After former DICE / EA Easy dev Benjamin Cousins left his former role, we were pretty sure he was on his way to a world bicycling championship. As it turns out, he's keeping his bicycling hobby on the side and running the Swedish branch of Ngmoco instead -- and he's bringing along some friends from his former employer.
Senior artist Wille Wintertidh and senior programmers Torbjørn Lædre and Malte Hildigsson, all from DICE, have joined the team, and we don't expect they'll be the last. Cousins announced the hires via Twitter, where he characterized the trio as "fabulous new employees." We're hoping he also threw confetti in the air as he remarked as much.
Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 9:15PM NathanDTS said
Hate to see good developers waste their talents on the casuals.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 11:07PM Nashk said
@NathanDTS
I don't see why. All that means is the casuals will get some more quality products and might make that leap from casual to core. (the very thin and transparent line between the two that is)
As for quality developers leaving, that just means someone will have to step up to prove their mettle and take their place. Gotta keep the talent flowing.
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I don't see why. All that means is the casuals will get some more quality products and might make that leap from casual to core. (the very thin and transparent line between the two that is)
As for quality developers leaving, that just means someone will have to step up to prove their mettle and take their place. Gotta keep the talent flowing.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 9:16PM (Unverified) said
Hope the first order of business is to redesign that ugly ass logo.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 9:16PM (Unverified) said
Hope the first order of business is to redesign that ugly ass logo.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 9:17PM jonmaz said
Oh, okay thanks.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 9:33PM liquidsoap89 said
This totally sounds like a mobile developer name.
Please don't be a mobile developer!
Please don't be a mobile developer!
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 9:58PM QuePasa87 said
moco in spanish means boogers lol
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 10:45PM (Unverified) said
And this is why IOS is destroying video games, not helping it. "Why make an awesomely advanced video game with DICE? Just make bank off phone crap!"
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 10:59PM bargaingamer said
I hope their first game isn't a military shooter with a weak story line. I wish the employee the best of luck with the new studio.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 11:01PM Shadowbender said
The question arises as to what this means for Mirror's Edge 2, if anything.
Posted: Jan 7th 2012 11:50AM agent1138 said
Yay, maybe we will see a new battlefield game that isn't infected with EA cod competition.
Posted: Jan 7th 2012 3:29PM StarcasM said
They couldn't compete against the ME3 Behemoth, so they're jumping ship to work on something easier and become big dog on campus there. Good for them!
Posted: Jan 7th 2012 3:31PM StarcasM said
They couldn't compete against the ME3 Behemoth, so they're jumping ship to work on something easier and become big dog on campus there. Good for them!






