Name That Game 53!
This one is one I wish I’d had a chance to play. It’s by a very cool company that not too many people know about.
Name and developer, please! Bonus points if you can tell me what famous game the developers could have made if one of them hadn’t shot his mouth off at the pitch meeting.
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I’m so excited to answer… Normally I have absolutely no idea what game it is, because I got my first computer a few months after this very game was published.
OK, so it looks like “Die by the sword” developed by Treyarch. Am I right?
Yes! Yes, you are! I’m surprised it took that long for someone to get it, but a winner is you, Bartek!
Can you answer my second question, and tell me what game Treyarch would have gotten to develop if a young foolish developer hadn’t shot his mouth off at the pitch meeting?
They could have gotten “Ultima Underworld III”, but Jamie Fristrom who was at that meeting said that they would have to rewrite their engine and it would take a lot of time so people from EA/Origin started to ponder if funding engine development is the right thing to do for them. Jamie’s colleagues didn’t invite him to any more pitch meetings after that.
Excellent! Flawless Victory! And for the record, the article where Jamie talks about that meeting is here.