The Founder of Eidos-Montréal Says the Game Industry Has Been Taken over by Spreadsheets and Lost Its Soul

The founder of Eidos-Montréal says the game industry has been taken over by spreadsheets and lost its soul

D'Astous in a recent interview said that game development has changed significantly. The modern gaming business somewhat resembles the cyberpunk setting depicted in the Deus Ex series,...

Eidos Montreal founder says modern execs are driven more by spreadsheets than passion for games

They just don't make 'em like they used to. At least, that's according to Eidos Montreal founder (and former general manager) Stephane D'Astous, who recently chatted with Thunderpick about the way the direction of the games industry—and the people setting that direction—have changed in the past 15 years."The big players 15 years ago are not necessarily big players [now]," said D'Astoud. "There’s new players. 15 years ago Tencent existed but it w…

Former Eidos-Montréal manager says industry bosses are ‘much more Excel than passion-driven’ these days

“They don’t have the same DNA of the decision makers 15 years ago”…