Some developers who have long been working on H1Z1 are now leaving the project.
We have been reporting on H1Z1 for a long time, the “The Walking Dead with Crafting and Survival” game from Daybreak Game Company. In the early stages, it was clearly the “baby” of then studio boss John Smedley, and it also contained some MMO elements. Smedley has been gone from Daybreak for a while – action elements have moved to the forefront in H1Z1.
As it has now become known, some of Smedley’s former colleagues have followed him.
According to MO, Steve George, Paul Carrico, and Timothy Lochner are now all working for “Pixelmage,” Smedley’s company, and no longer for Daybreak. All three were involved in H1Z1: George as Senior Producer, Carrico as Senior Game Designer, and Lochner as Game Programmer. All three had previously worked on titles from Daybreak, or rather Sony Online Entertainment, as the company was formerly known.
At Smedley’s company Pixelmage, Hero’s Song, a sandbox OARPG, is the focus.
