Smith, Smith Signal Shifts At Ion Storm

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday April 6, 2004 @03:20AM from the bye-bye-bye-bye dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for its interview with Ion Storm's Harvey Smith, announcing his departure from the Deus Ex developer. Smith was "project director of Deus Ex: Invisible War and lead designer on the award winning Deus Ex", and says of his departure: "I am super excited about the possibility of creating a new studio. I've wanted to do this for years. I need a change of pace." The interview also confirms a story relayed yesterday via Blue's News, that the (unrelated) Randy Smith "is no longer the lead designer on Thief: Deadly Shadows, Ion Storm's upcoming installment in the stealthy series", somewhat surprising considering the proximity of the release date, set for mid-May.

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Smith, Smith? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-06 03:24 · Score: 1, Funny

Why so many? Is the Agent cloning himself again?
1. Re:Smith, Smith? by shadowcabbit · 2004-04-06 03:27 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Why so many? Is the Agent cloning himself again?
  
  Random Ion Storm Exec: "We're behind schedule. How do we fix this?"
  Warren Spector, standing in front of four hundred Programmer Smiths: "...more."
  
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