RIFT Dev Team Update
The RIFT team posted an update regarding the changes to their organizational structure after a month of transitioning with their new overlords, Gamigo. As I mentioned back in October, the…
[Rant] This is how stupid many CEO’s believe everyone else is
Hell of a day. Plenty of time to talk later. For now, GAMES/TECH, RECRUITER/HIRING MANAGER FRIENDS: If you're looking for great folks and are open to being contacted directly, please…
And there’s the BOOM – Trion Worlds acquired by Gamigo
"Assignment for the benefit of the creditors process". This is what was specified in Gamigo's corporate press release. In simpler english, Trion Worlds was effectively out of cash (insolvent) and…
Trion merging ArcheAge legacy servers again on October 17/18
https://www.trionworlds.com/archeage/en/2018/09/06/server-evolution-2018/ They've been calling it server evolutions (aka consolidations) because of one of the games core designs (land property), entails that every player is moved to a new server where…
Trion Worlds – RIFT is not in maintenance mode = Pinocchio’s nose grows longer
https://massivelyop.com/2018/08/30/trion-worlds-rebuts-staffing-rumors-says-rift-is-not-in-maintenance-mode/ It is difficult to take what this company has to say at face value when the reality is often times not what their PR states. If you were a…
A wild ArcheAge producer appears
ArcheAge's producer Khrolan (Merv Lee Kwai) posted the following to the ArcheAge forums in order to throw some water onto the fire regarding the recent departures of members of that…
The “annual purge” at Trion Worlds
https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/20/mmo-specialist-trion-worlds-goes-through-layoffs-after-launching-defiance-2050/ 15 layoffs this time around. While not specifically mentioned in this article, members of the ArcheAge team were part of this round including associate producer Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan and…
Face palm of the year moment: Trion World acquires Gazillion Entertainment’s Assets
https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/25/trion-acquires-gazillion-assets-and-expands-publishing-partnerships Gazillion was of course the company that developed and published Marvel Heroes Online. WARNING: Rant up ahead.... This first part of the article is nearly the same bullshit Hartsman…