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John Smedley has announced that he has left Daybreak Game Studio and has formed a new company and is its CEO. Earlier this summer, Smedley announced he was stepping down as president and CEO of Daybreak, but that he would be transitioning to a new position within the company after time away.
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This should be interesting though, a fresh start might be what he needed.
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Makes me curious whether he's going to stick with games à la the kind he worked on at SOE/Daybreak or go for something completely different. (For all we know he could be going into the mobile games biz )
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This suggests that it wasn't stress - forming a new company is hardly a rest - so that leaves:
a) the attention he attracted which, at the end of the day, cost the studio money resulting in him being side lined;
b) and / or the current performance of the company and his tie in to e.g. EQN this year.
Some did suggest he was only on-board for the transition but, imo, if CN wanted him gone they would have done so on day 1.
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So did Smedley ever actually do any work or was he always just a figurehead?
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