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Romero And Hall Sign Up With Midway

Posted by simoniker on from the the-audience-is-watching dept.

Thanks to C+VG for confirming the rumors that John Romero and Tom Hall have been recruited by Midway, eliciting an official response that "the company has employed the talents" of the id Software co-founders, late of the partially ill-fated Ion Storm and the handheld developer Monkeystone Games. The article comments: "Of course, big names don't guarantee big games - Romero's Daikatana will forever remain in our memories, for all the wrong reasons - but it will certainly be interesting to see how Midway fares in this new Hall and Romero era." Update: 10/14 01:42 GMT by S : A report at GameSpot has an insider claiming Romero and Hall will be working on titles including an "already-in-the-works new version of Gauntlet" over at Midway San Diego.

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  1. Tom Hall by rpillala · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The real news here is Tom Hall, the man behind Anachronox among other things. I only know him from Anachronox but I'm sure many of you can school me. It's too bad that game got shafted by Eidos. Maybe with Hall in a position to direct game development we'll see some greatness come from Midway. Anachronox was actually funny. How many games can claim that? Many try, but really I can only think of Anachronox and Giants: Citizen Kabuto in the recent past.

    Ravi

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    When the axe came to the forest, the trees said, "Look out - the handle was once one of us."
  2. Nooooooooo!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Does this mean Romero and Hall are leaving Monkeystone? Unlike many of you, I'm actually a big Romero fan and as a member of both the Pocket PC gaming community and press I think it would be a major loss to lose these guys.