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Microsoft "destroyed development culture" at FASA - Weisman
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| FASA Interactive founder Jordan Weisman has spoken out about Microsoft's
| acquisition of his highly-regarded studio, saying that the
| corporation "destroyed" its development culture and came close to doing the
| same with Halo developer Bungie.
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| "When Microsoft bought FASA Interactive and incorporated it into Microsoft...
| the two reasons they bought us was, one, they wanted the catalogue of
| intellectual properties and, two, they felt that we had developed a really
| good development culture. And the reality is that, pretty much from the day
| we moved to Redmond, that development culture was destroyed," Weisman told
| GamesIndustry.biz.
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/microsoft-destroyed-development-culture-weisman
Game studio founder says Microsoft 'destroyed' its culture
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| In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the man who founded FASA Interactive
| bashed Microsoft for ultimately killing his video-game studio and nearly
| doing the same to famed "Halo" developer Bungie Studios.
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| Jordan Weisman said Microsoft "destroyed" the development culture at FASA
| when the software giant acquired it in 1999. It became part of Microsoft Game
| Studios and developed Windows and Xbox games until Microsoft closed FASA in
| 2007 during cutbacks.
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/177624.asp
Mechwarrior maker claims Microsoft 'destroyed' studio's culture
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/26/weisman_fasa_microsoft_destroyed_culture/
FASA's Dev Culture Was "Destroyed" By Microsoft
http://kotaku.com/5345828/fasas-dev-culture-was-destroyed-by-microsoft
Mechwarrior Creator Advises Against Selling Rights to Games
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mechwarrior-Creator-Advises-Against-Selling-Rights-to-Games-120017.shtml
Microsoft Destroyed FASA's Development Culture
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/49918/Microsoft-Destroyed-FASAs-Development-Culture
FASA founder accuses Microsoft
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| Weisman says that Bungie's culture was better defended, and the developer
| says he even wanted the firm left in Chicago; efforts which ultimately
| failed.
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| The FASA founder is presently trying to buy several IPs back from Microsoft,
| and is planning a new MechWarrior title with Piranha.
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http://play.tm/news/26411/fasa-founder-accuses-microsoft/
Microsoft 'destroyed' FASA culture, but I defended Bungie, Weisman tells all
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/26/microsoft-destroyed-fasa-culture-but-i-defended-bungie-weism/
MS nearly destroyed FASA and Bungie
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| "I tried to convince them to leave Bungie in Chicago, but not winning that I
| did succeed in getting them to put them in a walled off room, which didn't
| follow any of the other Microsoft stuff. We were much better able to defend
| Bungie's culture than we were FASA's culture."
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| Weisman says he is currently involved with the new MechWarrior game, but adds
| that getting a publishing deal for the title may be difficult.
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2009/08/26/ms-nearly-destroyed-us-and-bungie/1
Related:
Novell layoffs rumored to be in the works
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| Word on the street is that Novell will be laying off 50-60% of its Workgroup
| division this month, likely toward the middle. This is not surprising given
| that division's lackluster results, but the rumor mill suggests that
| Workgroup isn't the only business unit that will be affected. Â
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9792124-16.html
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