushed toward the Christmas rush and Stardock appears to be one of the ones with a little sense. Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com) is reporting on an interview with the CEO of the small PC-exclusive publisher in which they outline their strategy for the future.
"What we try to do is we want to release a title every first quarter of every year," CEO Brad Wardell tells Gamasutra. "For as far out as our schedule goes -- that's five or six years -- there's a game coming out."
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Stardock hopes to repeat that success by making its release schedule an explicitly yearly affair, now that it has expanded out to publish third-party games. Gas Powered Games RPG/RTS hybrid Demigod is next up, in February 2009. The company's schedule also allows for expansion packs in the first and fourth quarters as well.
Full article here. (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21005)
It's nice that smaller outfits can still survive these days. Rising development costs be damned!
"What we try to do is we want to release a title every first quarter of every year," CEO Brad Wardell tells Gamasutra. "For as far out as our schedule goes -- that's five or six years -- there's a game coming out."
...
Stardock hopes to repeat that success by making its release schedule an explicitly yearly affair, now that it has expanded out to publish third-party games. Gas Powered Games RPG/RTS hybrid Demigod is next up, in February 2009. The company's schedule also allows for expansion packs in the first and fourth quarters as well.
Full article here. (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21005)
It's nice that smaller outfits can still survive these days. Rising development costs be damned!