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MinnMax Interview - Frost Giant’s Mission To Revive The RTS Genre
🕑 Added 2021-06-07 16:15:01 +0000 UTC
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Frost Giant Studios' CEO/production director Tim Morten and game director/president Tim Campbell to talk about leaving Blizzard and joining forces to create a new RTS game inspired by StarCraft 2 and WarCraft 3.
Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/vp6CAOBjU0Q
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:34 - Their game development history
00:03:36 - The hype about Frost Giant's RTS
00:06:59 - Is this StarCraft 2's spiritual successor?
00:11:33 - What state is the game currently in?
00:17:28 - Blizzard design process versus Westwood
00:25:52 - The evolution of StarCraft 2 (free-to-play, co-op)
00:31:40 - Frost Giant's RTS campaign
00:35:31 - Collaborating with Michael Morhaime's Dreamhaven
00:39:56 - The new batch of ex-Blizzard studios
00:48:31 - The origins of StarCraft 2
00:50:18 - Working with Ed Fries
00:53:04 - Tim Campbell's wild career
00:56:34 - Tim Morten on God of War's development
01:01:10 - The new game's setting mystery
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Comments
I never got into RTS games growing up but I had some friends who were obsessed. Maybe now's the time.
Jonathan Wright
Really fantastic choice! I think any interviews around the ex-Blizzard brain trust is compelling. Frost Giant, Secret Door, Second Dinner, etc.
