Nexon Forms A Strategic Partnership With QC Games
Nexon seem to really be trying to gain a greater foothold in the Western market. First, they partner with Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key Productions and now, they are partnering with Dallas Dickinson's QC Games. For those of you who don't recognize him by name, Dallas Dickinson served as senior producer on Planetside, Shadow Realms, and Star Wars: Galaxies, and director of production at Bioware Austin, where he worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic.
QC Games is Dickinson's latest venture. He is assembling what the press release refers to as an "all-star team" to work on an "unannounced multiplayer online action title." Given that Nexon America are announcing that they have acquired the "exclusive worldwide publishing and marketing rights" to said title, I think it would be safe to assume that it will be free-to-play. Given his history, it might be a safe bet to assume it will be sci-fi but that conclusion may be jumping the gun just a bit.
Members of the new team can be seen below. Most of the team's members seem to have worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic, meaning they all have at least nominal experience in online game development.
- Gabe Amatangelo, creative director and chief creative officer (most recently the creative director of Shadow Realms, prior work includes Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer Online, Dragon Age: Inquisition)
- Brian Matt, technical director and chief technology officer (Wolfenstein: Tides of War, Doom 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Shadow Realms)
- Jason Rotan, chief operating officer (previously launched and maintained a wide range of AAA titles in multiple genres with companies including NC Soft, EA and Bioware)
- Pat Ditterline, senior engineer (Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer Online, Star Wars: The Old Republic)
- Stefan Lednicky, senior engineer (a long-time Bioware veteran who has worked on titles including Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Shadow Realms and Star Wars: The Old Republic)
- Marcus Hays, senior engineer (Titan Quest franchise, The Sims, Dragon Age)
- Pedro Toledo, art director (Star Wars: The Old Republic, Shadow Realms, Dragon Age, RockBand, Fable 2)
