Co-founder and former Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Morhaime announced the launch of Dreamhaven, a new games development company based in Irvine, California which will provide guidance, support, and funding to subsidiary game development studios. The two initial studios, Moonshot Games and Secret Door, are similarly staffed by Blizzard alumni including Jason Chayes, Dustin Browder, Ben Thompson, Chris Sigaty, Alan Dabiri, and Eric Dodds. Mike Morhaime stepped down as President of Blizzard in October of 2018 after forming the company (then called Silicon & Synapse) in 1991, serving in an advisory role until his non-compete clause expired the following April. He will now serve as CEO of Dreamhaven, bringing decades of experience along with him and his studio teams, headed by Jason Chayes and Chris Sigaty at Moonshot and Secret Door respectively.
暴雪的创始人、前CEO,麦克·莫海米宣布成立了一家叫【梦天堂】(DreamHaven)的公司。地址位于加州尔湾。这家公司为下属的2个游戏开发组提供指导、支持、和筹资。麦克·莫海米在2018年10月就从暴雪主席退位,离开了这家他1991年就创建的公司(当时还叫硅&神经元),而作为顾问角色(实际被架空了),直到商业非竞争条款到期的4月份。(我的备注:虽然前些年一直努力摆脱法国维旺迪公司,在和动视内斗中失败,实际被架空。目前也可以得出结论,光靠资本的力量,把一家梦幻MMO RPG公司和一家射击游戏凭空整合在一起是非常不靠谱的)。两个独立工作室叫【射月】(MoonShot)和【秘密之门】(Secret Door)。成员都是由类似暴雪校友会成员组成。包括:Jayson Chayes:前炉石出品总监,目前Moonshot开发组领导。
Dustin Browder:前星际2总监、风暴英雄总监
这位老兄还激动的在TWITTER上和麦克互动
Ben Thompson:前艺术和创意总监
Chris Sigaty:在星际1和大菠萝1时代就担任测试员,在魔兽争霸3成为开发者,在星际2成为总监。现为Secret Door开发组领导
Alan Dabiri:前炉石总监和软件工程领导
Eric Dodds:前炉石总监
至于后续发展如何,拭目以待!