This morning, various publications across the Internet (including Ten
Ton Hammer) were picking up on the news that Gazillion was emerging as
a major publisher of MMOs, with a Marvel Universe MMO clearly in the
works. On top of that, NetDevil and their two upcoming games,
LEGO Universe and
Jumpgate Evolution,
would now be a part of Gazillion Entertainment. But what does this mean
for the upcoming release of JGE? Ten Ton Hammer sat down with
NetDevil's president, Scott Brown, to find out more. Thankfully, the
news is good, so make sure you keep reading!
Ten Ton Hammer:
Congratulations! I bet you're really excited about this entire process.
Scott Brown: The
whole deal actually went down last summer, so it's really business as
usual for us now.
Ten Ton Hammer: Why'd the
announcement take so long to come into the public eye?
Scott:
Gazillion had a plan concerning how they wanted to come out and be
public. They wanted to line a lot of stuff up, so they could really
come out with a bang.
Ten Ton Hammer: What does
this mean for Jumpgate
Evolution and
LEGO Universe?
Scott: The
big thing this means is that we get to focus more on our games, rather
than on operations and finance, which is awesome. Those things aren't
our skill set. From the business sense, it simply means what it always
means: that we have time and money to do things the right way. The
Jumpgate team has already significantly grown since the deal was made.
It already means that we have a better team. Not only do we not have to
spend our time trying to build the best customer service platform and
the billing system put together, it also means that we've hired more
people.