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Jen Oneal, J. Allen Brack, and John Donham Form New Studio, Working on First Game | MMORPG.com

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edited March 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageJen Oneal, J. Allen Brack, and John Donham Form New Studio, Working on First Game | MMORPG.com

New studio Magic Soup Games is here to create inclusive AAA games, and was co-founded by three long-time Blizzard vets, J. Allen Brack, John Donham, and Jen Oneal.

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  • DattelisDattelis Member RarePosts: 1,455
    J. Allen Brack lol sometimes these jokes write themselves.
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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,163
    The title of the first game is called "Soup for my family"
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    You think you want soup but you don't
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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 16,983
    Fully Remote company- AKA we have no money for office and no confidence in the long term outlook so lets start with minimal investment until we get some schmucks to give us money.
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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 16,983
    Iselin said:
    You think you want soup but you don't
    no soup for you
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    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

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  • OldKingLogOldKingLog Member RarePosts: 564
    Tiller said:
    The title of the first game is called "Soup for my family"

    Plot twist. Its a dark horror survival game about leading a group of cannibals.
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  • FrodoFraginsFrodoFragins Member EpicPosts: 5,903
    It's weird seeing Brack part of a company proclaiming inclusivity as he protected a lot of his toxic, mysoginistic buddies at Blizzard.  And claiming they are going to make AAA games seems a big claim.
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  • LamiaCritterLamiaCritter Member UncommonPosts: 85
    All of these for me are very much a case of 'Literally who the fuck's.
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  • toljartoljar Member UncommonPosts: 228
    Well, anything with J.A.B's name on it is an instant pass for me....
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  • WordsworthWordsworth Member UncommonPosts: 166
    edited March 2023
    I don’t normally look to comments for validation, but when I read this, it was so off putting that I was beginning to think the internet was starting to get to me…
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,498
    Great, in 10 years they might release a game I'll want to play....

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  • AndemnonAndemnon Member UncommonPosts: 179
    Well, its almost the end of March so it's only 2 weeks early for an 'out of season' april fools joke.
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    Don’t you guys have soup?

    /Cheers,
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    It is just huge resource waste....'

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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 7,910
    Slapshot1188 said:
    Iselin said:
    You think you want soup but you don't
    no soup for you
    I was thinking of this exact episode of Seinfeld when I saw the name too.

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 22,955
    "original AAA games that are genuinely uplifting and inclusive for players around the world"

    I guess it does not matter if they are entertaining or even just 'fun' then?
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,002
    It just seems like a bad name for a game company.

    So if they are going for inclusivity then I get the "soup" part. But "magic" doesn't really work for me.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,498
    Sovrath said:
    It just seems like a bad name for a game company.

    So if they are going for inclusivity then I get the "soup" part. But "magic" doesn't really work for me.
    All the good gaming related corporate names were taken I'm thinking.

    ;)
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  • fineflufffinefluff Member RarePosts: 561
    Sovrath said:
    It just seems like a bad name for a game company.

    So if they are going for inclusivity then I get the "soup" part. But "magic" doesn't really work for me.
    The logo is off too. Chop sticks for soup? Melting Pot Games would be a better choice I think. 
  • fineflufffinefluff Member RarePosts: 561
    “We’re working on something that doesn’t fit neatly into any existing genre today”

    Already shooting themselves in the foot when the fall short of expectations.
  • MendelMendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609
    The cast have had past difficulties, they aspire to produce AAA games, they claim to have a unique idea, their team is being built from the top down, and their finances are unknown.  Sounds like our future crowdfunding whipping boy to me.



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  • OldKingLogOldKingLog Member RarePosts: 564
    edited March 2023
    It's weird seeing Brack part of a company proclaiming inclusivity as he protected a lot of his toxic, mysoginistic buddies at Blizzard.  And claiming they are going to make AAA games seems a big claim.

    Maybe their inclusivity includes toxicity and misogyny?
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