Battlefield Producer Leaves DICE to Join Visceral
It is not yet known what Van Dyke will be working on, though Visceral is working on Dead Space 2 and The Ripper. He could also be working on a new project, but was quick to say that it wouldn't be Battlefield-related in a tweet, saying:
Not to burst bubbles, but how does my moving to Visceral Studios in any way equal Battlefield 'Anything', it doesn't so keep guessing.
DICE will be handling the multiplayer component in EA's new Medal of Honor game and is working on Battlefield 3.
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OH NO!! The associate producer!!! Who will wear their fingers out refreshing outlook and cruising youtube all day!!?!?!
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Meh, as someone whos worked in this industry for 10 years, even a producer isnt really important to me.
Lead Game designer, artists, programmers and scripters, thats the people that make games, in the old days you just needed that and maybe a REAL producer that actually knows game production and you could ship a AAA title (And we did). Now and really for the last 7-8 years, EA and large places are all about hiring the people that kissed the most ass or worked on some Hollywood blockbusters, because as well all know, Hollywood = Games.-
To add a /cool story bro feel, worked on a racing title for a 'large' publisher
at the start of my career, they nuked the experienced producer to bring in a
buddy of someone high up who had worked on lord of the rings, ZERO game experience.
One of the first things he asked for was to make this game super fun, "you should feel like
you can just look over at the passenger seat and see a hugh titted whore next to you"
And people wonder why games are shit, people like this survive huge layoffs and shutdowns,
meanwhile the people that actually take their orders lose their jobs.
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