The Sega Curse Continues
Yesterday, Ron Gilbert, the man behind Sega-published The Cave and one of gaming’s greatest minds in the West, announced his departure from Double Fine Productions, the studio that developed The Cave.
“Now that The Cave is done and unleashed on an unsuspecting world [....] it’s time for me to move on from Double Fine and plot my next move,” Gilbert said on his personal blog. “I want to thank all the amazing people at Double Fine for all their hard work on The Cave. It was a true pleasure to work with every one of them over the past two years. So much fun. I will miss them all.”
No specific reason was given by Gilbert for his departure, but for Sega, it is in some respects another black eye for their efforts toward smaller, more independent titles. In January, an interview revealed Owlchemy Labs, developers of Sega published Jack Lumber, severed ties with the company. Last month, leaders at Arkedo Studio, the team behind Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, announced the group was being dissolved. Gilbert’s departure from Double Fine marks the third time in three months a project Sega has been involved with has seen unfortunate after effects for the development studio.
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If the game didn’t sell as well as they hoped……….I was expecting this………I just had a gut feeling with this game.
It’s laughably sad that here SEGA is trying to be all indie game and shit nowadays, and they just keep losing support.
The cave is an awesome game! Nobody here likes it that much?
SEGA has nothing to do with this. The game is selling well. Ron was never working for Double Fine. He was making a game with them. That’s all. The game ended therefore his job there was done. Geez…
waffle: The game didn’t leave much of an impression on me with the demo. If a game only has humor and ho-hum platforming to sell on me then it’s not much.
Especially not with its price.
its no platformer, its more puzzle oriented, and has replay value and story, new for at least 3 playthroughs
It sounds like Gilbert left on good terms with everyone though: He left solely because the project was finished and there was nothing left for him to do.
What he says sounds to me like he intends to start up his own company, now that he knows how to supervise a project. I hope to hear soon about what he’ll be up to next.