Chris Roberts founded Ascendant Pictures in early 2003 and in just a
short time, established himself and the company as a force in the world
of independent film production and finance. In 2004, Roberts earned an
Executive Producer credit on The Punisher and produced The Big White
(Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Woody Harrelson) and Lord Of War (Nicolas
Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto). In 2005, Roberts produced Lucky Number
Slevin. In addition, he served as Executive Producer on The Jacket
(Adrien Brody and Keira Knightly) and the upcoming Robert Towne film,
Ask The Dust (Colin Farrell and Selma Hayek). The end of 2006 finds him
producing the effects laden sci-fi Viking project, Outlander starring
Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles and Jack Huston and to be directed by Howard
McCain. Principal photography began October 16 in Nova Scotia and will
continue through January 2007. Roberts will also serve as Executive
Producer on Black Water Transit which films January 2007 in New Orleans.

Prior
to founding Ascendant, Roberts was Chairman and CEO of Digital Anvil
(DA), the game development and digital effects company he founded in
1996 with funding from Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices. Roberts
guided DA’s growth to annual revenues of $14 million, prior to the
release of many of its games in development. His innovations changed the
gaming industry. His games were the first to perfect the use of 35mm
film as narrative in interactive game titles, and DA became the first
interactive entertainment company to produce a game title, Wing
Commander, into a $25 million feature film, directed and produced by
Roberts. The film starred Freddie Prinze, Jr. (I Know What You Did Last
Summer), Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea) and Matthew Lillard (Scooby
Doo).

DA and the video game titles it created won numerous gaming
awards and the company became a digital effects powerhouse, creating
all of the digital effects for the Wing Commander movie and contributing
to the digital effects for several other films, including Spy Kids. In
December of 2000, Roberts sold DA to Microsoft. DA remains a successful
subsidiary of Microsoft and content provider for the XBox.

In
1987, Roberts joined Origin Systems, Inc. (OSI), which was later
acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary by Electronic Arts (EA) in 1992
for $30 million. Roberts was instrumental in OSI’s growth from a company
with $4 million in annual revenues to a company with annual revenues of
$50 million. In 1990, Roberts developed Wing Commander, which set a new
standard in PC games and evolved into a franchise series of game
titles, all developed and produced by Roberts. With its cinematic
quality, clearly developed story lines and well-known actors, the Wing
Commander series created a whole new genre within the gaming industry
known as the “interactive movie.” By 1995, the Wing Commander series had
generated well over $110 million in revenues, and from 1990 to 1995,
the Wing Commander series accounted for more than 60% of OSI’s revenue.
In addition to selling more than 3 million units worldwide by 1995, the
Wing Commander series won a record setting number of gaming awards. To
date, the series has generated over $400 million in global retail
revenue.

A gaming wonder kid, Roberts sold his first computer
game at the age of 14, and by the age of 20, Roberts had developed three
#1 hits in his native U.K.: Match Day, Wiz Adore and Stryker’s Run.

Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts is one of the most recognized, well-respected,
and successful game developers in the interactive entertainment
industry. As a storyteller, game designer, game producer, and
live-action director, Roberts skillfully combines vision with technical
expertise to consistently create cutting edge and often revolutionary
interactive entertainment products. His Wing Commander series of
games in the 1990s became one of the top grossing and most successful
space sim games in the industry.
The series was developed while Roberts was at Origin Systems in Austin
where he served as VP of new technology and executive producer. Roberts
later started his own company, Austin-based Digital Anvil, where he
developed other award winning space sims, Freelancer and Starlancer.
After spending 10 years in the Hollywood film industry, today, Roberts
is chief creative officer at Cloud Imperium Games which he co-founded.
The company’s first title, the crowd funded PC space sim, Star Citizen, is currently under development.

Divinity: Original Sin word de shit :D
& kingdom-come-deliverance ziet er ook zeer belovend uit.. kickstarter is echt een awesome nieuwe manier voor devs om game voor gamers te maken ipv publishers

Kun je lang wachten denk ik

Lees Roberts stuk over de multiplayer van Star Citizen door, gaat toch wel heel anders worden dan EVE:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/12770-Chris-Roberts-On-Multiplayer-Single-Player-And-Instancing

Je moet het inderdaad veel meer zien als direct control first person space sim. De keerzijde hiervan is dat de multiplayer ge-instanced moet worden, omdat je met dat soort detail niet met duizenden gelijk op dezelfde server kan zitten.

Daarnaast is de multiplayer universe en economie veel meer NPC driven en niet volledig gecontroleerd door de speler.

EVE en SC zijn echt totaal verschillende games.

Als je hun een berichtje stuurt dat je graag de 15.000 dollar pack wilt kopen krijg je hem wel hoor. :)

Overigens de schepen waar je nu als backer echt geld voor betaalt kun je straks gewoon in-game krijgen zonder er echt geld voor te betalen (alleen in-game credits). uiteindelijk moet je wel de game kopen (als je geen backer bent), maar er zijn geen maandelijke fees.

Check de volgende link trouwens over hoe de multiplayer universe gaat werken, toch wel behoorlijk anders dan EVE:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/12770-Chris-Roberts-On-Multiplayer-Single-Player-And-Instancing

Sjors welke egames spelen heb jij voor het laatst op de concole gezien? Zeg maar die serieus genomen worden.. :P

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