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malkia
Promising
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posted June 09, 2004 10:21 AM |
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Jon Van Caneghem going to NCsoft
Jon Van Caneghem, the legendary designer of HOMM & MM series is now working at NCSoft...
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040608005642&newsLang=en
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Jon Van Caneghem Named Executive Producer at NCsoft
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004--
Creator of Popular Might and Magic and Heroes Series to Join Forces with Online Gaming Company, Adding Further Prominence to Already Talented Team of NCsoft Game Designers
NCsoft(tm) Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announces the appointment of Jon Van Caneghem as Executive Producer at NCsoft North America. Van Caneghem is best known as the founder of New World Computing and the creator of some of gaming's most prominent franchises, including the Might and Magic(R) role playing game series and the Heroes(R) strategy game series.
Van Caneghem started New World Computing in 1983 and grew it to become one of the largest development houses in the computer games industry. The company was later acquired by 3DO. Van Caneghem created the Might and Magic and Heroes series and turned them into two of the industry's most successful titles, with more than 20 million units in combined sales. Each title holds hall of fame status and has been ported to virtually every gaming platform available. They have also been translated into more than fifteen languages. At NCsoft he'll begin work on a new, unannounced online game project.
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doomnezeu
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Miaumiaumiau
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posted June 09, 2004 11:53 AM |
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well, there goes one of the last chances for Heroes V to be a good game...
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this_other_guy
Famous Hero
{0_o} heh...
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posted June 09, 2004 12:26 PM |
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Holy S***.... >.<
Guess no JVC to help Ubisoft on homm5. Well, its still good to know that he is still in the gaming business, even though i never even heard of NCsoft lol...
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Marelt_Ekiran
Promising
Famous Hero
Watcher of All
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posted June 09, 2004 02:29 PM |
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As I have already told on all other forums, I consider this good news.
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Perception is everything.
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malkia
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted June 10, 2004 11:04 AM |
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Malrett, would explain why this is a good thing? I'm just interrested how you came up with that idea.
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Planeswalker
Famous Hero
Chaotic Good
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posted June 10, 2004 02:17 PM |
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Marelt_Ekiran comes up with a lot of stupid ideas... hehe j/k
Well, at least I can't find anything positive about this either..... 
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terje_the_ma...
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Disciple of Herodotus
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posted June 10, 2004 02:19 PM |
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Bah, they'll probably do fine without him....
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Marelt_Ekiran
Promising
Famous Hero
Watcher of All
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posted June 10, 2004 08:37 PM |
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That was my argument as well. In HoMM4, he was barely involved in the production, and that turned out just fine (and I blame the occasional glitches on the rushed production).
From what I heard, JVC's plans for HoMM5 (before the death of NWC) were mostly to invert as much changes as possible and make the game yet another carbon copy of HoMM2 with newer graphics.
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malkia
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted June 11, 2004 12:45 AM |
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If he was not involved strictly with HOMM IV then that could explain the utter failure that game was.
I was expecting from HOMM IV - just newer graphics, levels, story - nothing else... Really huge expansion pack.
With HOMM1,2,3 he achieved balance in turn-based strategy gaming comparable with games like chess, risk, monopoly or others.
It wasn't perfect, it was just right.
I blame it on the management, and audience demand. It reminds of Metallica The Black Album - everything before that was damn right and straight, and then .... it turned real black ... plastic metal music. Their management was at fault, he wanted the group to be liked not only by the core fans, but by everyone, and that was their utter failure (of course not then, but now).
So it's with HOMM and me. I just can't stand IV. It's simply bad.
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malkia
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted June 11, 2004 12:48 AM |
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If he was not involved strictly with HOMM IV then that could explain the utter failure that game was.
I was expecting from HOMM IV - just newer graphics, levels, story - nothing else... Really huge expansion pack.
With HOMM1,2,3 he achieved balance in turn-based strategy gaming comparable with games like chess, risk, monopoly or others.
It wasn't perfect, it was just right.
I blame it on the management, and audience demand. It reminds of Metallica The Black Album - everything before that was damn right and straight, and then .... it turned real black ... plastic metal music. Their management was at fault, he wanted the group to be liked not only by the core fans, but by everyone, and that was their utter failure (of course not then, but now).
So it's with HOMM and me. I just can't stand IV. It's simply bad.
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Planeswalker
Famous Hero
Chaotic Good
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posted June 11, 2004 01:11 PM |
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But John Van Caneghem did make KINGS BOUNTY!
And that is a great game, isn't it?
It is Caneghem who has the brightest ideas I think, only he knows how to make a proper heroes game. I don't say Ubisoft won't make a great game or that they are unexperienced in some kind of way.
They can make a good game, but it won't be HEROES!!!!
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Dingo
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posted January 13, 2005 04:50 AM |
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It would be cool if Jon Van Caneghem joined the WOG team.
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IYY
Responsible
Supreme Hero
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posted January 13, 2005 04:58 AM |
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Isn't this the company that made City of Heroes and Guild Wars? They seem to have quite a future.
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Vlaad
Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
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posted January 13, 2005 06:54 PM |
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It would be cool if Jon Van Caneghem joined the WOG team.
And why would they need him?!
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Dingo
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Legendary Hero
God of Dark SPAM
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posted January 13, 2005 08:39 PM |
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Because he knows all those secrets. Like the source codes, etc. He could open up everything.
But this would never happen, it's just a imaginary thought.
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Vlaad
Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
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posted January 14, 2005 10:29 AM |
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Because he knows all those secrets. Like the source codes, etc. He could open up everything.
But this would never happen, it's just a imaginary thought.
LOL I don't think he can just give away the source code (if he's familiar with it in the first place) - there are copyright laws etc... It all comes down to Ubi again.
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