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Bethesda's new Battlecry Studios looking for F2P experts
Bethesda may be known for its one-of-a-kind offline RPGs, but its new Battlecry Studios division is looking to ride the online free-to-play gravy train. Eurogamer has sussed out a few details based on the firm's job postings, which include a "monetization designer" and a platform lead position that requires experience with "design and implementation of microtransaction systems and services." The advertisements also suggest some sort of console release, as Bethesda notes that "console experience -- preferably next generation (PS3, Xbox 360)" is preferred. Battlecry is headed by former Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer Rich Vogel.
Former SWTOR executive producer heads to Battlecry Studios for unnanounced title
Rich Vogel, the former executive producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, has found a new home with Bethesda Softworks. Bethesda has announced a new studio: Battlecry Studios will be based in Austin, Texas, and headed up by Vogel. Battlecry Studios is looking for "experienced game developers to fill key roles for an unannounced project." Bethesda President Vlatko Andonov says the company is excited about Rich's "history of building and managing talented development teams and bringing high quality games to market," while Vogel has "always admired and respected Bethesda's approach to making great, original games." While there's no information yet as to the nature of the title, Vogel's long history with MMOs gives us hope. Bethesda's parent company, ZeniMax, already has The Elder Scrolls Online in development through Zenimax Online Studios but might be looking to make use of its rights to the Fallout franchise. [Source: Bethesda Softworks press release]
Battlecry Studios is new Austin-based developer from Bethesda Softworks
Battlecry Studios is a new development house being built in Austin by Zenimax Media's Bethesda Softworks. Battlecry will be under the direction of Rich Vogel, a former VP at BioWare Austin, who most recently was an executive producer on Star Wars: The Old Republic.Actually, for the past ten years Vogel's been working on MMOs, at both Electronic Arts and Sony Online Entertainment. Coincidentally, ZeniMax Online is working on The Elder Scrolls Online, but it would seem that's not what Battlecry is up to, since it's working on an "unannounced project." Hmm, what other major franchise does that publisher own that could be an MMO?Battlecry is the second ZeniMax studio located in Austin, with the first being Arkane Studios, which will ship Dishonored next week.
