However much fun was made of the company and some of its products, it's never cool to see people lose their job. Eidos apparently didn't feel like spending more money on the game development company of John Romero and Tom Hall. "According to very reliable sources close to ION Storm, ION Storm Dallas is shutting down today. Reasons cited are all money related including major losses for the financial year of March 2001. Is Ion Storm closing the doors to its Dallas office? Yes, according to Shacknews. Parlez Vous Everquest? Ion Storm closing? This will be followed with the future release of both Star Wars Galaxies and PlanetSide. Sony Entertainment Online is already developing French, German, Korean and Japanese translators that will let players of different nationalities chat within the game - even if they don't speak one another'sĮverQuest: The Shadows of Luclin will be the first game to support the automated translation agents and should be available in December. If you were wondering just how popular Everquest is world wide, the fact that it's getting a four-language localization should bear the proof. I'm sorry, I saw Pearl Harbor this week - got carried away. Aumiller, my twelfth-grade English teacher, tell that to. To the men in the flying fortresses, tell that to the marines, tell that to Mrs. So, stay vigilant my sisters and brothers - for it is us, the world's gaming few who must defeat digital demons to achieve new heights in gaming glory! Tell that Warcraft III, Civilization III and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction are just a few of the "must haves" on my horizon, and only you know which ones are looming in your With this thought in mind, we shall endeavor to forge ahead into the maelstrom of game releases.
Life as a gamer is a full time job: you live it, you love it, or you leave it alone. There's pre-ordering to be done, previews to be scoured and demos to be tested.
Release dates need to be marked on our calendars, our watch timers need to be set for store openings and maps must be studied for the shortest routes to all our favorite software outlets. It takes careful planning and time management to be a hardcore gamer.
If you miss a major title, just throw it on your wish list for the holiday season. Sack away $10 here and $20 there and hopefully we will be able to afford all the games we want to play. We know what's coming up over the next several months (delays aside), so we can plan our fiscal years accordingly. With E3 two weeks behind us, we can now move on to the future.