Yeah, but it’s not GoOd PR unless you reframe “hired by” as “joined”
Comment on Risk of Rain developers join Valve, announced in a twitter post.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
So they sold thier game to one publisher, and then left to work for a different dev?
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Pretty much. They said they were done with RoR (the sequel was already ambitious, they don’t want to be stuck with the series forever) and the payout was probably worth it to keep the studio financially flexible. Joining Valve is a no-brainer imo
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Oh yeah you’d be dumb to pass up working there.
Good for them, imo. I just think it’s funny they “played both sides” so to speak.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
They did, indeed, come out on top.
GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
It’s definitely unusual, at least for a studio with this kind of success. Typically devs like to keep their IP! With how poorly the new dlc is going it does seem like they came out on top