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Jump back to quoted post7 Sep 2018, 03:46 AMVuther

They say they're getting a publisher that'll be hands-off now too? Everything's sounds great now then - just have to finish making a good game.

https://kingart-games.com/article/57-iron-harvest-devblog-12-april-2019#info-publisher
Info: We have a Publisher!

Over a dozen publishers have voiced interest in publishing Iron Harvest. We spoke to everyone and entered negotiations with a handful. In the end, we have partnered with the publisher we think is the perfect fit for Iron Harvest: Deep Silver.

Deep Silver are mostly known for publishing the Metro, Saint's Row and Dead Island series. They've also proven that they can support crowdfunded games with such hits as Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Wasteland 2 and Pathfinder: Kingmaker.

We agreed with Deep Silver that KING Art will retain total creative control. Deep Silver have also committed themselves to help with things like production, first party relations e.g. so we can concentrate to fulfill all of our promises towards you. With their support, more content, potentially more platforms and even a level editor are now on the horizon (see below).

We both agree that Iron Harvest is a great opportunity to make a mark on the RTS genre and to release something special. We’re super happy to have found a team that is so committed to the project!

Iron Harvest developer King Art Games has announced that the game now has a publisher: Deep Silver. In a post on its website announcing the news, the developer explains that it's fielded over a dozen offers from publishers, speaking to a few of them, but found the publisher behind crowdfunded games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Shenmue 3 and Pathfinder: Kingmaker to be the "perfect fit".

"I liken it to getting pushed off the Titanic 20 feet from shore,” Eddings said. “You're sopping wet, disgruntled and angry, but two days later you're thankful. You're not on the sinking ship. But you're sad, because there are a bunch of people still on the ship."

"Gearbox takes any and all claims of this nature very seriously and we will abstain from commenting on the allegations Dave is making because it is a personnel matter.
We think it’s a shame that the 400+ employees here who have poured the love and passion into Borderlands 3 are having their work be diluted by personal allegations."

@davideddings
I think it’s a shame that the 400+ Gearbox employees who have poured their love and passion into Borderlands 3 are having their work be diluted by Randy Pitchford's history of unprofessional behavior.
https://twitter.com/davideddings/status/1126947104205824000

https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/2019/05/10/claptrap-actor-claims-pitchford-assaulted-fired-him-after-getting-caught-in-lie/
Eddings claims he was approached by two different people with an alarming rumor at GDC 2017. Both sources claimed that investor Greg Richardson was interested in buying Gearbox. As Vice President of Business for the company, Eddings was shocked that he was hearing this for the first time. These sources asked to remain anonymous, and Eddings agreed.
Shortly after this, he approached Pitchford to ask about the rumor. We know from the Wade Callender lawsuit that Pitchford would eventually team up with Richardson on a funding deal. That deal was finalized in July, while GDC took place in March. Eddings claims Pitchford denied any knowledge of Richardson and quickly became angry. Pitchford demanded to know the name of the sources, and when Eddings didn’t answer, Pitchford got physical.

The CEO gets angry
He shoved the f**k out of me while I’m on the balls of my feet trying to whisper. [He] knocked me back four steps… I believe I caught him in a deception.
Gearbox co-founder Landon Montgomery has corroborated this claim. He confirms that he saw David Eddings whisper something to Pitchford and that Pitchford responded with a hard shove. The fight continued via text message, and Eddings stood his ground. As a result, Pitchford fired him the next day.
*SNIP*

https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/292/GearboxSuit.pdf
By June of 2018, Pitchford’s tyranny was unrelenting. Despite Pitchford’s failure to deliver on his various promises to Callender, Pitchford was pressuring Callender to lend even help to Pitchford. Specifically, Pitchford hassled Callender to help Pitchford capture 100% control of Gearbox by squeezing-out Pitchford’s sole remaining partner, Stephen Bahl. According to Randy Pitchford, it was imperative that Callender convince Bahl to accept low buy-out price so that Pitchford could afterward sell his equity to investors at much higher price. Among the additional enticements that Pitchford offered to Callender if he joined along: an opportunity to become Randy’s personal counsel in exchange for 5% of every future dollar Pitchford made. Callender declined Pitchford’s solicitation.

