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Funcom Hiring 40 for 'Several New PC / Console Projects' - MMORPG.com News

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited September 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageFuncom Hiring 40 for 'Several New PC / Console Projects'  - MMORPG.com News

The Funcom team is going to grow by 40 new developers after a hiring spree is completed. The jobs are divided between the Oslo, Norway studio and the one in North Carolina. There are a wide variety of jobs available as the company gears "up development of several new PC/console projects internally including a co-op multiplayer game and a new Conan single-player game".

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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    edited September 2018
    Ohhhh Cmon give us Anarchy Online 2 plzzz !!


    That would be so great.............. Anyhow FCMKF has been making a slow crawl in the right direction the past year and 1/2, this is great news for the gamers , as they expand , there are some really creative guys over there..
  • DakeruDakeru Member EpicPosts: 3,802
    I remember there were always reports about them being deep in the reds and now they want to expand?
    I don't understand what's going on.

    If they have money to spend I would have prefered it if they gave us a real expansion for Secret World Legends and not this 1 hour storyline with a cheap tiny zone to play in.
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  • Gobstopper3DGobstopper3D Member RarePosts: 966
    Funcom usually has great ideas that are poorly implemented.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,015

    Dakeru said:

    I remember there were always reports about them being deep in the reds and now they want to expand?
    I don't understand what's going on.

    If they have money to spend I would have prefered it if they gave us a real expansion for Secret World Legends and not this 1 hour storyline with a cheap tiny zone to play in.



    I think they did well with the latest Conan game.
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  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    Sovrath said:

    Dakeru said:

    I remember there were always reports about them being deep in the reds and now they want to expand?
    I don't understand what's going on.

    If they have money to spend I would have prefered it if they gave us a real expansion for Secret World Legends and not this 1 hour storyline with a cheap tiny zone to play in.



    I think they did well with the latest Conan game.
    Sovrath nailed it. Conan Exiles has been a gold mine for them.

    So yeah, them being in the red is OLD news by now.

    I'm happy to see them doing so well. They're one of the few MMO companies that isn't afraid to try new things. Doesn't always work out for them, but at least they try. And I generally enjoy their games at least for a while.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,508
    edited September 2018
    Sovrath said:

    Dakeru said:

    I remember there were always reports about them being deep in the reds and now they want to expand?
    I don't understand what's going on.

    If they have money to spend I would have prefered it if they gave us a real expansion for Secret World Legends and not this 1 hour storyline with a cheap tiny zone to play in.



    I think they did well with the latest Conan game.
    So much so that like many other development houses they are now focusing their resources on less expensive games which are likely to sell well rather than large scale MMOs.


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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    Can yall just properly re-do the secret world....?
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  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    Albatroes said:
    Can yall just properly re-do the secret world....?
    I don't think that's ever going to happen.

    Besides, if "re-do it properly" means "Go back more to how it used to be", they're not going to revert to something that failed for them.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,015
    Kyleran said:
    Sovrath said:

    Dakeru said:

    I remember there were always reports about them being deep in the reds and now they want to expand?
    I don't understand what's going on.

    If they have money to spend I would have prefered it if they gave us a real expansion for Secret World Legends and not this 1 hour storyline with a cheap tiny zone to play in.



    I think they did well with the latest Conan game.
    So much so that like many other development houses they are now focusing their resources on less expensive games which are likely to sell well rather than large scale MMOs.


    I guess good for them. I think they SHOULD make single player games. The idea of an open world Conan game similar to an elder scrolls game (similar mind you) would be amazing. It would sell very well and not be so much of a risk like an mmo.
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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671

    Azaron_Nightblade said:


    Albatroes said:

    Can yall just properly re-do the secret world....?


    I don't think that's ever going to happen.

    Besides, if "re-do it properly" means "Go back more to how it used to be", they're not going to revert to something that failed for them.



    I wouldn't call secret world legends a success with though....
  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    Funcom did well with Conan Exiles. So it is good they are expanding in my opinion.

    In other news, my PoE character died as usual, so I reinstalled Conan Exiles :).
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  • gastovski1gastovski1 Member UncommonPosts: 99

    Torval said:


    Kyleran said:


    Sovrath said:



    Dakeru said:


    I remember there were always reports about them being deep in the reds and now they want to expand?
    I don't understand what's going on.

    If they have money to spend I would have prefered it if they gave us a real expansion for Secret World Legends and not this 1 hour storyline with a cheap tiny zone to play in.






    I think they did well with the latest Conan game.


    So much so that like many other development houses they are now focusing their resources on less expensive games which are likely to sell well rather than large scale MMOs.



     
    They excessively monetize their MMOs which I think holds them back. SWL is a great game essentially ruined by horrible monetization. They just can't get that right.

    Conan Exiles is monetized a lot less heavily and is a more popular format. It seems logical they would ditch cost heavy MMOs for cheaper more accessible games.



    Monetization wasn't the problem. Gameplay/skill selection is so little few, it gets bored after a while. I couldn't do Tokyo because of it and i was subscribed for three months.
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