Welcome our new Executive Producer: Lance Robertson

Scorch · 11-24-2009, 10:02 AM

I've got some very exciting news to share with you today about the growing development team on Jumpgate Evolution.

We've been actively hiring people for the last few months, expanding the team as we move towards Beta and launch. In the coming months we'll be introducing you to them, but I wanted to start with an announcement about someone we're really excited to have onboard.

Please join me and the rest of the team in welcoming Lance Robertson, who has joined the Jumpgate Evolution team as our new Executive Producer!

Lance has been in the business for more than 10 years, including stints as Art Lead and Art Director on Dark Age of Camelot for Mythic Entertainment. From there he rose through the studio to ultimately be responsible for the entire DAoC franchise, shipping every expansion until Catacombs in 2004. There are very few people in the MMOG development industry with such a unique background and wealth of experience.

When Mythic picked up the Warhammer license, Lance founded the team and eventually shipped the product as Senior Producer. While you may not have seen him in the media as much as other Mythic team members, Lance was a core part of the studio, and we feel extremely lucky to have him onboard here at NetDevil.

One of the reasons I'm excited to have Lance work on Jumpgate Evolution is his extensive experience and knowledge in how to create a PvP and PvE focused game. With three nations and massive scale PvP, Jumpgate has always been similar in design to DAoC, making Lance a perfect fit for JGE. He's already brought some great new ideas to the table, although the core game remains the same. I know he feels that he's learned lessons in his career that'll help us make Jumpgate even better.

I'm sure you've got a million questions for Lance and we're going to hold a community Q&A in the coming weeks so he can answer at least some of those. In the meantime I want to assure you that we're still on track to deliver the game we've always wanted to make, and that I know you're going to love. Lance, and all the other people we've hired recently, are here to get Jumpgate Evolution to the finish line!

Please join me in welcoming Lance!

Gizzur · 11-24-2009, 10:12 AM

Welcome aboard and congrats to ND to an apparently valuable addition to the team. Please stay focused on building a great game.

I look forward to more info as well as the Community Q&A you mention.

Don't make us wait too much longer!!

Khatie · 11-24-2009, 10:13 AM

Big welcome to Lance!

Caveman · 11-24-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Gizzur

Don't make us wait too much longer!!

Seriously, how many new people are you guys going to have to hire before we see something other than screenshots of this game? I desperately want to give you my money, but you haven't let me for the past couple years.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorch

we're going to hold a community Q&A in the coming weeks

Don't forget you're supposed to have one of those for Gazillion's new community director, too.

Tikigod · 11-24-2009, 10:19 AM

'Ey up guv!

Welcome to JGE.

Hope you can figure out where Gazillion have stashed Netdevil and fish them out for us!

Khatie · 11-24-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Tikigod

'Ey up guv!

Welcome to JGE.

Hope you can figure out where Gazillion have stashed Netdevil and fish them out for us!

Nevar!!

Acid.Pulse · 11-24-2009, 11:07 AM

Welcome to the fray, Robertson.

Khatie · 11-24-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Caveman

Don't forget you're supposed to have one of those for Gazillion's new community manager, too.

Working on this!

We're trying to sync up and dodge holidays, and things.

I've got Sepomat on stand by.

sepomat · 11-24-2009, 11:14 AM

Woha. Now if you could just get some of the devs from Planetside, i would be even more happy.

Caveman · 11-24-2009, 11:25 AM

What happened to the old Studio Head?

11-24-2009, 10:02 AM	#1
Scorch NetDevil Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 32	Welcome our new Executive Producer: Lance Robertson I've got some very exciting news to share with you today about the growing development team on Jumpgate Evolution. We've been actively hiring people for the last few months, expanding the team as we move towards Beta and launch. In the coming months we'll be introducing you to them, but I wanted to start with an announcement about someone we're really excited to have onboard. Please join me and the rest of the team in welcoming Lance Robertson, who has joined the Jumpgate Evolution team as our new Executive Producer! Lance has been in the business for more than 10 years, including stints as Art Lead and Art Director on Dark Age of Camelot for Mythic Entertainment. From there he rose through the studio to ultimately be responsible for the entire DAoC franchise, shipping every expansion until Catacombs in 2004. There are very few people in the MMOG development industry with such a unique background and wealth of experience. When Mythic picked up the Warhammer license, Lance founded the team and eventually shipped the product as Senior Producer. While you may not have seen him in the media as much as other Mythic team members, Lance was a core part of the studio, and we feel extremely lucky to have him onboard here at NetDevil. One of the reasons I'm excited to have Lance work on Jumpgate Evolution is his extensive experience and knowledge in how to create a PvP and PvE focused game. With three nations and massive scale PvP, Jumpgate has always been similar in design to DAoC, making Lance a perfect fit for JGE. He's already brought some great new ideas to the table, although the core game remains the same. I know he feels that he's learned lessons in his career that'll help us make Jumpgate even better. I'm sure you've got a million questions for Lance and we're going to hold a community Q&A in the coming weeks so he can answer at least some of those. In the meantime I want to assure you that we're still on track to deliver the game we've always wanted to make, and that I know you're going to love. Lance, and all the other people we've hired recently, are here to get Jumpgate Evolution to the finish line! Please join me in welcoming Lance!

11-24-2009, 10:12 AM	#2
Gizzur Pilot Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 419	Welcome aboard and congrats to ND to an apparently valuable addition to the team. Please stay focused on building a great game. I look forward to more info as well as the Community Q&A you mention. Don't make us wait too much longer!! __________________ Prior MMOs: EQ, WoW, EVE, AoC, HG:L, WAR, RoM, ; Prior Space Games: EVE, Freelancer (Disco Mod), Elite, Elite II, Evochron, Starlancer, Wing Commander, XvT, VO, ME, STO, ME2

11-24-2009, 10:13 AM	#3
Khatie Community Manager Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,028	Big welcome to Lance! __________________ “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” ~ Albert Einstein

11-24-2009, 10:19 AM	#5
Tikigod Jumpgate Evolution Emissary Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 265	'Ey up guv! Welcome to JGE. Hope you can figure out where Gazillion have stashed Netdevil and fish them out for us! __________________ Jumpgate Evolution Emissary - PM me if you have any questions - JGEWiki - FAQ

11-24-2009, 11:07 AM	#7
Acid.Pulse Pilot Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 256	Welcome to the fray, Robertson. __________________ Want to go Quantar? Scared by the rp? Join the Heretics of Dawn!

11-24-2009, 11:14 AM	#9
sepomat Vivox Guru Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 620	Woha. Now if you could just get some of the devs from Planetside, i would be even more happy. __________________ sepomat Bartle Says: Socializer 93% \| Explorer 67% \| Achiever 33% \| Killer 7% http://basti53.mybrute.com/

11-24-2009, 11:25 AM	#10
Caveman Junior Pilot Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 31	What happened to the old Studio Head?

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