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If acquiring Marvel Entertainment is not enough for the powerhouse known as Disney, Bungie founder and Halo co-creator Alex Seropian is now on the Mouse’s payroll.
He will overseeing Disney’s growing video game division, and as part of the buyout, Wideload Studio is now part of the Magic Kingdom.
According to CNBC sources, he will be reporting to Graham Hopper, the vice-president and general manager of Disney Interactive Studios, and be responsible for the creative development with Disney’s in-house properties.
While some of Disney’s games have a ready audience, they have yet to have a break out title to attract the notice of other gamers.
Bungie founder and Halo co-creator Alex Seropian
Seropian believes Disney can cross barriers between the casual and hard-core gamer. Don’t expect him to be working on the next Mickey Mouse title though. With his creative direction and coaching, he will be showing Disney developers how to improve their current line of products and make games differently.
His focus will be to redefine what the video game business is about.
And until the deal with Marvel is finalized, industry analysts and critics will be keeping an eye on who else the Mouse is going to buy out next.
Article from Gamersyndrome.com
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I’ve been wondering what he was up to ever since I fell in LOVE with stubbs the zombie. It should be noted, he didn’t contribute to Halo 2 or 3.
this was a great move for Disney to get Alex Seropian, they are really getting ready to make a jump from the casual and junior media realm into the hard core world where we live
.. should be some really good stuff coming out of Disney in the next few years!
Yes, perhaps Disney will actually change like EA did and start distributing games that are actually quite good.. NOT. I don’t believe Disney can change, maybe because it’s Disney. They’ve never made good games, and never will.
I think that assumption would be biased. I think under proper management and restructuring of their games division they can put out some good stuff. Plus its still Marvel.. I don’t think they will do anything stupid there. What im saying is that they have not made any good games in the past under their brand(s) umbrella but now have the potential to do so with a new acquired brand that actually does put out decent titles.
A developer is nothing if he’s limited by his publisher’s visions. Disney see gaming as one giant cash cow. That will never change.
Joar, unfortunately that’s what the entire gaming industry will eventually become once it finishes it’s transformation into an entertainment medium. The more popular gaming becomes, the more business-like games are. By that, I mean giant corporations like EA and Disney shelling out a product every year or so focusing more and more on money making then artistic vision or original ideas. Being ‘mainstream’ means appealing to as many people as possible, which strips a lot of what made games popular in the first place.
Disney is buying up a Bungie now? Sheesh, but I have a lot of faith in Disney, it’s an entertainment company that has produced good movies, excellent games (Movie-tie-in games at that!), has been around for countless decades, and now, they’re getting companies under their banner.
@Organization, no.
Jay Tyler, that won’t happen. We’ll still have good game developers and designers that haven’t gone over to the commercial side.
Very few of them. Even now we hardly ever see developers take a chance, most can’t afford it if.
Oh, the founder, that’s what happens when I read things after a day of no sleep and all work. XD