by Karen Hertzberg on Apr 20, 2008
Fire in the Sky?
When the announcement arrived concerning the unveiled publisher for
Stargate Worlds, many individuals in the gaming industry were shocked.
For a development studio to essentially create their own publishing
house was something that had rarely if ever occurred in the MMOG
industry. To the untrained eye, the unveiling of FireSky as SGW's
publisher raised as many questions as it answered. Thankfully, Ten Ton
Hammer's Cody "Micajah" Bye was on the case and sat down with FireSky's
senior vice president of strategic operations, Joe Ybarra, to answer
many of the questions that were raised in people's minds.
In part one of their extensive interview, Cody and Joe discuss the
origins of FireSky and the purpose behind Cheyenne Mountain
Entertainment creating their own publishing company.
Ten Ton
Hammer: What led you to believe that creating your own
publishing company was the right thing to for you? Why not go with an
established partner like SOE, NCsoft, or EA?
Joe Ybarra:
One of the things that we hadn't announced publicly until
recently was the fact that we actually have more than one studio here
at Cheyenne Mountain. Because of that, we actually do have multiple
projects under construction. That said, we thought that it would be
really good to have a publishing vehicle for all of the products that
we're going to have in the future.