Romero Departs Midway [Jul 13, 2005, 10:29 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A post to the
ROME.RO Forums (thanks Rob) from John Romero himself confirms rumors that
the former id Software and ION Storm designer is
no longer with Midway Entertainment. The reports first surfaced on
Computer Games Magazine
yesterday, and we contacted The Romero for a
response to the rumors, which he chose to address in the forums:
Hey guys, I can definitely confirm that I have left Midway - I've been gone for about 3 weeks and Rhaluka and I have been traveling around and having fun together (a sort of honeymoon without going to tropical destinations).
Midway says that development of Gauntlet hasn't been impacted by my departure and is scheduled to ship this fall. I can't say anything more about the situation and hope you all understand. (smile)
I'm currently looking at lots of exciting developments right now and it'll be a couple months before I can announce my next destination.
I don't know what's worse, that Blue's is the only place reporting on Romero or that the people here will harp on him so ruthlessly.
Like it or not he helped make DOOM and that's like being the guy who wrote the Tonight Show theme song or wrote the Da Vinci code - it's the sort of thing that can carry you finanically and stature-wise for life. Hell he probably still gets royalties every tme someone buys that $10 CD at Wal-Mart with the original games on it.
This comment was edited on Jul 13, 13:15.
Like it or not he helped make DOOM and that's like being the guy who wrote the Tonight Show theme song or wrote the Da Vinci code - it's the sort of thing that can carry you finanically and stature-wise for life. Hell he probably still gets royalties every tme someone buys that $10 CD at Wal-Mart with the original games on it.
This comment was edited on Jul 13, 13:15.
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