Iron Lore Appoints new President

[ubersky]

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JULY 17 - Maynard, MA - Iron Lore Entertainment, the acclaimed independent development studio responsible for the hit role-playing game, Titan Quest and its expansion, Titan Quest: Immortal Throne, has announced the promotion of Jeff Goodsill to President. While continuing to oversee the day-to-day operations of the studio, Jeff will also provide critical leadership in improving overall team management and strategic planning.

Jeff leads a highly accomplished management team that includes Brian Sullivan and Paul Chieffo, and brings with him a wealth of experience, having managed production of genre-leading titles like the Age of Empires and NASCAR series.

Iron Lore is also pleased to announce the hiring of Steve Marvin as Design Director. Steve most recently served as Senior and Lead Designer on Warhammer: Age of Reckoning at EA Mythic, and brings more than 10 years of games-industry experience to Iron Lore.

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[Roland]

Nice find!!

Thanks for the post & news Uber

I'd say that defiantly shows that IL will be with us for quite sometime. Which is very good news in my opinion.

I wish them the very best and look forward to whatever new (or old) direction they decide to take. I do hope that it'll be a RPG type game and not a RTS...but that's just my own preference heh

Regards,

[Viper_Sweden]

[fep52]

First on the agenda for the new Pres: TQ2!

[ubersky]

I'd agree. Not only a new Pres, but a new Design Director from outside the company. Seems to me that means they have some future ahead of them.

[pierreseb]

My hope is that they can negotiate better contracts with publishers/investors to fund their next games, so we do not run again into a sudden stop of support. And that does not mean more money, I just mean better allocation between development and support.

PS: +1 Roland, I hope they do not make just another RTS game, the market for Diablo/TQ-like games is running dry...

[Sticky230]

Yeah it is good news... At least they are planning on hanging around. On the "don't make another rts" idea. I completely agree. Besides Company of Heros, it is a very dry and boring genre where memorixation of strats and build order has gotten out of hand. For the making of a new rpg, Mythos seems that it will be good competition.

Bad new though that they are not planning a patch for Immortal Throne for some of the bugs. Doesn't it seem that good business strategy would warrant that?

[Viper_Sweden]

Originally Posted by Sticky230

Bad new though that they are not planning a patch for Immortal Throne for some of the bugs. Doesn't it seem that good business strategy would warrant that?

Check out Page 4 in the "Patch News" thread...