传闻:暴雪公司4位创始人集体辞职!

2003-07-01 16:23:23 神评论
传闻:暴雪4位创始人集体辞职!

消息转自cure-team的EsoHurt 译www.diabloii.net

今天由Blizzard公司传出令人难以置信和震惊的消息,四位Blizzard娱乐公司的创始人,Max,Erich Schaefer,David Brevik和Bill Roger今天已经辞职。来自公司的唯一解释是他们离开公司去“寻求另外的机会”了。这显然不会影响到现在正在开发的两个由Blizzard North办公室的成员Max,Erich和David始创的游戏开发。令人费解的是对Blizzard如此深有影响的四个人会同时离开。没有任何有关这“另外的机会”的其他说法。有趣的是这四个人将会在哪里出现。上一次同类事情的发生是在Triforge出现在 Arena.Net上。你可以 点击这里阅读官方发言。

更新:第二次新闻已经发布,这次是由Blizzard娱乐公司的Mike Morhaime发布的(另一次是由Vivendi发布的),他是Blizzard娱乐公司的总裁兼合作商:

“我谨代表公司的每一位职员向我们将要有机会一起工作的工作组成员表示感谢。每个人都为很多游戏作出了有价值的贡献,我们感谢他们在这些年所做的艰苦工作。我们只有祝愿他们并相信他们会在将来的努力中获得成功。此时,我们想向大家传达这样一个信息,就是Blizzard的成功从来就不是任何个人或一个小集体的功劳,而且我相信我们仍然拥有一个能在这世界上创造出最好的游戏的优秀团体。”

这一新闻亦被收集在 新闻台,以便将来参考。一个 讨论帖已被贴在社区论坛上,以便人们可以分享各自对这一事件发展的看法。

以下为消息原文:

Some rather incredible and shocking news from the Blizzard camp today. Founding members, Max and Erich Schaefer, David Brevik and Bill Roper have resigned from Blizzard Entertainment today. The only explanation from the company is that they have left "to pursue other opportunities." This will not apparently affect the two titles currently under development at the Blizzard North offices where Max, Erich and David were based. With all four having such a massive influence on Blizzard titles that’s difficult to believe. There’s no word what these "other opportunities" may be either. It’s going to be very interesting to see where these four tu
up. The last time this happened Arena.Net formerly Triforge was bo
. You can read the full official Press Release here.

Update: A second Press Release has been issued, this one by Blizzard Entertainment (the other was by Vivendi) with a statement from Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment:

"I speak for everyone in our company when I say how grateful we are to have had the opportunity to work closely with this group of individuals. Each one of them has made valuable contributions to many of our games, and we would like to thank them for all of their hard work over the years. We wish them nothing but the best and are confident that they will be successful in their future endeavors. At the same time, we want to convey that Blizzard’s success has never been attributable to any one person or small group of individuals, and I am confident that we have the teams in place to continue creating some of the best games in the world."

This release has also been archived in the Press Desk for future reference. A discussion thread has already kicked off in the community forum where people are sharing their thoughts on this development.

附暴雪公司(Blizzard)相关资料:

曾制作过的游戏系列包括有经典的魔兽争霸系列、暗黑破坏神系列和星际争霸等,隶属于Vivendi Universal Games(威望迪环球游戏)。由于威望迪近来面临债务危机,不能否认这些商业上的压力对员工的负面影响。几名关键人物的辞职消息如果属实,相信将会使得暴雪和母公司Vivendi Universal在这个关键的时刻处于更艰难的境地。

Bill Roper相关资料:

Bill Roper,暴雪北方(Blizzard North)的副总裁,所谓暴雪北方,是从属于暴雪娱乐的开发部门,位于San Mateo, Calif。Bill Roper主管公司的一切外部事务,以及相应的内部开发团队,并总监暴雪的产品。最近,他监制了魔兽争霸3-混乱之治,并直接领导了游戏的开发方向。

Bill Roper直接参与了暴雪所有一流游戏的制作,包括魔兽争霸2-黑潮Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness((制作人),暗黑破坏神Diablo((制作人),星际争霸StarCraft((制作人),暗黑破坏神2 Diablo II(主创)和星际争霸-母巢之战StarCraft: Brood War((执行制作人)。他同时在游戏世界的设定以及手册设计上扮演了重要角色,这些游戏包括:魔兽争霸,魔兽争霸2,星际争霸,暗黑破坏神和暗黑破坏神2。

另外,Bill Roper还参加了这些游戏的Macintosh版本的制作,并担任制作人。同样的,Bill Roper也是电子游戏平台的魔兽争霸2-黑暗传说,暗黑破坏神和星际争霸的项目监制之一。他帮助策划制作了魔兽争霸,暗黑破坏神和星际争霸的官方资料片,当前,他正参与若干暴雪新品的策划制作工作。

除了他在公司管理上肩负的责任,Bill Roper曾在加州大学学习声乐,因此他也直接或间接的参加了暴雪产品的配音工作,这些产品包括:魔兽系列,暗黑系列以及星际系列。


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