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Video-Game Publishers Outsource Development

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Re:Here we go... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    0.. In Soviet Russia, games outsource you!

  2. This is all well and good, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it run Linux?

  3. Re:Here we go... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, games outsource YOU!!!

  4. Re:Here we go... by oldwarez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    exactly where did this start from?

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  5. Also, Russian versions of... by Chordonblue · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

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    1. Re:Also, Russian versions of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      In Soviet Russia, All your base belong to the People of the Revolution!

  6. Re:Here we go... by PedanticSpellingTrol · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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

  7. KoTH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't think King of the Hill is quite the cultural touchstone you make it out to be.