Chicago Set to Become Growth Area for Game Dev

[GBGames]

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=328714

That explains the large turnout at Gameworks last week. B-)

[Jim Buck]

I don't know about EA, but Midway has been there already forever.

[soniCron]

Those aren't very strong arguments for "the Next Growth Area for Game Development". Midway's "upcoming release" of Blitz hardly counts as fuel for a growth spurt. An upcoming release causes the spurt? What if the game sucks? Then we'll get a new headline, "Is Chicago's Game Development Scene in Heavy Decline?" I don't often swear on these boards, but: ********.

EDIT: keep it clean -mike

[ErikH2000]

Ugh, that was a cheap bit of promotion for one stupid game with a few tiny mentions of other companies.

-Erik (who telecommutes to Chicago from Seattle every day to write games)

[Jim Buck]

I would have thought it was some article with PR origins if only it didn't include two competing companies. So, I'm not really sure why it exists at all - definitely not because of the reason stated.

[Mike Boeh]

We do have a few companies here:

EA Chicago, High Voltage, Webfoot Technoligies (famous for being sued by hasbro), Incredible Technologies (Golden Tee), Midway, Wideload, PlayMechanix, TLC Industries, Chicago Gaming.. I am sure I missed a few...

Lots of indies too :)