Oleg leaving game development (CoD)?

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

The true is that I'm still involved in a game industry. Still with sims.

However I'm thinking what to do next. One way I found. Another in research. All ways based on advanced gaming technologies..

Hi Oleg,

thanks for the clarification, and good to hear you are continuing to manage the long term future of BoB/SoW, as long term ww2 simmers we are all depending on you you are our only hope for a quality product, just ignore the whiners and focus on the good parts and your grateful supporters

1) have you read this interesting article ? http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/gra...l-to-directx/1
it discusses how future pc gaming can get significantly improved performance by directly programming to access the hardware functions themselves, rather then only work by interfacing with the operating system. this also should mean your new product would work on mac's which in the last years have started using exactly the same hardware as pc's (in cpu, gfx cards, ram etc)

2) can you please make a comment why BoB/SoW is again distributed by ubi ? is this a new arrangement you choose to do with them now for il2/CoD only, or is there still an old contract from the original il2 series that limits you into using them as long as the il2 series continues ?
Eagle Dynamics (ED) have published black shark themselves, is it maybe possible for you to link up with their distribution network ? they seem to describe similar frustrations as you have with marketing

from a recent interview with ED at simhq:
Q: Why did you publishing Black Shark yourselves??
A: The entertainment PC-based Flight Simulation market is very specialized and very different from the console market that the major publishers focus on. Through our experience of self-publishing Flaming Cliffs, we have developed the knowledge and expertise to sell and market directly to the Flight Simulation market through both on-line and retail channels.

i suspect ubi invested development funds into SoW/BoB in the last few years and that is why they have the distribution rights, hopefully this is only for the first CoD product and later releases can be either direct download online or via a similar company like ED

[mazex]

Originally Posted by zapatista

Hi Oleg,

thanks for the clarification, and good to hear you are continuing to manage the long term future of BoB/SoW, as long term ww2 simmers we are all depending on you you are our only hope for a quality product, just ignore the whiners and focus on the good parts and your grateful supporters

Well, I don't read him saying that he is still in his old role managing the development of CoD... Over at SimHQ Jason who is in the industry confirmed that the "tired of all whining comment on YouTube" was from Oleg and:

Originally Posted by 777 Studios - Jason at SimHQ

Yes that's Oleg. It's been covered up for a while now.

Jason

Read it in context here:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...developme.html

So the sad fact I can deduct from this is that Oleg has moved on since quite long time, but probably has some "senior advisor" role at MG, especially as it would hurt marketing if it was known that he was left the managing role at MG. Maybe he was burnt out by all the stress trying to finish this title with the high quality standards he is famous for after years with negative feedback from all corners? I am not putting the blame on the community as I think that is the small part - but it sure has not helped reading the BS spread by some members here or over at SimHQ that destroys every constructive thread.

If my speculation above is really true, it is the most sad thing that has happened to the sim community ever... Or at least since Falcon 4 "ate" the team a Spectrum Holobyte that scared the living daylights out of any manager thinking of starting a really complex flight sim project after that... Now It seems CoD has "eaten" Oleg and his team too for flying to close to the sun?

I really hope I'm wrong!