Video-Game Publishers Outsource Development

Posted by simoniker on Sunday March 21, 2004 @01:48PM from the global-world-globality dept.

randomErr writes "According to a San Jose Mercury News article reprinted at the Miami Herald: 'Mark Vange is in the vanguard of globalizing the video-game industry. He employs 30 game developers in St. Petersburg, Russia, who have worked on everything from flight simulators to dragon-fighting games. 'We can get the work done for half the cost that it takes in the U.S.,' said Vange, president of Ketsujin Studios. Similar outsourcing of video-game production is being done in places like China, India, Vietnam and parts of Eastern Europe. California game developers, who are the creative force behind a $10 billion industry in the U.S. market, view the trend with a combination of fear and anticipation'."

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Re:Here we go... by oldwarez · 2004-03-21 13:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

exactly where did this start from?

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Also, Russian versions of... by Chordonblue · 2004-03-21 14:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...'all your base' - only not as funny. :)

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Re:Here we go... by PedanticSpellingTrol · 2004-03-21 14:27 · Score: 1, Offtopic

A stand-up named Yakov Smirnov back in the 80's. He had a cameo on King of the Hill once.