So Mike Morhaime just started a new game studio called Dreamhaven. It has 2 studios under it (Moonshot Games and Secret Door), with old Blizzard employees leading those studios as well.
Moonshot is led by Jason Chayes, Dustin Browder, and Ben Thompson.
Secret Door is led by Chris Sigaty, Alan Dabiri, and Eric Dodds.
What a year. Can’t wait to see what these studios can do.
Oh hell yeah! Best gaming news ever.
Oh dang, might be fun!
Thought he was retired.
Proof he didn’t like the direction the company he helped found was going. Plus, after reading a few articles it seemed especially WoW was beyond his ability to guide and to direct.
I’m glad to see him start anew.
For sure. Now I wish Metzen would come out of retirement lol.
Hopefully, they don’t try to make an mmorpg since it is a dying genre.
Ooh, interesting. I’ll definitely have to keep an eye out for their work.
It would be interesting to see the genre actually take a step forward. Seems like everyone is either trying to be extremely regressive in their design choices, or are actively designing their MMOs in ways that treat the MMO space as an obstacle rather than a strength.
“Dreamhaven” is also an extremely telling choice for a name. Referring to a haven for dreams sort of implies that Blizzard itself was a place where dreams were not safe.
Right because his naming choice for his new project is also a jab at blizzard…
He said after his retirement he would like to still continue to make games and thought about making his own smaller studio.
I mean… isn’t it?
Someone made an infographic of all game studios started by former Blizzard staff once.
Here it is :
https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/54r1u2/this_is_what_happened_to_every_single_company/
Pretty crazy. Ive mainly just been following Bonfire Studios and waiting to see what they come out with.
Yep, pretty much all failures or mediocre results. It’s almost as if a single employee cannot recreate some kind of magic formula that made Blizzard games good.
the old blizz magic is gone so dont expect anything too good from this new company
Genre has been dying forever, but it’s not the genre’s fault, it’s companies making deliberate cash grab mmos that center entirely around an in-game store, instead of quality content.
It’ll truly die when people stop liking slaying dragons with their friends in a virtual setting.
Not so sure, I know lots of younger people that won’t play it.
I been on wow 15 years… I have seen titles come and go… from wowkiller to wowkiller title I never really believed any of them could topple the giant.
This right here will do it. These guys made wow, the current guys are just running out the clock. I cant wait to see what they come up with.
FFXIV is a game that proves that MMOs can grow and flourish in the modern age.