Smith and Midway split after BlackSite comments
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Nov 30th 2007 at 5:00PM }
Harvey Smith, who recently made a stink about the "f*cked up" development of Blacksite: Area 51, has parted ways with Midway. According to GameTap, the separation was a mutual decision between Midway and Smith. Word on the street, according to Joystiq, is that Smith actually made the BlackSite comments in order to get fired in the first place. The purely speculative reason he did this: so he could join Eidos to work on the recently announced Deus Ex 3. Smith has worked on previous Deus Ex titles for the now defunct Ion Storm game studio, so it makes sense (speculatively, mind you). We're glad it's Friday because, frankly, all the firings, rants, and ad agency shuffling is getting confusing.
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
THA1icarus @ Nov 30th 2007 5:38PM
conspiracy Friday???
Taylor @ Nov 30th 2007 8:40PM
Wow...this guy is real stupid. If the development of BlackSite was so bad, why didn't he do anything about it? What a punk...
OBM @ Nov 30th 2007 9:09PM
I don't think he was trying to get fired, I think he was being honest. Blacksite is an average game and is certainly not worthy of the 'next-gen' title. It has serious fundamental flaws including AI and physics replication.
God forbid anyone be truthful in this business, I only wish the true reviews for other games had come forward sooner (*cough* halo 3 *cough*).
refinedsugar @ Dec 1st 2007 6:59PM
Just because he was attached to the project doesn't mean he could one-handedly turn it around, Taylor. Read the article and stop acting like a monday morning quarterback. Things weren't going well, he was also at the helm of another project, etc.