Another WildStar Nexus report and another unfortunate news. Stephan Frost, the voice of the “DevSpeak” videos and one of the two hosts of the weekly “Nexus report”, is leaving Carbine.
Actually, the Twitch livestream was supposed to be only about the positive things that await us in the future of WildStar – Mike Donatelli was in the studio with well over 100 pages of patch notes to emphasize that the upcoming content drop brings exactly what the players want: countless improvements, bug fixes, and tons of new content. The good mood was completely shattered by a final announcement in the stream: Stephan Frost is leaving Carbine this week. The Twitch chat exploded. He made it clear that this decision has nothing to do with Carbine, WildStar, or his colleagues; he simply received an offer “that he couldn’t refuse” and the decision was difficult for him. He will reveal which project Frost will be working on next through his Twitter account in the coming days.
My opinion on this: I can turn it over and over however I want: When I think of WildStar or want to tell people about it, I first send them a DevSpeak video. For me, “Frost” is the person who embodies WildStar through and through. Always friendly, a bit crazy, always up for a laugh, and yet damn competent in pretty much every area.
I’m approaching this very emotionally, but on one hand, I’m damn sad, and on the other hand, angry. How can you leave a game that is so important to you, that you’ve worked on for years, in its hardest hour? I know that this line of thought is quite unjust, but it’s clear to me: Carbine is not just losing an employee but THE face of WildStar and another reason to give the game a chance.
