CNBC is reporting that Disney has added Bungie veteran Alex Seropian to their in-house development teams.
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The gaming arm of Disney has added some substantial muscle.
Alex Seropian, the founder of Bungie Software and co-creator of the "Halo" franchise has joined the company to oversee creative development across Disney’s in-house video game development teams.
"We're really trying to be a magnet in this industry for talent, as we are in so many other parts of the entertainment world," says Graham Hopper, executive vice president and general manager of Disney Interactive Studios. "Having someone of Alex's caliber join us is a tribute to the great people we have here already."
Disney is in the midst of tripling its investment in video games. The studio has 1,200 employees working on games, which is notably bigger than Microsoft's internal game-building team.
Watch and behold as Iron Man becomes the new Master Chief.
What I'm hoping for is someone among the ranks of Disney's gaming studio has the stones to campaign for letting capcom make marvel vs. capcom 3
So the company that changed the copyright laws to protect Mickey Mouse from becoming public domain is gonna let another company make money off of their (newly acquired) IP?
I'll admit that the money shift isn't going to stamp out all the creativity, but some possibilities are just hopeless.
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Some oxygen molecules help fires burn while others help make water, so I guess sometimes it's brother against brother.
I agree. In the case of Halo, the whole adds up to something more enjoyable and greater than the sum of its individual parts. It also happened to be at the right place/time for success.
