Speaking with GameDaily in response Monday's Variety article (which we had our own response to) on the "turmoil" surrounding Brash Entertainment, CEO Mitch Davis acknowledged that "we took our lumps" on its first three titles – Jumper: Griffin's Story, Alvin & The Chipmunks, and Space Chimps – which scored 29, 33, and 55 (out of 100) on aggregate. Davis also vowed that changes are in store; ones that will hopefully lead to better games.
"First and foremost, we've put an end to short-cycle games," Davis told GameDaily, adding that, "some of our games will benefit from up to three years of development." This may explain why we've yet to see titles in development by Factor 5 and Game Republic, two of several "better development studios" Davis believes will help Brash get back on solid ground quality-wise.
Speaking to the departure of company execs and other staff, Davis stated, "After our first few games did not meet expectation we decided that we needed to upgrade our staff," pointing to the hiring of former Activision licensing head Lori Plager as Senior Vice President, in charge of intellectual property acquisitions. Quality games based on quality source material? Sounds good – Brash just has to prove it can manage the former before gamers en mass can get behind this newly "refined" publisher.
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Oct 15th 2008 10:57PM darkinchworm said
At least someone can acknowledge they've made shitty games.
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Posted: Oct 16th 2008 7:14AM (Unverified) said
Developers are starting to realise that with all the quality titles coming out soon, they truly need to step their game up!
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Posted: Oct 15th 2008 11:30PM KeenCommander said
Maybe it would also help if you were making cash ins for better movies. I mean, when you've got shit to start with - there's only so much you can do.
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Posted: Oct 15th 2008 11:17PM (Unverified) said
Dear Joystiq,
I will not keep visiting this blog if I see full page flash pop-up ads take over the screen when I try to read. either allow me to skip them, or keep the ads to the sidebar.
Zac Shipley
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I will not keep visiting this blog if I see full page flash pop-up ads take over the screen when I try to read. either allow me to skip them, or keep the ads to the sidebar.
Zac Shipley
Posted: Oct 15th 2008 11:51PM Funkmaster General said
Cry about it.
How do you think they pay for the bandwidth?
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How do you think they pay for the bandwidth?
Posted: Oct 16th 2008 1:08AM (Unverified) said
Whoa! If you lick the screen you can almost taste Zac's salty, salty tears.
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Posted: Oct 16th 2008 6:49AM (Unverified) said
Holy carp! I just realised you can click on names to work out how many posts people have made... and i've made about 1800.
Jeez.. i really have to do something more productive with my time. :-o
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Jeez.. i really have to do something more productive with my time. :-o
Posted: Oct 16th 2008 2:08AM (Unverified) said
The leading image is Maximum Win.
Thank you Joystiq!
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Thank you Joystiq!
Posted: Oct 16th 2008 5:00AM (Unverified) said
Jumper?
Chipmunks?!
Space Chimps?!?
And this "company" somehow saw fit to have "executives", who were surely on 6 figure salaries?!
Are you fucking kidding me! And i thought Gamecock was bad.
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Chipmunks?!
Space Chimps?!?
And this "company" somehow saw fit to have "executives", who were surely on 6 figure salaries?!
Are you fucking kidding me! And i thought Gamecock was bad.
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