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Schilling, Salvatore, McFarlane Form Game Studio

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other dept.

simoniker writes "Baseball legend and avid MMO fan Curt Schilling is forming a new Boston-based video game company, Green Monster Games, with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and noted sci-fi/fantasy author R.A. Salvatore. They're going to create what is described as 'industry-changing games'. Schilling, who is the pitcher for the World Series-winning Boston Red Sox, is already known for his online game interest (he is a long-time EverQuest/EverQuest II player), so is evidently extending this to form a video game developer."

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  1. Green Monster Games? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was hoping their initials would come into play. "S S&M Games" or something.

  2. The McFarlane Factor by GrayCalx · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't wait until they release the game in five limited-edition, sparkling covers, with another five limited-edition online add-ons. Collect all 25!!!

    Then of course there will be no resale value if you've actually opened the game...

  3. The Recipe by 2megs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone else think a combination of baseball, MMOs, comics, and sci-fi/fantasy sounds exactly like the formula for every major publisher's current product lineup? That's not to say they might not make some very good games in these genres, but they're probably going to make games in roughly the same mold as, well, games.

    When Henry Kissinger and Rikki Lake team up with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to make video games, we'll talk "industry-changing".

  4. Re:This could be phenomenal by Mursk · · Score: 2, Funny
    But... they're going to create 'industry-changing games.'

    'Industry-changing!'

    --
    "This thing does science so hard, you say, 'I've never seen that much science.'" -Sam