But, because of their long history and Pitchford's reassurances, much of Callendar's work was apparently done without a contract. For instance, he and investment broker Greg Richardson arranged a financing deal for Gearbox that included a $15 million loan and a $10 million line of credit that would become available after the original loan was repaid: "Neither Richardson nor Callendar operated under a signed contract prior to the performance or the conclusion of their funding efforts," the suit states. "The repeated assurances of Randy Pitchford were universally relied upon in good faith."
https://www.pcgamer.com/randy-pitchford-and-ex-gearbox-lawyer-engaged-in-ugly-legal-fight-over-alleged-dollar12-million-secret-bonus-unpaid-loans-camgirl-porn/

Working with world class management teams, strategic and institutional investors collaborating on new strategic initiatives, product management, go to market strategies, investment opportunities, financing and M&A. Partners include Niantic Labs, DraftKings, SuperCell, Gearbox Software, The Philadelphia 76ers, Publishers Clearing House, IMSC, Advent Capital, Summit Partners, NextEquity and Anorak Venture Partners

Served as the Vice President and General Manager of EA Partners. EA Partners managed key external relationships for EA and served as a catalyst for IP and asset acquisitions for the company. Helped create EAPs charter and was responsible for acquisitions and long term partnerships including those with DICE, Crytek and Valve.

Convinced of the futility in trying to correct Pitchford—and in compliance With the terms of the Cabinet Pact that all parties signed—Callender retained counsel in July of 2018 to “reach an agreement with the President” about Callender’s “exit strategy” from Gearbox. In preparation thereof, Callender met With Gearbox’s outside counsel at Scheef Stone to inform them of the problems at issue. During these meetings, Callender’s expressed his specific intent to negotiate his exit strategy per the Cabinet Pact, with which everyone was familiar.

On the evening of July 27, 2018, Callender personally informed fellow Cabinet members about his intent to commence his exit—strategy negotiations with Randy, per the Cabinet Agreement. In response, several Cabinet members expressed disappointment about the notion of Callender’s departure, frustration about Randy’s penchant for manipulation, and heartfelt concern over their own security in light of Randy’s Willingness to exploit his oldest friend.
To paraphrase one Cabinet Member, “If Randy will treat his best friend this way, what chance do the rest of us have?”

On the evening of July 27, 2018, Randy Pitchford learned of Callender’s intent. In response, Randy Pitchford preemptively announced blatant falsehood: that Callender had “resigned” from Gearbox. In his declaration, Randy-the-consummate-performer proclaimed that it was “With regret” that he was accepting Callender’s resignation. Randy’s performance was complete sham.

When Callender protested that he wasn’t resigning as Randy was claiming— noting that Randy alone was invoking the word “resign”—Randy refused to listen. Instead, Randy immediately severed Callender from the Gearbox systems and the new headquarters (the construction of which was spearheaded by Callender).
During this time, Randy instructed Gearbox’s IT department to “intercept” all communications from Callender so that Callender could not correct Pitchford’s false narrative about Callender’s employment.

Hell-bent on retaliation—and hoping to pressure Callender into silence about the
reasons Why Callender was invoking his Cabinet Pact/exit-strategy terms—Pitchford engaged in
unthinkable acts that Will become clear throughout discovery and trial.

@TimSweeneyEpic
Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) wrote a great tweetstorm on the Epic Games store and Borderlands, which Redditor u/Slawrfp assembled below. Sort comments by "controversial" to see both points of view.
https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/1117145708799451136

Jump back to quoted post9 May 2019, 20:36 PMSturmpanther

I did it!



Just sad i can't use them
I wish i could give it to new players in coh2.

http://www.companyofheroes.com/blog/2016/02/18/closed-alpha-changes-to-the-war-spoils-system
This new system is designed to address the following major community concerns:
Duplicates cluttering inventories and having no value
Randomness with the system and lack of transparency on how it works
Frustrations with trying to earn a specific item
Pay-to-Win sentiments

http://www.companyofheroes.com/blog/2014/07/21/lets-talk-war-spoils
In order to balance the system and create consistent drops for all players, it became necessary to drop duplicate items.
We have been planning on adding value to duplicate items since the shift, but also wanted to roll out the initial system so that it could launch with the Western Front Armies release. Our intent has always been to see the War Spoils system evolve over time.

Jump back to quoted post2 Dec 2018, 20:09 PMelchino7

Well, Blizzard is no longer "old Blizzard" since they fuse with Activision. Slowly but surely they had been bleeding those good ol vet employees.

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has a real knack for words: At a recent conference in San Francisco he said that one of his goals when he became head of the company was to "take all the fun out of making videogames."